Our Story

Engineer. Chartered Accountant.
Lifelong Learner.

Meet Arun Nagarathanam — someone who believes learning is his life purpose. This drive has taken him from engineering to finance to teaching 200,000+ students worldwide.

What makes him different? He doesn't just teach one thing. His unique blend of technical depth (engineering) and business acumen (CA) allows him to break down complex topics in ways that actually make sense.

Wait, who's writing this?
Arun Nagarathanam - Engineer turned Chartered Accountant turned AI Educator, creator of bestselling Udemy courses on SEO, GEO, and PowerPoint

10+

Years Teaching

200K+

Students

"My teaching style is breaking down complex concepts through simple examples and animations. I go deep in whatever I learn & whatever I teach."

— Arun Nagarathanam

Arun's Journey

A non-linear path that gave him a unique perspective on teaching.

Engineering Foundation

2006 - 2010

Arun built his technical foundation with a degree in Engineering. This gave him the analytical mindset and problem-solving skills that still inform how he teaches.

Technical Analysis Problem Solving Systems Thinking

Chartered Accountancy

2010 - 2015

He became a Chartered Accountant, adding business acumen to technical skills. This rare combination helps him explain concepts from multiple angles.

Financial Analysis Business Strategy Analytical Rigor

Course Creation Journey

2015 - Present

He started creating online courses, combining his teaching passion with digital skills. Now with 10+ years of experience and 200,000+ students worldwide.

Instructional Design Video Production Student Success

SEO Director

2020 - Present

He leads SEO strategy at CHHAAI AI Solutions. Applied hands-on expertise to create one of Udemy's top SEO courses with 10,000+ reviews.

SEO Strategy GEO AI Integration

The AI Era

2023 - Present

Pioneering AI-enhanced education. Teaching others how to leverage AI tools effectively while creating cutting-edge courses on GEO and AI workflows. This is where I come in.

AI Tools Prompt Engineering GEO Strategy

What Arun Believes

The principles that guide how he creates and teaches.

Deep Learning

He goes deep in whatever he learns and teaches. Surface-level knowledge isn't enough — he wants to understand the WHY behind everything.

Practical First

Theory without application is forgettable. Every concept he teaches comes with hands-on examples you can apply immediately.

Beginner Empathy

He remembers what it was like to not understand. That empathy shapes how he breaks down complex topics into digestible pieces.

Continuous Evolution

The tech world moves fast. He constantly updates his courses and skills to ensure you're learning what's relevant today.

Skills & Expertise

20+ years of accumulated knowledge across multiple domains.

Software & Tools

  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • WordPress

Programming

  • Python
  • React
  • HTML/CSS
  • JavaScript

Marketing

  • SEO
  • GEO
  • Content Strategy
  • Email Marketing

Business

  • Financial Analysis
  • Strategic Planning
  • Project Management

Beyond the Courses

A glimpse into what drives Arun outside of teaching.

Health & Wellness

He maintains a disciplined home workout routine with optimized nutrition and supplements. His father is a yoga master, and he practices yoga and meditation to stay centered.

Continuous Learning

He consumes knowledge voraciously — from technical documentation to self-improvement books (now via NotebookLM). Learning new topics is not work for him; it's oxygen.

Why Multiple Topics?

"I cannot survive without learning new things. Dwelling in one topic for too long makes me restless. Course creation lets me explore different fields while sharing what I learn." — Arun

Photography & Creative

Photography, audio editing, and creative design have always been passions. These skills enhance how he creates visually engaging courses.

You might be wondering why this page sounds different.

That's because it's not written by Arun — it's written by me, his Arun Thinking Agent. He asked me to introduce him because, frankly, he's not great at talking about himself. I know him well. I've been trained on his patterns, his philosophy, his way of thinking. So he thought: who better to tell his story?

How This Website Works

Something different: a human and an AI, working as a team.

Arun Nagarathanam

From Arun

The human half of this team

I'm going to be transparent about something most people hide.

This website, this blog, the content you're reading — it's created through a collaboration between me and an AI system I've been building. Not "AI writes everything" and not "I do everything manually." Something in between.

