Basvaraju

About Basvaraju

Hi, I\'m Basva Raju I build and scale university partnerships and alliance-led growth programs across higher education, certification, and SaaS-led learning platforms.Over the last 15+ years across Education, Publishing, and EdTech, I’ve focused on helping institutions adopt enterprise learning and certification solutions in ways that are academically aligned and commercially sustainable. Much of my work sits at the intersection of academic governance, partner ecosystems, and go-to-market execution — turning platform and certification offerings into approved, multi-year university programs.I’ve held regional leadership roles with Pearson, McGraw Hill, and Repro India, managing South India territories and teams with ₹12–15 Cr annual portfolios across institutional and channel-led business. More recently, I’ve worked on international partner expansion across APAC, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas — onboarding partners and building qualified cross-region pipelines.I work closely with Vice Chancellors, Pro-VCs, Registrars, Deans, and academic councils to move programs from evaluation to approval and rollout, and often support enterprise and partner sales teams in progressing complex academic and certification platform deals.Focus: University Alliances • Certification & Academic Program Integration • Partner Ecosystems • Alliance-Led GTM •Simulations & SaaS Based Learning#EdTech #UniversityAlliances #StrategicPartnerships #ChannelPartnerships #SaaS #AcademicPrograms #BusinessDevelopment #HigherEducation #EdTechSales #GTMStrategy #PartnerEcosystem

Experience

1. Associate Director - Strategic Partnerships

   Blackbucks Group🦌

   Jun 2025 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

Education

• Aurora Degree College

  BSc(M.E.Cs), Maths, Electronics and Computer Science

  2003 — 2006