Background
Chandra Bhople (Chandrashekhar Bhople) was born in Arvi (Wardha), India. As a son of the local Post Master, he was brought up in a middle-class family of two sisters and one brother.
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Chandra received Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and Masters in Business Management from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani).
Career
He is a global professional who has worked in 6 countries - United States of America, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Middle East, and India. He established community driven educational initiatives in business and engineering education. Chandra takes special interest in mentoring students and young entrepreneurs.
Globally, he helps in the expansion of Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani Alumni Association leveraging the power of Generation Y. Upon completion of his high school with merit rank, he went to Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani to pursue bachelor’s degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and post graduate education in Business Management.
He was a recipient of Merit Scholarship for 13 years from State Government of Maharashtra. During his college days he held various leadership positions in the areas of sports and students’ support organizations.
He is fluent in English, Hindi, and Marathi. Chandra started his career with ORG Systems, Secunderabad as a sales & marketing executive.
Subsequently he worked for ICIM India, then the Indian subsidiary of International Computers Limited United Kingdom.
Wang Labs (United States of America) in Saudi Arabia. And HCL Limited. in Delhi and Bangalore. In 1990 he moved to Singapore to work for Digital Equipment (DEC) and later took over the Asia-Pacific business responsibility for SysScan Asia (Norwegian geographic information system or geographical information science Software company).
His current focus as an entrepreneur is in using cloud technology for simplifying distribution, consumption, and feedback of relevant content from Marketing to Sales to Customers for Business to business companies.
Over last 30 years, he has worked in United States of America, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Middle East, and India. Besides being an entrepreneur, he has professional experience in the areas of global sales, business development, marketing, and operations with companies such as Sun Microsystems, SysScan Asia, Digital Equipment, Wang, HCL, TechSpan (now Headstrong), and Osellus. al Projects In 2007, he co-founded Nuva College of Engineering & Technology.
In 2009, he brought large number of alumni of Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani together to start Octave Business School.
