Ashish Dhawan is one of India’s leading philanthropists and a key voice for system reform in the country. Ashish is the Founder and CEO of Central Square Foundation (CSF) with the mission to improve the quality of school education for all students (especially from low-income communities) through the pursuit of evidence driven and innovation led system reform.

Andreas Schleicher initiated and oversees the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and other international instruments that have created a global platform for policy-makers, researchers and educators across nations and cultures to innovate and transform educational policies and practices. Before joining the OECD, he was Director for Analysis at the In

Dr. S S Mantha, former Chairman of the National Regulator (AICTE), implemented several e-governance initiatives and facilitating regulations. Earlier, a Professor of Robotics, Control theory and AI at VJTI, he now occupies the Emeritus Chair. He has more than 280 publications in National and International Journals and Conferences besides authoring three books.

Dr Rajan Saxena is an institution builder, marketing academic and an author in marketing, corporate strategy, institution building and leadership. He held the position of Vice Chancellor of NMIMS (Narsee Monjee Institute Of Management Studies), (Deemed University) Mumbai from 2009 to 2020.

Graduated from Syracuse University over 30 years ago, Paulina Pannen writes and speaks in various scholarly forums, and has had a tenure as director of SEAMEO SEAMOLEC, Vice-Rector at USBI, Dean of Faculty of Education at Universitas Terbuka, chairman of task forces on higher education quality development and improvement programs under DGHE, development of Indonesian MOOCs and e-learning, distance education, Senior Adviser on Academics to the MORTHE until 2019, Interim Director for Innovation System and Secretary to the Consortium of Research and Innovation for Covid-19 at MORT/NARI until 2

Ms. May is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Bridge International. As an award-winning teacher at primary and tertiary levels, Ms. May is focused on ensuring that Bridge supports teachers, empowers school leaders, and ensures every child has the learning support needed to master the national syllabus and have the confidence to succeed in a competitive world. Ms.

Ms. Behncken is the Vice President and Lead of Microsoft Philanthropies. Previously, she led the Microsoft Philanthropies Global Community Engagement team and was Associate General Counsel at Microsoft where she led the Office of the President team and served as Chief of Staff to company President and Chief Legal Officer, Brad Smith. Kate and her team are focused on innovating in new ways to help realize the promise and potential of technology for everyone as they work with underserved communities.

Mr. Pritchett is a development economist from Idaho. He graduated from BYU in 1983 and from MIT with a PhD in Economics in 1988. He worked with the World Bank from 1988 to 2007. He taught at the Harvard Kennedy School from 2000 to 2018 (with some leaves) and is now affiliated with Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government. He has over a hundred publications: journal articles, working papers, book chapters, and books, authored with over fifty different co-authors on topics in development from basic education to economic growth to state capability to labor mobility (and more).