Udemy appoints Irwin Anand as India managing director

Udemy, the global marketplace for learning and teaching online, with over 30 million students and 42,000 instructors worldwide, has appointed Irwin Anand as its India managing director with immediate effect. Anand’s responsibilities include opening Udemy’s first India office, growing the local team, and deepening the company’s investment in the region. As India is one of the company’s fastest growing markets, with revenue and students doubling year-over-year, Anand will also have to focus on further localising the Udemy student and instructor experience in India.

Before joining Udemy, Anand was the chief operating officer at OLX India, a marketplace for pre-owned goods, jobs, and real estate, where he led initiatives across marketing, product and technology, customer experience, monetisation strategy, and advertising. Before OLX, Anand led business development for Yahoo! India, where he built mobile distribution partnerships and was a key influencer in local product roadmaps. Anand holds an MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur and a B.E. Engineering from the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology.

Gregg Coccari, CEO, Udemy said, “Irwin has the right experience to help us extend the benefits of our learning platform to students, companies, and governments alike.”

“It is an exciting time to join as Udemy is already on a huge growth trajectory, bringing learning opportunities to millions around the world,” said Irwin Anand. “I look forward to working with the team, building our local operations, and making education available to even more people and in all corners of India.”

Udemy is the online learning destination that helps students, companies, and governments gain the skills they need to compete in today’s economy. More than 30 million students learn from 42,000 instructors teaching 100,000 courses in over 50 different languages.