RISE, an EdTech platform, has announced the appointment of Devendra Nagle as the company’s VP of Marketing. Incidentally, this is the first leadership hire outside the founding team.

Prior to joining RISE, Nagle was Associate Vice President at the Internet and Mobile Association of India, where he was spearheading Digital Advertising and Venture Capital Committees. In the past, he had conceptualised and created award-winning IPs in the startup space. He brings over 10 years of experience in marketing across various sectors like media, education and startup. Nagle had earlier worked at Google, India Today and Hindustan Times, where he was responsible for leading various marketing initiatives. He holds a BTech degree in Computer Science and an MBA from IIM Bangalore.

In his role at RISE, Devendra will be responsible for scaling the brand’s industry-led and localised programmes, alongside supporting RISE’s vision to help colleges and universities expand their offerings by focussing on creating new digital credentials and degree programs with industry led training. His mandate would be to lead all marketing initiatives for RISE.