We are Hebbale Academy!

Building the Platform for Cloud-First & AI-First Experiential Learning
The shift toward a skills-first economy is unlocking new opportunities to rethink how talent is developed for a cloud and AI-driven world. Organizations increasingly value individuals who can design, build, and operate real systems, including AI-led solutions, in live environments from day one. Hebbale Academy supports this shift through execution-led learning, where individuals develop capabilities by building real-world, cloud-native and AI-powered solutions, aligning skill development with how modern technology is created and deployed.

Our Vision

Our Vision

We aspire to become the global smart infrastructure for technical skills, where capabilities are built, validated, discovered, and leveraged through real-world systems and AI-powered understanding of how people actually build.

Our Mission

Our Mission

We replace passive tech learning with live execution, enabling institutions and enterprises to develop, assess, and hire talent based on demonstrated real-world capability. Our platform combines multi-cloud infrastructure with AI-driven evaluation to measure how people perform in real-world technical environments.

Our Values

Our Values

We value real-world capability, continuous innovation, measurable outcomes, and trusted systems that create long-term value for every stakeholder.

Our Team

We are driven by industry stalwarts and thinkers, who are also entrepreneurs!

Nagendran Sundararajan
Nagendran SundararajanCo-founder | CEO | Director
KK Gupta
KK GuptaEntrepreneur | Advisor | Director
Shivashankar Hebbale
Shivashankar HebbaleFounder | Chairman of the Board

Industry Advisor(s)

Dr. Madan Padaki
Dr. Madan PadakiSerial Entrepreneur | Advisor

Key Members

Pradeep Malji
Pradeep MaljiChief Technology Officer (CTO)
Piyush Gupta
Piyush GuptaChief Product Officer (CPO)
Baidyanath Mohapatra
Baidyanath MohapatraVP & Head of Relationships-Institutions & Channels