Narayana Aaditya Ganeshkumar
FounderFounder at Skillsync
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedSkillsync · YC
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Narayana: together at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
About
Narayana Aaditya Ganeshkumar is co-founder and CEO of Skillsync. He previously contributed to an open-source Rust project that reached 30,000+ GitHub stars and has background spanning software engineering, product management, and organizational psychology.
Founder at SkillsyncYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Narayana went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Skillsync's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Co-founders at Skillsync
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Nishant JoshiFounder
Experience
- SkillsyncCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — present
- JUSPAYProduct Manager2025Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- JUSPAYAssociate Product Manager2022 — 2024
- Ideal GasCreator2021 — 2023
- DeloitteSenior Consultant2022
- DeloitteConsultant2020 — 2022
- Mondelēz InternationalSummer Intern2019
- Dr. Reddy's LaboratoriesSummer Intern2017Greater Hyderabad Area
Skills & more
Leadership23Strategy1Strategic Planning16Public Speaking23Management17Teamwork12Microsoft Excel9Microsoft Office18Management Consulting1Human Resources (HR)Marketing Strategy20Market Research18
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MarketingMusic ProductionEvent ManagementSocial Media MarketingartCustomer ServiceLanguages English · Hindi · Tamil · Telugu
- The Music of the Beatles — University of Rochester
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Narayana Aaditya Ganeshkumar?
- Narayana Aaditya Ganeshkumar is co-founder and CEO of Skillsync. He previously contributed to an open-source Rust project that reached 30,000+ GitHub stars and has background spanning software engineering, product management, and organizational psychology.
- Where does Narayana Aaditya Ganeshkumar work?
- Narayana Aaditya Ganeshkumar is Founder of Skillsync.
- What companies did Narayana Aaditya Ganeshkumar found?
- Narayana Aaditya Ganeshkumar founded Skillsync.
- Where did Narayana Aaditya Ganeshkumar go to school?
- Narayana Aaditya Ganeshkumar studied at Y Combinator; XLRI Jamshedpur (PGDM, Human Resource Management); National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (Bachelor's degree, Instrumentation and Control Engineering).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli mafia37
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XLRI Jamshedpur mafia20
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Shared employers
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Also worked at Mondelēz International71
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