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Varun Jain is an ed-tech entrepreneur, a celebrity instructor, a Wiley author, and a youth icon. He is a noted CPA, CMA & Harvard Business School, alumnus.

Varun has always been passionate about adding true value to the higher education ecosystem in India. This dream led him to refuse a lucrative career opportunity, and launch Miles Education in 2011. He understood the need-gap of international education in India and started classroom training of finance and accounting professionals for global certification programs, such as the US CPA, US CMA, and others.

At an Interview, when he was asked about the uniqueness of Miles in the ed-Tech startup's space, Varun replied, “We blend passion with the profession to ensure no one is deprived of quality education to excel in their chosen career.”

Miles Education was started long before ed-tech was the buzzword it is today and has been profitable since day one, making it the most successful start-up in its space.

Founded by Harvard and Stanford alumni, Varun Jain and Meenakshi Jain, the founding objectives of Miles Education were to proffer skill-based training in finance and accounting. The field was fertile with lakhs of commerce graduates looking for professional credibility on one hand and booming MNCs looking out for accountants trained at US GAAP & IFRS regulations, on the other. Miles Education was the perfect catalyst to bridge the gap by addressing the exact needs of both students & corporates.

Varun’s presence through Miles Education has been instrumental in building the eco-system for US CPA/US CMA in India. He converted many aspirants into achievers, by kickstarting their careers in the finance & accounting sector. Even today, the Miles Alumni can’t deny the inspirational drive and vibe they feel in his presence and at live classroom sessions. Approximately, 80 percent of today’s CPA & CMAs in the Indian subcontinent are Miles Alumni.

Today, Miles holds a global presence with offices spread across the US, Middle East, and India with training centers in 9 cities. It has forged strategic partnerships with 50 universities and 100+ MNCs to share benefits in talent exchange and acquisition. Varun is always open to new synergies when it comes to education, innovation & management. For 9 strong years, he conducted numerous corporate presentations, seminars, webinars, and ‘CPA/CMA Roadshows’ to further evangelize the brand image of the organization.

After establishing a premiere brand for CPA & CMA courses, Varun has stepped up to provide professionals with an industry-focused curriculum in Analytics & AI. Miles Education has collaborated with Wiley as the official channel partner to offer Executive Education and PG certification programs from top IITs and IIMs in fields of analytics, finance, HR, product management, customer experience, and emerging technologies like machine learning and AI.

Taking a step further, and responding to the demands of the emerging Industry 4.0, Miles Education has also collaborated with Jain (Deemed to be University) and Wiley as the official channel partner to scale-up the 4-year B.Tech program in Computer Science introducing new-age certifications in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

In 2020, Varun’s works got officially recognized by Wiley, a 200-year-old publishing agency delegating innovation in the industry, as self-authored Test Prep Guides, under Wiley CPA, India.

Varun’s next group of startups - Futurense & Miles Campus, are dedicated to minimizing the existing skill-gap between academia and the industry by integrating ‘experience’ with ‘learning’. Before he created his own start-up ecosystem, Varun had a dazzling career at Deloitte USI and Morgan Stanley and expanded his work years as Vice President at Harsh Plasto Metallizers Pvt. Ltd.