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The Faculty : Ascent's list of Teachers, Mentors for CAT

The faculty body comprises Leading Educationists and Top B School Graduates

The faculty comprises educationists, graduates from the top Business schools such as the IIMs and language experts and professionals. A partial list of the profile of faculty at Ascent is provided below.

K S Baskar - Math / DI
B.E. Anna University (1991). Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai (91-92). PGDM, IIM Calcutta (92-94). Research Analyst, Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd (94-96). He has been an entrepreneur since 1996 and heads Ascent Education.

Venkatesh K - Mentor / Personality Development
A B.A. Sociology graduate from Bharathiar University (1991). A classmate of Baskar, Venkatesh completed PGDM at IIM Calcutta (92-94). Since IIM Calcutta, Venkatehs is wedded to the IT sector. Started his career at Wipro Systems (94-96). California Software (96-98). Trigent Systems (98-2001). He is presently founder CEO of Maarga Information Systems Private Limited, a rising Lotus Notes Solutions provider.

Shivram Apte - Personality Development
Equipped with a Masters in Commerce from the Pune University (1991) started his career as an enterpreneur and has been a serial one at that. Pursued his PGDM at IIM - Ahemedabad (97-99). Had a brief stint as a consultant at Exeter, USA (99). Got back to entrepreneurship since 2000 and presently assists Ascent for GDPI and curriculum development. Shivram is a visiting faculty at some of the reputed B Schools at Pune.

Deepa Chandrasekaran - Verbal
A Masters in History from The Hyderabad Central University, assists Ascent in developing content and test material in the verbal reasoning section. Deepa, a language specialist, assists in content development at Ascent Education.
In addition to these names, quite a few top B School graduates with excellent teaching skills assist Ascent in conducting its classes.