Mr Atul Kulshrestha is the promoter, Chairman and Managing Director of Extramarks. He conceived and initiated Extramarks in an effort to provide new age digital education solutions to make teaching-learning process easy and effective. Extramarks has attained global success and extreme popularity under his leadership. He leads a team of more than 1600 persons present in India, South Africa, Middle-East and South East Asia.

Though a Chartered Accountant, he has a knack for technology, he has successfully launched Internet services and an international BPO company prior to the launch of Extramarks.

His efforts in improving the teaching - learning methodology by implementing new technologies has won him accolades and he has been hailed as a global business leader who is transforming the family business in a survey published by Price Cooper Waterhouse.

He is a voracious reader and a music and movie lover. He is actively engaged with many philanthropic organisations like Camellia Research and Foundation which he has founded with a view to provide quality education to the under privileged.