Mr. Sameer Pande

Mr. Sameer Pande holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Electronics), a Master’s Degree in Personnel Management (MPM), and a Master’s Program in Business Administration (MPBA). He is currently serving as the Managing Director at MKCL and has over 32 years of extensive experience.

After completing his engineering degree, he worked with Mechatronics Test Equipment and developed a Gang EPROM Programmer using Z80 Microprocessor assembly language. Following his MPBA in 1992, he joined CompuShastra, marketing Modi Olivetti computers. In 1993, he became an Academic Coordinator and Professor at the Institute of Management Education (IME), Pune. He was also instrumental in establishing the Adarsha Institute of Information Technology for managing IT Literacy Courses for VIII and IX standard students of the school Abhinava Vidyalaya.

In 2000, he joined Knowledge-Divine Information Technology (KNOW-IT) and managed CDAC’s Diploma in Advanced Computing course. He worked on the eGovernance Project of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, which received the Bronze Icon Award from the Government of India. In 2002, he implemented the eTemple software project at Shirdi Saibaba Sansthan. Since 2004, he has served as the head of Local Lead Center and Regional Lead Center. As the Coordinator of Pune Regional Lead Center (RLC), he synergized efforts across Pune, Nasik, and Ahmednagar districts, achieving the highest number of MS-CIT admissions among all RLCs in Maharashtra.

Under his leadership, KNOW-IT developed various significant software, including Online Admission for Engineering, Digital University, Digital Directorate, Libreria, and many other projects. He joined MKCL as General Manager on April 1, 2010, and was later deputed to MKCL Arabia Ltd as General Manager. In Saudi Arabia, he expanded MKCL’s business footprint by coordinating IT literacy and functionality courses as part of the Preparatory Year (PY) Program in three top universities, benefiting over 1 lakh PY students.

He was pivotal in establishing the MKCL Egypt Branch Office of MKCL Arabia Limited, setting up 78 ALCs. He presented MKCL’s MI-CIT Course to the Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt, obtaining recognition for MKCL’s International Certificate in Information Technology (MI-CIT).

Upon returning to India in 2013, he was deputed as Managing Director & CEO of Haryana Knowledge Corporation Ltd. He established a statewide network of 246 ALCs offering HS-CIT and other Digital Employability Courses, with annual HS-CIT learner registrations exceeding 10,000 by the third year.

In 2016, after returning to MKCL, he executed India’s first 100% accurate statewide Teacher Transfer Drives involving 1 lakh teachers for the Department of School and Mass Education, Government of Haryana. He also developed and implemented various projects, such as MahaLabharthi, VanMitra, and Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan. As Managing Director, he played a crucial role in securing the contract from SARTHI, implementing training for 80,000+ learners in the Digital Employability Enhancement Program (DEEP). He was instrumental in launching iLike courses in Kerala under the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme, Kerala (a Section 8 company of the Government of Kerala), and successfully implemented the Kushal Yuva Program in Bihar since 2020 with the support of MKCL team members.