About Aten Inc.

Education is the great leveler.

Our core philosophy: the right learning, made accessible, can erase global barriers. We come from generations of educators dating back hundreds of years — and we're applying the latest technology to a century-old problem.

Our mission

Enrich education globally.

Leverage the most impactful advances in technology to provide effective educational access to the farthest and neediest — and to bring those same advances to enterprise training where they save Fortune 500 organizations millions per year.

Our vision

Translate research into experience.

Take Aten's award-winning expertise in serious games and 3D immersive virtual worlds — with embedded formative feedback and performance assessments — and turn it into scalable, fun, situational, experiential learning that works.

By the numbers

Two decades, measurable results.

90%
Retention
of learning
97%
Accuracy
in users
100%
Satisfied
users
100%
Word-of-mouth
growth since 2005
Leadership

Meet the team.

Founder

Sunita Menon

President

Over 33 years of work experience across a plethora of industries, leading client engagements and overseeing strategy.

Founder

Thomas K Vaidhyan

CEO

A social entrepreneur with a passion for leveraging technology to enhance learning. Keynote speaker at SEMICON India 2025, WATS, EATS, APATS, and ICAO conferences.

Advisors

Bharath Dhurjati

Technology Advisor

12+ years across account management, delivery, pre-sales, and strategic engagement.

Christopher Perrien

Business Advisor

Specialties: business development, account management, project execution, and simplifying complexity.

Philip Mathew

Technology Advisor

Strategic guidance on platform architecture and emerging XR / AI capabilities.

Awards & honors

Recognized work, quiet growth.

100% of Aten's growth since 2005 has come through word of mouth.

2025
Keynote · Workforce Development, SEMICON India
India Semiconductor Mission
2017
Key player · World Serious Game Market Forecast 2017–2023
Industry Report
2015
Centennial Competition Semifinalist
National Board of Medical Examiners
2012
Internal Award for Excellence in Innovation
JPMorgan Chase
2011
Next Generation Learning Challenge Finalist
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2010
Carbon Footprint Global Cities · Digital & Learning Media Competition Finalist
MacArthur Foundation

Let's build something.

Every Aten engagement starts with a conversation about your problem — not a sales pitch about our platform.