Upkar is co-founder and CEO of MyEd.com, an EdTech business with a mission to transform the experience of learning in a rapidly changing world by empowering every young learner to experience personalised learning. He is Emeritus Professor of Enterprise Development at Birmingham City University and was formerly the Director of Corporate Social Responsibility (2008 to 2010) and the Dean of BCU Business School (1996 to 2008). He has extensive senior management experience of UK education in general and of the higher education sector in particular. Upkar worked in Ethiopia for four years where he directed the development of the country’s first international Business School at Addis Ababa University and Ethiopian Aviation Academy.
Upkar is also the Chairman of the Nishkam Civic Association (Nishkam Centre) and former Vice Chairman of the Nishkam Schools Multiple Academy Trust. He has extensive knowledge and experience of governance, leadership and management of nurseries, primary and secondary schools in England. He has led and served on the boards of several other charities in the city. He has a passion for the performing arts and was the chairman of The Drum and a member of SAMPAD trust board.
In 2006, he received an OBE for services to higher education and local communities. Upkar was selected to be included in Asian Power 100 list in 2005 and 2007, which recognises 100 most influential Asian men and women in the UK.
