Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
Earlier Experience
Websites
Awards Recognition
Recent Initiatives
Core Competencies
Timeline
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Bhaskar Vanguri

Bhaskar Vanguri

Secunderabad

Summary

Results-driven Sales and Marketing Leader with 16 years of experience in B2B and B2C growth, specializing in EdTech and Higher Education. Proven success in converting target markets into active customers and breaking sales records. Currently enhancing enterprise sales expertise with technical skills in Machine Learning, Generative AI, and local LLM orchestration, positioned to align AI technologies with enterprise needs for tailored solutions.

Work History

Assistant Manager, B2C Sales & Branch Operations

ICFAI Group: IFHE
Hyderabad
  • Spearheaded B2C marketing presentations in premium colleges and corporates across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, enhancing admissions for IFHE and acquiring high net worth institutions for sale of case studies, journals, books, and magazines for IUP - Icfai.
  • Oversaw info desks and facilitated large-scale events, improving student counselling efforts.

Marketing Manager

Siva Sivani Institute of Management
Hyderabad
  • Directed B2C marketing operations and admissions strategy for a standalone MBA institution.
  • Drove significant enrolment growth, personally securing 10 individual admissions in first session, and then lead a lean team to generate over 200+ team admissions in a single academic cycle (2013).
  • Led a lean team to generate over 200 team admissions within one academic cycle [~2013].

Deputy Manager, B2B Sales, Marketing & SCM

ICFAI Group: IUP
  • Executed a highly effective B2B sales strategy, successfully converting 90% of Engineering & MBA colleges in Telangana into active organizational customers.
  • Built and sustained long-term strategic relationships with Deans, Directors, and C-suite executives (CEOs/CFOs) at major institutions and corporations including UoH, IIIT, TCS, and Wipro.
  • Achieved the highest number of units sold in a single month (August 2007), surpassing the average yearly sales target.

Senior Officer, Marketing (B2C)

Madhusudan Leasing & Finance Ltd
  • Launched the Bombay-based company in the Hyderabad financial market.

Marketing Executive (B2B)

New Horizons Cyber Soft / PAM Networks
  • Strategically sold 'SW-Caliber', an online skill evaluator, enhancing client assessment capabilities
  • Sold routers, switches, and hubs, providing end-to-end solutions and implementations to meet client needs
  • Collaborated with sales teams to align marketing strategies with business goals.

Education

Diploma in Data Science ::: - Machine Learning, Python, Introduction To Deep Learning, Generative AI

IIT Madras
Madras, India
02-2026

Master of Business Administration - HR & Marketing

Osmania University
Hyderabad
12-1998

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry

Andhra University
Rajahmundry, Inda
12-1993

Skills

  • B2B and B2C sales
  • Pipeline management
  • Market analysis
  • High-volume admissions
  • Customer engagement strategies
  • Sales forecasting
  • Sales process optimization
  • Lead generation tactics
  • Data analysis
  • Key account management
  • Cross-functional leadership

Earlier Experience

  • Madhusudan Leasing & Finance Ltd, Senior Officer, Marketing (B2C)
  • New Horizons Cyber Soft / PAM Networks, Marketing Executive (B2B)

Awards Recognition

  • Topper South India (Icfai-PDD), Recognized for exceptional sales performance across the southern region., 01/01/06 - 12/31/07
  • Record Holder, Achieved 7 'Centuries' and the highest unit sales record for the year., 01/01/05 - 12/31/07

Recent Initiatives

  • Currently engaged in an academic pivot, studying Python, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI through the IIT Madras BS Diploma program,
  • AI Monetization & Strategy: Exploring and developing commercial applications for local Large Language Models (LLMs) to pitch to educational institutions and engineering colleges in the Hyderabad/Telangana market.
  • ML Infrastructure Architecture: Specified and configured a high-performance custom local PC dedicated to practice Micro / Mini Machine Learning tasks, utilizing an Intel i7-14700 CPU with, 64GB DDR5 RAM, and an Nvidia RTX 5060 GPU.

Core Competencies

B2B/B2C Enterprise Sales, Pipeline Management, Market Research, High-Volume Admissions, Deep Learning, Local LLM Deployment, Python, Key Account Management,  Cross-functional Team Leadership

Timeline

Assistant Manager, B2C Sales & Branch Operations

ICFAI Group: IFHE

Marketing Manager

Siva Sivani Institute of Management

Deputy Manager, B2B Sales, Marketing & SCM

ICFAI Group: IUP

Senior Officer, Marketing (B2C)

Madhusudan Leasing & Finance Ltd

Marketing Executive (B2B)

New Horizons Cyber Soft / PAM Networks

Diploma in Data Science ::: - Machine Learning, Python, Introduction To Deep Learning, Generative AI

IIT Madras

Master of Business Administration - HR & Marketing

Osmania University

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry

Andhra University
Bhaskar Vanguri