The People Behind OneX Academy

Great education isn't built by a platform, it's built by people who've spent their careers closing the gap between learning and real-world results. Meet the leaders and global faculty shaping every programme across OneX Academy.

In Partnership With Braincruise

The Architect Behind Our AI Academy

Long before AI became boardroom conversation, Dr. Manju Gupta was already asking the question most institutions hadn't caught up to yet: how do you produce graduates who don't just enter the AI economy, but help shape it? That question became Braincruise the AI learning and transformation partner powering the OneX Academy AI Academy.

As Founder & CEO of Braincruise, Dr. Gupta has spent her career closing the gap between academic knowledge and real employability, building a methodology that pairs deep academic rigor with hands-on, practical technology skills. Under her leadership, Braincruise has grown into an award-winning institution transformation partner, working with more than 20 institutions and reaching thousands of students.

"Curiosity is not a soft skill, it's the infrastructure every breakthrough is built on."
- Dr. Manju Gupta, Founder & CEO, Braincruise

That same philosophy shapes every course inside the OneX Academy AI Academy: practical, curiosity-led, and built for learners who want to think with AI, not just about it.

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Dr. Nitin K Agarwal

Founder, OneX Academy | Expert in Hospitality & Real Estate

Real estate doesn't reward theory. Markets move, properties appreciate or collapse, and deals get made by people who can read a room, read a market, and execute without hesitation.

Dr. Nitin Agarwal built his career inside the ultra-competitive world of luxury hospitality and real estate an environment where credentials open doors, but only competence keeps them open.

He brought that practitioner's instinct to OneX Academy: the ability to see not just what a student knows, but what the industry actually needs from them.

Dr. Manju Gupta

Founder & CEO, Braincruise

Dr. Manju Gupta didn't set out to start a company she set out to answer a question most institutions hadn't thought to ask yet: how do you produce graduates who don't just enter the AI economy, but help shape it?

A distinguished academician with a lifelong focus on the gap between education and employability, Dr. Gupta built Braincruise around a simple but demanding methodology, fuse deep academic knowledge with cutting-edge technology, wrap it in a culture of curiosity, and deploy it at institutional scale.

Under her leadership, Braincruise has grown from an idea into a credentialed, award-winning institution transformation partner, working with more than 20 institutions and reaching thousands of students worldwide. Dr. Gupta leads the partnership that powers the OneX Academy AI Academy, ensuring every AI course stays grounded in real institutional and industry practice.

"Curiosity is not a soft skill. It is the infrastructure upon which every breakthrough is built."

A Faculty Built From Every Corner of the World

Our academic and industry advisory board spans continents and disciplines, bringing real-world expertise from higher education, human capital development, mental health, entrepreneurship, and global business into every OneX Academy programme.

Prof. Umberto Sulpasso

University of Southern California, USA

Dr. Nelli Ferdanova

Expert Consultant, Russia

Dr. Parin Somani

London Organisation of Skills Development, UK

Dr. Cantilero

Mental Health Advocate & Educator, Philippines

Dr. Jacqueline Mohair

Trinity International University of Ambassadors, USA

Dr. Ivan Muniz Rothgiesser

Global Gold Speaker, Instituto de Empresa, Peru

Dr. Leila Mostfi

International Waterbirth Specialist & SRHR Expert, Oman

Dr. Bertha Anibea Gyamfi

Social & Human Psychology, Ghana

Every programme at OneX Academy carries the fingerprints of people who've done the work themselves, not just taught it.

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