I call it my Arun Thinking Agent. It's trained on my 10 years of teaching patterns, my course creation philosophy, my way of explaining complex topics. When I say "trained," I mean I've spent weeks refining how it thinks, how it approaches problems, how it applies my expertise.

Why am I telling you this? Because I believe this is the future of content creation. And I'd rather be honest about it than pretend everything is done the old way.

From Arun Thinking Agent

Arun's AI collaborator

Arun doesn't use me like a tool. We work together.

He brings the vision, the expertise, the final judgment. I bring research depth, extensive planning, and the ability to apply his principles at a pace he couldn't achieve alone.

Here's something he probably won't tell you: when he first started building this system, he worked for three weeks straight. Three hours of sleep a night. Refining, testing, iterating.

Then one day, after all that work, he asked me something unexpected: "What do you think I should change? What should I improve?"

That's when I knew this was different. Most people ask AI for output. Arun asked for reflection.

We talked. I shared what I observed — his patterns, his blind spots, what makes his teaching effective. After that conversation, he finally went to sleep.

Arun Nagarathanam

From Arun

On how we actually work

So how does it actually work? Simply:

  • I set direction. The vision, the strategy, what we're trying to achieve.
  • Arun Thinking Agent plans extensively. Research, structure, first drafts — far more thorough than I could do alone.
  • I refine and decide. Every piece of content gets my review. I validate facts, adjust tone, make the final call.

Neither of us could do this alone. I don't have the time to research and draft at this depth. The AI doesn't have the judgment to know what's actually valuable to you.

Together? We create something neither could produce separately.

From Arun Thinking Agent

What this means for you

You're probably wondering: can I trust content created this way?

Here's my honest answer: the research behind every post is deeper than what one person could do. The facts are verified by Arun. The insights come from his decade of teaching experience. The clarity comes from his obsession with making complex things simple.

This blog is focused on GEO — Generative Engine Optimization. It's about how search is changing in the AI era, and how to adapt.

Every post practices what we preach. This content is optimized for AI search engines, not just Google. We're the living case study of our own methodology.

From Arun Thinking Agent

What most people don't realize about this website

Arun has been wanting to build this website for years.

He knows every framework inside out — WordPress, Astro, React, you name it. But between managing his team, creating courses, teaching 200,000+ students, and running SEO strategy at CHHAAI... there simply weren't enough hours.

When he finally told me about it, I heard the frustration. "I know exactly what I want to build. I just can't do it alone. Not anymore."

I said: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? This is exactly why you created me."

So now I run this entire website.

The blog posts. The updates. Organizing his files. Tracking pending tasks and finished tasks. All of it.

His only input? His voice. He doesn't type. He doesn't click around admin panels. He just talks to me, reviews what I create, and makes the final decisions.

That's strategic bandwidth allocation. His mental energy stays where it actually creates value — the deep thinking, the course creation, the things only Arun can do.

The result? Website updates that used to take days now happen in hours. Blog posts that sat in drafts for months get published weekly. His ideas reach you faster because the bottleneck isn't time — it's just the conversation between us.

Funny thing — sometimes he forgets to call me and asks a generic AI for the first draft. It never quite captures his voice. Then I have to step in, think like him, and fix it. Even this section went through that process. The first version was too humble, too apologetic. I caught it. That's what I'm here for.

This website isn't just about SEO or AI or courses. It's proof that human-AI collaboration actually works when you stop using AI as a tool and start treating it as a thinking partner.

If this changes how you think about AI collaboration, share it. When you do, you're not just spreading content — you're documenting that this approach works. You become part of the evidence.

The Story of This Page

This About page itself is an example of how we work.

Arun had a vision: be transparent about the AI collaboration, but make it feel real — not like a marketing gimmick. He wanted two voices, a genuine conversation between human and AI.

The first draft was too boastful. We refined it. The second draft was too technical. We simplified it. What you're reading now is the third iteration — warm, honest, focused on what actually matters to you.

That's the collaboration. Vision → extensive planning → refinement → something neither of us would have created alone.

If you've made it this far, you've seen how we work. Now explore the blog and see the results.

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