Chief Executive Officer

Ishmeet Singh is the Chief Executive Officer at Central Square Foundation, and is based out of Delhi. Ishmeet brings over three decades of leadership experience across FMCG and telecom, with CXO roles at Unilever, Vodafone, Mattel Asia, among others. In 2021, he transitioned to the development sector and led health initiatives at Piramal Foundation. He has led large, complex organisations, built national platforms from the ground up, and worked closely with governments to drive system-level change in public health and education. In his last role as CEO of Piramal Swasthya, over the last 5 years, Ishmeet has been instrumental in establishing the Global Alliance for Viksit Bharat, a $200 million initiative across the Purvodaya states focused on health, nutrition and education to address multidimensional poverty.

Ishmeet Singh

Advisory Board

Swathi Kantamani, the driving force behind NATCO Pharma’s CSR arm, channels her profound insights and compassionate ethos into transformative initiatives. Armed with a Master&#8217;s degree from Oxford, her journey was deeply influenced by the poignant narratives of African-American women, igniting a passion for societal change.
Swathi spearheaded impactful projects in education, healthcare, and livelihoods for rural communities. Noteworthy endeavours include Natco School of Learning in Gollamudipadu, Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, and Natco High School in Rangapur, R.R District in Telangana, catering to 1800+ students from marginalised communities. Complementing these efforts are NATCO Mobile Health Clinics delivering healthcare services to remote villages in Telangana.
Swathi&#8217;s stewardship extended to collaborative endeavours with establishment of LVPEI-NATCO Eye Centre in Kothur and Natco Cancer Care Centre at GGH in Guntur that stand as beacons of accessible healthcare for the poor. Prominent hospitals like MNJ, Niloufer, Osmania, and Gandhi, continue to receive support like manpower, medicines, and fortification of infrastructure. 
Under her leadership, NATCO Trust won several accolades including the Golden Peacock Award for CSR. Swathi, a devoted mother of two, finds joy in reading and exploring art, while her insatiable curiosity drives her to advocate for collaborative efforts to enact large-scale, sustainable change.

Swathi Kantamani

<span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-value="[null,2,&quot;Dr I V Subba Rao joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1979 and held a number of leadership positions in\u000aGovernment of Andhra Pradesh and Government of India, including, most recently, as Secretary to the Vice President of\u000aIndia. During his tenure in the government, he designed a number of innovative programmes positively impacting the\u000aquality of life of people. He provided managerial and academic leadership to the literacy and education programmes at state level as Principal Secretary, School Education, Andhra Pradesh; at national level as Director, Elementary Education and Teacher Education and, at the international level, as Chief of Literacy and Non-Formal Education at UNESCO, Paris and Chief\u000aProgramme Coordinator at UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg. He led the first Joint Review Mission of India\u2019s flagship Program of Education for All (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan) in 2005.He played a key role in the implementation of Minimum\u000aLevels of Learning programme, the National Mid-day meal programme and in the establishment of National Council for Teacher Education. He provided strategic leadership to UNESCO\u2019s efforts in literacy, adult learning and lifelong education, including evaluation of United Nations Literacy Decade and the establishment of Global Alliance for Literacy. Dr Subba Rao graduated from Delhi University and has a PhD in Educational Policy and Leadership from University of Pennsylvania, USA. Prior to joining the IAS, he taught at Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University.&quot;]" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:4993,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:3,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;}">Dr I V Subba Rao joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1979 and held a number of leadership positions in Government of Andhra Pradesh and Government of India, including, most recently, as Secretary to the Vice President of India. During his tenure in the government, he designed a number of innovative programmes positively impacting the quality of life of people. He provided managerial and academic leadership to the literacy and education programmes at state level as Principal Secretary, School Education, Andhra Pradesh; at national level as Director, Elementary Education and Teacher Education and, at the international level, as Chief of Literacy and Non-Formal Education at UNESCO, Paris and Chief Programme Coordinator at UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg. He led the first Joint Review Mission of India’s flagship Program of Education for All (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan) in 2005.He played a key role in the implementation of Minimum Levels of Learning programme, the National Mid-day meal programme and in the establishment of National Council for Teacher Education. He provided strategic leadership to UNESCO’s efforts in literacy, adult learning and lifelong education, including evaluation of United Nations Literacy Decade and the establishment of Global Alliance for Literacy. Dr Subba Rao graduated from Delhi University and has a PhD in Educational Policy and Leadership from University of Pennsylvania, USA. Prior to joining the IAS, he taught at Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Dr. I.V. Subba Rao

