Santosh Anand
Former Academic Head at BYJU'S · Former Curriculum Head at ByteDance · 15 years teaching JEE
Speaks English and Hindi
Is this the right person for you?
Who should talk to Santosh?
Every question below is one Santosh has lived through — you can trace each of them to the record further down this page. If one or more of them is your question, this call is for you. If none of them is, Santosh is probably not the right person, and it is better to know that now.
- ?How should a teacher's CV be written so it is more than a list of schools?
- ?How do I prepare for a teaching demo, the first round for almost any teaching job?
- ?What does an edtech interview test beyond subject knowledge, and how is the offer structured?
- ?Do I need a B.Ed, an M.Sc or a particular degree to be hired for these roles?
- ?What subject depth is actually expected to teach at JEE or NEET level?
- ?Is teaching a real long-term career, or should I be planning an exit?
- ?How do I move from classroom teaching into curriculum design or academic operations?
- ?What does an Academic Head or a Curriculum Head actually do?
- ?How do edtech companies hire faculty and content people, and what do they look for?
- ?What is it like working inside a large edtech company?
- ?How does authoring books or question banks work as income?
- ?Should I join a coaching institute, an edtech firm, or teach independently?
Santosh taught JEE Main and Advanced students for fifteen years, then moved into the roles that sit behind the classroom: five years at BYJU'S as faculty and then Academic Head, and Curriculum Head at ByteDance for grades 6–12 covering JEE and NEET. He has also authored academic and entrance-preparation content for Arihant Publications. If you are wondering whether teaching, edtech, curriculum design or content is a career rather than a side job, he has done all four and can say what each one pays in and takes out.
Why Santosh
- Academic Head & Faculty, BYJU'S · 5 years
- Curriculum Head, ByteDance · Grades 6–12, JEE and NEET
- Content author, Arihant Publications · Academic and entrance-preparation content
- 15 years teaching, JEE Main and JEE Advanced students · Classroom and preparation guidance
Careers in education and edtech
For teachers, tutors and content writers deciding whether this is a career or a stopgap — from someone who went from the classroom to Academic Head and Curriculum Head roles.
- Map the roles that exist beyond teaching: curriculum, academic ops, content, product and training
- Understand what edtech companies actually hire for and how they assess candidates
- Build evidence of your work that survives an interview: material, results, systems you designed
- Judge an employer, a coaching institute or a freelance offer before committing
What a 20-minute call covers
- Whether teaching or edtech is a career worth committing to, and what the ceiling looks like
- Moving from a classroom or tuition role into curriculum, academic operations or content
- What Academic Head and Curriculum Head roles actually involve, and who gets hired into them
- Building a portfolio that gets you hired by an edtech company or a publisher
- Freelance and authored content work: what it pays, and how the work actually arrives
- Judging an edtech employer before you join one
One focused conversation, not a programme. If what you need is ongoing mentoring, say so on the call and Santosh will tell you honestly whether Santosh is the right person for it.
Other things you can bring
- Teacher's CV
- Teaching demo round
- Edtech interviews
- Teaching as a career
- Careers in edtech
- Curriculum design roles
- Academic operations
- Content authoring
- Working at an edtech firm
- Coaching vs edtech
- Building a teaching portfolio
- Independent teaching
- Publishing work
Advises on
- Academic Head
- Curriculum Head
- Faculty
- Content author
- Edtech
- Coaching & test prep
- Educational publishing
- Curriculum design
- Academic operations
- Teaching careers
- Content authoring
How it works
- Pay ₹1499 — the whole fee, with nothing charged later.
- Choose phone or WhatsApp video and confirm the number to use.
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- 20 focused minutes to work through the decision you bring.
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