TLDR: TimesPro, a leading Higher EdTech company, announced a leadership transition: Anish Srikrishna will step down as CEO on August 1, 2025, and Abhishek Arora will take over the role. This change follows a decade of significant growth and profitability for TimesPro under Srikrishna’s leadership.
TimesPro, India’s market leader in Higher EdTech and a part of the Times Group, today announced a planned leadership transition. Anish Srikrishna, the TimesPro CEO since 2015, will step down after a transformative decade at the helm, having executed an elaborate succession process to ensure business continuity. Abhishek Arora, a dynamic leader with expertise in e-commerce and education, will assume the role of CEO effective 1st August 2025.
Over the past decade, TimesPro achieved market leadership in the H.EdTech space, delivering 70% CAGR growth and sustained profitability. The period established TimesPro as India’s most trusted Higher EdTech brand, solving for access and affordability in Higher Education while bridging industry-academia gaps through innovation and strategic partnerships.
Mr. Vineet Jain, Managing Director, Times Group, stated: “Anish’s contribution in building TimesPro from inception to a market leader in H.Ed Tech is appreciable and I wish him the very best in his future endeavours. Abhishek’s blend of commercial acumen and tech-first mindset positions TimesPro for its next and very exciting growth phase. This carefully planned and executed succession plan reflects TimesPro’s governance maturity.”
Anish Srikrishna remarked: “Leading TimesPro has been a unique honour. With the business robust, profitable, and future-ready, now is the ideal time to pass the baton. Abhishek is the right leader to harness the emerging opportunities for TimesPro and I look forward to seeing the company do even better under his able leadership. I thank Mr. Vineet Jain, MD, stakeholders from the Times Group, our valuable partners and our wonderful teams for their unwavering trust in me and in TimesPro.”
Abhishek Arora, Incoming CEO, added: “I am privileged to build on TimesPro’s extraordinary legacy. TimesPro will accelerate its mission of democratizing education through technology, while deepening industry alliances and learner impact.”
