Our Founders & Mentors
30+ Years of Combined Experience
Built by leaders from UK higher education and industry, who have personally invested in the success of every student.
Abhay Joshi
Founder, Director & Mentor B.
B.Eng. Mechanical Design · 30+ Years Industry Experience
Founder Director of Elephant Connect Education with over 30 years of corporate managerial experience, including 10+ years training school and university students in Science, Maths, and Engineering.
Career highlights include Head of Customer Delivery at Tech Mahindra UK, Head of Professional Services at NSC Global UK, and a lectureship in Engineering at Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune.
Has served as School Governor at Radcliffe School, Milton Keynes, and as President of Lions Club International (Milton Keynes). Also a certified private pilot.
Every tutor who joins Elephant Connect is personally interviewed and certified by Abhay, ensuring the highest standards of teaching quality and student safety.
Manjiri Gokhale Joshi
Founder, Director & Mentor
MSc Major Programme Management, Said Business School, Oxford · PhD Scholarship Candidate, Queen Mary University London
Former Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Mentoring Coordinator with the Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.
After a decade as a journalist with the Indian Express, Dataquest, and In Mumbai TV, she worked with Zensar Technologies and ICICI Lombard before becoming CEO of Global Talent Track.
Recipient of the She Inspires “Agent of Change” National Award in the UK. Selected by LinkedIn as one of 12 from 13,000 professionals to assist Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson judge entrepreneurs for a £1 million fund.
Three of Manjiri’s six books (McGraw Hill, Sage) are used as primary content for leadership training.