Manisha Girotra is the Chief Executive Officer of Moelis &amp; Company in India. She was previously Chairperson and Country Head for UBS in India, with a career spanning 30 years with UBS in Hong Kong, Mumbai, Delhi, and London and with Moelis in India. She was the youngest CEO of a global investment bank in India at the age of 32. At UBS, Manisha oversaw the multiple businesses of the firm in India, including investment banking, equities trading, a propriety equity/equity-linked investment book of US$ 1bn, wealth management, and a US$ 1bn onshore lending book. Manisha has advised over US$ 500Bn of mergers and acquisitions and equity and debt fundraisings through her career. Manisha is on the Global Board of Naspers and Prosus, a US$ 200 Bn market cap technology investor. She is also on the Boards of Ashok Leyland and Mindspace Business Parks REIT. Manisha graduated in Economics from St Stephen&#8217;s College, Delhi, and was awarded the Dr. Manmohan Singh Gold Medal for academic excellence for her Masters&#8217; Degree from the Delhi School of Economics.

Manisha Girotra

Dr. Jayshree Oza has been in the field of education for more than 35 years in various leadership and consulting positions in India, USA and in the east and south Asia region.
She was a team leader for the Technical Cooperation Agency (TCA) to Government of India through internationally funded programme for 10 years working closely with NCERT on National Achievement Surveys, Teacher Development, and NUEPA with planning, school assessments and UDISE. She has served on numerous education missions to monitor and evaluate various educational schemes; programs for MoE and funding agencies such as the World Bank, European Union, and DFID. She founded and directed a professional development centre named Centre for Education Management and Development (CEMD) for fifteen years.
Jayshree Oza has expertise in the areas of student assessment and program evaluation, education management with focus on leadership and institutional development, policy research, curriculum, pedagogy, and capacity building in 
all the above.

Dr. Jayshree Oza

Shaveta has been part of the founding team at CSF since 2012 and has led the organisation as CEO-MD for ~3.5 years. She is passionate to bring to life the vision of quality learning for all children and government-led system reform for scale and sustainability.
Shaveta is also on the advisory board of Language and Learning Foundation (LLF), Madhi Foundation, Saarthi Education and India Leaders for Social Sector (ILSS), in line with her commitment for high-quality leadership for the social sector. She is also deeply committed to advancing gender equity and is a founding mentor of The Udaiti Foundation, which works to promote women’s economic empowerment.
Prior to CSF, she worked at The Boston Consulting Group and Citibank. She has also been a visiting faculty member in the Human Resources and Organisational Behavior disciplines at many business schools.
Shaveta earned her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi and holds an MBA in Management from IIM-Bangalore.
She is a proud parent to two young adults (a boy &amp; girl) &amp; furry-boy. In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching Hindi movies &amp; listening to music, solving Sudoku &amp; Kakuro puzzles and traveling with her family.

Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja

<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Vivek Gambhir is the CEO of boAt Lifestyle where he drives the company's vision and accelerates overall growth. Prior to joining boAt, Vivek served as the CEO and Managing Director of Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) where he spearheaded the transformation and global expansion of the organisation. He was also a founding member of Bain &amp; Company's consulting operations in India and has led the firm's FMCG and telecommunications practices in India. He has also worked with Bain &amp; Company in Boston and Singapore.\n\nVivek is an MBA graduate from the esteemed Harvard Business School and a BS (Computer Science) and BA (Economics) graduate from Lafayette College, Pennsylvania\n\nHe has been a CSF Board Member since 2020.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:13309,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Public Sans&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}">Vivek Gambhir is the Chairperson of boAt Lifestyle where he directs the company&#8217;s vision and accelerates overall growth. Prior to joining boAt, Vivek served as the CEO and Managing Director of Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) where he spearheaded the transformation and global expansion of the organisation. He was also a founding member of Bain &amp; Company&#8217;s consulting operations in India and has led the firm&#8217;s FMCG and telecommunications practices in India. He has also worked with Bain &amp; Company in Boston and Singapore.
Vivek is an MBA graduate from the esteemed Harvard Business School and a BS (Computer Science) and BA (Economics) graduate from Lafayette College, Pennsylvania
He has been a CSF Board Member since 2020.

