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title: "Saurabh Bharuka - Category Head in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Saurabh Bharuka, Category Head @ Vedantu | Ex - Chief of Staff to CEO | Growth | GTM based in Bengaluru."
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# Saurabh Bharuka on Tal

## Headline

Category Head @ Vedantu \| Ex \- Chief of Staff to CEO \| Growth \| GTM

## About

Curious about all things Startups and Sports EdTech \| Education \| AI \| D2C \| E\-Commerce \| Consumer Tech \| Retail \| Offline Stores / Centres Strategy & Ops \| New Initiatives \| 0\-1 \| P&L Ownership \| Revenue Growth \| Category Management \| GTM \| Lead Generation \| International Expansion \| Business Planning and Analysis \| Sales & Marketing \| Digital Distribution \| YouTube \| Inside Sales \| PMF Leadership Hiring \| Org Structure Design \| Goal Setting / OKRs \| High Performing Org M&A \| Corporate Development \| Board Management \| Investor Relations \| Fundraising \| Consulting \| Corporate Strategy \| Finance

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Category Head at Vedantu, Oct 2025 \- Present · 11 mos, On\-site

Chief of Staff, CEO's Office at Vedantu, Mar 2023 \- Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Co\-pilot to the CEO on Business Strategy & Operations and leading strategic initiatives \(Goal setting \- OKRs / KPIs, New category expansion and growth, 0\-1 Scale\-up Projects, Investor Relations, Partnerships and M&A, Business Planning, Leadership Hiring and overall cross\-functional execution\)

Strategy Associate, CEO's Office at Vedantu, Jun 2022 \- Feb 2023 · 9 mos, Bengaluru

Ernst & Young Scholar at EY, 2021 \- 2022 · 1 yr, India

Associate Consultant Intern at Avalon Consulting, 2021 \- 2021 · Less than a year

Investment Banking Intern at Equirus Group, 2021 \- 2021 · Less than a year

CEO's Office \- Strategic Initiatives Intern at Vedantu, 2021 \- 2021 · Less than a year

## Education

Bachelor of Management Studies \(BMS\), Finance, Narsee Monjee college of Commerce and Economics

Senior Secondary, Commerce, Stepping Stones High School, Aurangabad

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