Trusted by advisors

Educators who have run schools are shaping this

Sophoz is being built with people who have spent careers inside classrooms and in charge of them — principals of Sainik Schools, administrators of Air Force Schools, and teachers who have taught across government, private and international systems. They review what we build and tell us where it would not survive a real classroom.

Gp Capt KC Taneja (Retd)

Director of Education; Principal, Sainik School Bhubaneswar

Credentials

Principal, Sainik School Bhubaneswar
Administrative Head of various Air Force Schools
Chairman (Nominee) of various Kendriya Vidyalayas
Director of Education

“Education technology should help us see the child more clearly. What is valuable about Sophoz is its focus on using diagnostic data to move beyond marks and understand the reasoning, gaps, and learning patterns behind them, before scaling into the classroom.”

Gp Capt AK Varshneya, VSM (Retd)

Director of Education; Principal, Sainik School Tilaiya

Credentials

Chief Instructor, Air Force Academy
Principal, Sainik School Tilaiya
Director of Education
Vishishth Seva Medal

“The real opportunity in AI for education is not to replace assessment or teachers, but to make good assessment more continuous, more useful, and more actionable. Starting with clear diagnostic data, as Sophoz is doing with Olympiad evaluations, is the right foundation for that direction.”

Alka Varshneya, MSc BEd

Teacher — government, private and international schools

Credentials

16+ years teaching as PRT and TGT
Government, private and international schools across India
MSc, BEd

“A useful education platform should give teachers more time for teaching, not more dashboards to manage. The value of Sophoz will be in how clearly it turns diagnostic test data into the next useful teaching action for every child.”

Prof (Dr) Seema Shekhar

MA, PhD (English) — St Andrew's College, DDU Gorakhpur University

Credentials

St Andrew's College, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur
Indira Gandhi Women Achievers Award for Nation Building, New Delhi
Letter of Appreciation from President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam for conducting literacy missions for the poor girl child
Author, “Home Literature: The Socio-Cultural Milieu”

“True learning goes beyond rote memorization; it is rooted in understanding a child's context and building their foundational confidence. What excites me about Sophoz is its potential to use AI not just to grade, but to nurture a child's reasoning and literacy skills, providing the kind of personalized, encouraging feedback that a dedicated mentor would.”