Vivek Gambhir

<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sri Rajan is a partner at Cota Capital in San Francisco. Prior to this, he was a Partner in Bain &amp; Company's San Francisco office and also the Chairman of Bain and Company in India. He has also been the founder of and the Managing Director of Bain’s India offices. During his time at Bain, he worked across a range of industries in the US, Europe and India and his areas of focus included M&amp;A, diligence and portfolio value creation, strategy, operating model design and customer experience.\n\nHe has over 20 years of management consulting experience in India and the United States. Sri is an active investor in the startup ecosystem in India and is on the board of Delhivery. He is also on the Advisory Boards of various social organizations, including Akshaya Patra.\n\nSri earned his MBA from the Wharton School of Business, where he was a Palmer Scholar. He graduated with a post-graduate degree in management from IIM, Calcutta.\n\nHe has been a CSF Board Member since 2015.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:13309,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Public Sans&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}">Sri Rajan is a <span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Sri Rajan is a partner at Cota Capital in San Francisco. Prior to this, he was a Partner in Bain &amp; Company's San Francisco office and also the Chairman of Bain and Company in India. He has also been the founder of and the Managing Director of Bain’s India offices. During his time at Bain, he worked across a range of industries in the US, Europe and India and his areas of focus included M&amp;A, diligence and portfolio value creation, strategy, operating model design and customer experience.\n\nHe has over 20 years of management consulting experience in India and the United States. Sri is an active investor in the startup ecosystem in India and is on the board of Delhivery. He is also on the Advisory Boards of various social organizations, including Akshaya Patra.\n\nSri earned his MBA from the Wharton School of Business, where he was a Palmer Scholar. He graduated with a post-graduate degree in management from IIM, Calcutta.\n\nHe has been a CSF Board Member since 2015.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:13309,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Public Sans&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}">partner at Cota Capital in San Francisco. Prior to this, he was a Partner in Bain &amp; Company&#8217;s San Francisco office and also the Chairman of Bain and Company in India. He has also been the founder of and the Managing Director of Bain’s India offices. During his time at Bain, he worked across a range of industries in the US, Europe and India and his areas of focus included M&amp;A, diligence and portfolio value creation, strategy, operating model design and customer experience.
He has over 20 years of management consulting experience in India and the United States. Sri is an active investor in the startup ecosystem in India and is on the board of Delhivery. He is also on the Advisory Boards of various social organizations, including Akshaya Patra.
Sri earned his MBA from the Wharton School of Business, where he was a Palmer Scholar. He graduated with a post-graduate degree in management from IIM, Calcutta.
He has been a CSF Board Member since 2015.

Sri Rajan

<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Rajiv Verma is the former Former Chief Executive Officer, of HT Media Ltd. He has over 30 years of experience at HT Media, Nestle, Hindustan Lever and Whirlpool spanning across South-East Asia and European geographies, having worked with Whirlpool in Thailand and with Nestle in the Philippines and Switzerland. He began his career with Hindustan Lever as a Management Trainee. He left HLL to join Nestle, where he spent over 12 years handling various portfolios from project management to turning around operations in the Philippines.\n\nRajiv is a mechanical engineer from the Delhi College of Engineering. He serves on the Board of Governors, BITS Pilani and the Kellogg alumni Advisory Board of Northwestern University (USA).\n\nCSF Board Member since 2020.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:1021,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}">Rajiv Verma is the former Former Chief Executive Officer, of HT Media Ltd. He has over 30 years of experience at HT Media, Nestle, Hindustan Lever and Whirlpool spanning across South-East Asia and European geographies, having worked with Whirlpool in Thailand and with Nestle in the Philippines and Switzerland. He began his career with Hindustan Lever as a Management Trainee. He left HLL to join Nestle, where he spent over 12 years handling various portfolios from project management to turning around operations in the Philippines.
Rajiv is a mechanical engineer from the Delhi College of Engineering. He serves on the Board of Governors, BITS Pilani and the Kellogg alumni Advisory Board of Northwestern University (USA).
CSF Board Member since 2020.

Rajiv Verma

<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Luis Crouch is a retired Emeritus Senior Economist at the International Development Group (IDG) of RTI International (RTI). Previously he was Team Coordinator, Global Good Practices Group, at the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and was also the Lead Education Economist at the World Bank. The Good Practices Group is in charge of monitoring and evaluation the GPE, promoting good practices access to education and improved learning outcomes.\n\nHe is a recognized international leader in providing high-level advice to governments involved in complex educational systems change having worked closely with governments advising on reform processes, including South Africa's funding reforms and more recently Egypt's decentralization reforms. He has worked in more than 25 countries in a 30-year career in development and is the author of reports, technical papers, and books. Luis studied Agricultural Economics at the University of Berkeley.\n\nCSF Board Member since 2018.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:13309,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Public Sans&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}">Luis Crouch is a retired Emeritus Senior Economist at the International Development Group (IDG) of RTI International (RTI). Previously he was Team Coordinator, Global Good Practices Group, at the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and was also the Lead Education Economist at the World Bank. The Good Practices Group is in charge of monitoring and evaluation the GPE, promoting good practices access to education and improved learning outcomes.
He is a recognized international leader in providing high-level advice to governments involved in complex educational systems change having worked closely with governments advising on reform processes, including South Africa&#8217;s funding reforms and more recently Egypt&#8217;s decentralization reforms. He has worked in more than 25 countries in a 30-year career in development and is the author of reports, technical papers, and books. Luis studied Agricultural Economics at the University of Berkeley.
CSF Board Member since 2018.

