Ajey Mehta
Ajey Mehta
CEO (Educational Outreach), Indian Institute of Technology, BombayAjey Mehta is a C-suite leader with 30 years of global experience across Fortune-100 companies, startups, and growth-stage businesses spanning consumer goods, fintech, SaaS solutions, and telecom. He brings deep expertise in steering strategic mergers, formulating innovative go-to-market (GTM) initiatives for B2B and B2C businesses across geographies, streamlining omni-channel operations, and driving both top-line and bottom-line impact for organizations.
He has extensive experience aggressively building businesses for startups and global MNCs — including Nokia, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and ITC — looking for international expansion, particularly across the developed and emerging markets of IMEA and APAC. At Nokia, he delivered hyper-growth by turning around the smartphone business and transitioning the company's feature phone business from #9 to #2 position in the Indian market.
As an entrepreneur, Ajey kick-started the expansion of Trustonic in APAC, positioning it as a market leader in securing device solutions. He also founded the startup Gamsa and instituted a partnership with Suunto®, a Finnish wearable brand, securing exclusive rights for India and achieving 10x growth within a year.
He currently serves as CEO (Educational Outreach) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, building IIT Bombay's EdTech platform and taking its world-class education global.
Ajey holds a B.Tech from IIT Madras and an MBA from IIM Calcutta.
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