Onkar Shaligram
1+ of articles published
Knowledge Leader / Conceptual Explorer / Thought Leader
Domain:
upGrad
Current role in the industry:
Customer Experience at Cuemath
Educational Qualification:
Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Business Administration and Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (2015 - 2017).,Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology in Civil Engineering and Structural Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (2006 - 2011).
Expertise:
Analytics
Training
Qualitative Research
Project Management
Project Planning
Market Research
Curriculum Development
Statistics
Curriculum Design
Data Analysis
Product Management
About
I graduated from IIT Bombay in 2011. I worked with Teach for India, Toppr and InOpen technologies in teaching or content development roles. I completed my PGDM course from IIM Calcutta in 2017. After MBA, I have been working as a project manager at UpGrad. I like playing carrom, frisbee, strategy games and love teaching.
5444
What Does UpGrad’s Content Team Look for While Hiring?
In a growing organisation like UpGrad, hiring is one of the biggest challenges. It is important to hire a lot of people, but there should never be any compromise on the quality of the team you are looking to build. We are currently looking to hire a lot of members of the content team at UpGrad. So, what are the characteristics we keep an eye out for while hiring in the content team? Ownership Individuals who take ownership and responsibility. Designing and creating academic content is not an easy task and ownership is one of the most important qualities. Enjoy Learning and Writing People who enjoy learning new content (You get paid for it here!). 🙂 The ability to grasp the new content. This is very important as most of our programs are on upcoming technologies, analytics, best practices in management, etc. If you feel you have a knack to learn new concepts easily, being part of the content team would be easy and vice-versa. If you enjoy storytelling, it is likely that you will enjoy teaching and design online content because a lot of us feel that the storytelling is similar to teaching. India’s education sector needs a new avatar, a contemporary approach Passion for Online Education Empathy is the key. Individuals who understand the challenges of online education and think of solutions to improve on them are good fits. A passion and knack for teaching are important. Individuals who have taught in some form or the other and can constantly think of better ways to explain concepts will do well in this role. Even if you have not had prior teaching experience, but feel that you have the ability to explain things in a simple and lucid manner, then you have a good shot at this role in content team. Remember that for effective educators, simplicity is a massive tool in their arsenal. One needs to be obsessed with continuously enhancing and optimising the learning experience of students. If you can relate to these points and feel like the role was meant for you, apply for roles in the content team by sending your CVs to onkar.shaligram@upgrad.com or hema.negi@upgrad.com
11 Dec 2017