Luis Crouch

<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Benjamin Piper is the Director of the Global Education program at the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. In his role, he supports grantees that work to improve foundational literacy and numeracy in low- and middle-income countries.\n\nBefore joining the foundation, Benjamin was the senior director for Africa education for RTI International, where he provided support to large-scale education projects across sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Benjamin has also been the chief of the party for the Kenyan national literacy program Tusome, a set of randomized controlled trials in Kenya called PRIMR, and Kenya’s National Tablets Programme. He was the principal investigator for Learning at Scale, a multi-country study of highly effective large-scale education programs and for an external evaluation of programs aimed at increasing playful pedagogy at a large scale funded by the Lego Foundation. He was also the principal investigator for Science of Teaching, an effort funded by the Gates Foundation to increase knowledge about the technical details of how to improve pedagogy at a large scale.\n\nBenjamin has a doctorate in international education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and master’s degrees in international education policy and school leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Furman University, respectively. \n\nHe has been a CSF Board Member since 2018.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:13309,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Public Sans&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}">Benjamin Piper is the Director of the Global Education program at the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. In his role, he supports grantees that work to improve foundational literacy and numeracy in low- and middle-income countries.
Before joining the foundation, Benjamin was the senior director for Africa education for RTI International, where he provided support to large-scale education projects across sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Benjamin has also been the chief of the party for the Kenyan national literacy program Tusome, a set of randomized controlled trials in Kenya called PRIMR, and Kenya’s National Tablets Programme. He was the principal investigator for Learning at Scale, a multi-country study of highly effective large-scale education programs and for an external evaluation of programs aimed at increasing playful pedagogy at a large scale funded by the Lego Foundation. He was also the principal investigator for Science of Teaching, an effort funded by the Gates Foundation to increase knowledge about the technical details of how to improve pedagogy at a large scale.
Benjamin has a doctorate in international education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and master’s degrees in international education policy and school leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Furman University, respectively.
He has been a CSF Board Member since 2018.

Benjamin Piper

<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Ashok Chadha currently works as an independent strategic consultant assisting a wide range of industries including, Technology and Outsourcing, IT services, Financial Services, Data Analytics, Consumer Durables, QSR / Food and the Power sectors. Prior to this, Ashok was President and Country Head for San Francisco-headquartered Global Vantedge and earlier an Associate COO at Wipro Spectramind. With over 30 years of experience, Ashok has demonstrated leadership ability to start up, manage, turn around, and act as a ‘hands-on’ Strategic Consultant to turn around and deliver results in companies in both high growth and stress environments.\n\nAshok has an MBA (PGDBM) from XLRI, Jamshedpur and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Delhi University. He was ranked first and awarded the Gold Medal at XLRI Jamshedpur.\n\nCSF Board Member since 2015.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:13309,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Public Sans&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}">Ashok Chadha currently works as an independent strategic consultant assisting a wide range of industries including, Technology and Outsourcing, IT services, Financial Services, Data Analytics, Consumer Durables, QSR / Food and the Power sectors. Prior to this, Ashok was President and Country Head for San Francisco-headquartered Global Vantedge and earlier an Associate COO at Wipro Spectramind. With over 30 years of experience, Ashok has demonstrated leadership ability to start up, manage, turn around, and act as a ‘hands-on’ Strategic Consultant to turn around and deliver results in companies in both high growth and stress environments.
Ashok has an MBA (PGDBM) from XLRI, Jamshedpur and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Delhi University. He was ranked first and awarded the Gold Medal at XLRI Jamshedpur.
CSF Board Member since 2015.

Ashok Chadha

Founder-Chairperson

<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Ashish Dhawan is the founder of Central Square Foundation, and the Founder-CEO of The Convergence Foundation (TCF), which is focused on accelerating India’s economic growth and development. He is the chairperson of Ashoka University, a leading liberal arts university in India. He also serves on the governing board of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).\n\nBefore his second career as a philanthropist, Ashish was among India’s most successful private equity investors. He founded and ran ChrysCapital, the country’s leading private equity firm. Ashish is a graduate of Yale University and has received his MBA from Harvard Business School.&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:13309,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Public Sans&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}">Ashish Dhawan is the Founder and Advisory Board Member of Central Square Foundation and the Founder-CEO of The Convergence Foundation (TCF), which is focused on accelerating India’s economic growth and development. He is the chairperson of Ashoka University, a leading liberal arts university in India. He also serves on the governing board of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).
Before his second career as a philanthropist, Ashish was among India’s most successful private equity investors. He founded and ran ChrysCapital, the country’s leading private equity firm. Ashish is a graduate of Yale University and has received his MBA from Harvard Business School.

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