Regent Global’s joint CEOs Selva and Tharshiny Pankaj founded Regent with Selva’s late father in 2000. The business began as a modest private tuition service followed by a further education college. From the outset, Regent has succeeded by serving the community. Initially the company provided accessible further and higher education in London. Today, Regent Global’s footprint extends to the UK, United States, Dubai, GCC, India and beyond and contributing to the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33) is a focus for the company.
Education is Selva and Tharshiny’s passion. Selva still teaches and has written books to help students and adults achieve the success they want. All Regent Global students have access to his books Thinking into Character and The Power of Learning from DAD, and the supporting education programmes. Selva has also created educational programmes based on the ideas of Napoleon Hill and Earl Nightingale, called Think and Grow Rich and The Mindset, respectively. Selva is a lifelong learner himself. He holds an MBA and went to London Business School, followed by Harvard Business School, Oxford University and Stanford Graduate School as part of his executive education. Tharshiny started her career teaching ICT & Computing at a sixth form college. She has been instrumental in upholding and advancing the educational standards at Regent College London and her leadership over the last 20 years has established Regent Global as a beacon of educational excellence.
Selva and Tharshiny Pankaj are globally-minded: both fled civil war in Sri Lanka and found safety in the UK, and they are proud British citizens with residencies in Dubai and the USA. They aim to make the world a better place and their work promoting peace through the Global Unity Dinner and Forum and support of the Duke of Edinburgh Award is very important to them.
Regent Global’s achievements have been acknowledged in several ways:
