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Wadhwani Foundation

Wadhwani Foundation is a not-for-profit with the primary mission of accelerating economic development by driving job creation through large-scale initiatives in entrepreneurship, small business growth, innovation, and skilling. Founded in 2000 by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dr Romesh Wadhwani, today, the Foundation is scaling impact in 20 countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the US.

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Board of Advisors

Romesh Wadhwani

Arun M. Kumar

Adil Zainulbhai

R. Chandrasekhar

Ajay Kela

WITP Team

WITP team is backed by a high-powered advisory board and consists of domain experts from the public and private sectors with extensive, diverse and versatile experience. The team supports the Government of India (GoI) by designing and training programs that enable cutting-edge policymaking and governance.

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Prakash Kumar

CEO, WITP

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Alok Gupta
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Apoorv Vishnoi
Bhawna-Kumari
Bhawna Kumari​
Ipshita Sinha
Ipshita Sinha​
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Kamal Das
Mayank Kumar Jha​
Mayank Kumar Jha​
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Munna Kumar
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Naushaba Anjum
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Nivedita Krishna
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Purabi Mitra
Ramesh-Mishra
Ramesh Mishra
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Sanjay Kumar

Wadhwani Winning Values

Give Forward

  • Wear your passion on your sleeve
  • Give with a smile
  • Share knowledge unselfishly
  • Think Impact, not activity

Together Is Better

  • Partner around purpose
  • Network actively
  • Be super-responsive
  • Reach out; solve together

Make It Large

  • Think big & beyond
  • Considered risk-taking
  • Embrace agile – test, learn, scale
  • Empower down the line

With You All The Way

  • Proactively engage to support
  • Partner across the life cycle
  • Measure success, assess impact
  • Digital for lifelong engagement
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Romesh Wadhwani

Founder and Chairman, Wadhwani Foundation

  • Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • Until 1999, built three successful companies, the last of which was exited at over $9 billion
  • Founding Chairman and CEO of $3.5 billion Symphony Technology Group
  • Founder and Chairman of Wadhwani Foundation (2003)
  • Founding Chairman of enterprise AI software firm Symphony AI (2017)
  • Founding Chairman of AI life sciences firm ConcertAI (2017)
  • Founding Chairman of SAIGroup investment firm (2021)
  • Member of the Gates Buffet Giving Pledge
  • Padma Shri 2020 awardee
  • President Obama appointee to the Board of Trustees of the John. F. Kennedy Center
  • Board Member of Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
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Arun M Kumar

Chairman, Advisory Board
Wadhwani Institute of Technology & Policy

Arun M. Kumar is the former Chairman & CEO, KPMG in India. He is a global executive with experience spanning multiple sectors from high technology to government and many geographies from Silicon Valley to India. Arun is a business leader and financial expert with several years of experience in senior executive roles and as a board and audit committee member. He is a senior commercial diplomat with expertise in advocating policies and opportunities internationally. Most recently he served as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service in the Obama Administration. Arun is a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur, an alumnus of the Sloan School of Management, MIT and a member of advisory councils at Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Adil Zainulbhai

Advisor, Wadhwani Institute of Technology & Policy

Mr Adil Zainulbhai is the Chairman of the Quality Council of India. He is also the Chairman of Network 18 and TV18 and is currently on the Boards of Reliance Industries Ltd., Cipla Limited, Reliance Retail Ventures Limited and Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited.  As Chairman, QCI, Mr. Zainulbhai is involved in many Government of India Committees and was involved in major projects of the Government of India such as ‘Make in India’, ’Startup India’, ‘Swachh Bharat’ and many others. Mr. Zainulbhai retired as Chairman of McKinsey, India, after 34 years at McKinsey, and the last 10 years in India. Prior to returning to India, he led the Washington office of McKinsey and founded the Minneapolis office.

R Chandrasekhar

Advisor, Wadhwani Institute of Technology & Policy

Mr. R Chandrasekhar is currently the Chairman of the Centre for The Digital Future, based at Gurugram, India. Additionally, he is associated with several organizations in advisory roles and Board positions. As a former Secretary to the Government of India for Electronics and IT, Chairman of the Telecom Commission of India and Secretary Telecom and later as President, NASSCOM (National Association for Software and Services Companies) he possesses a unique breadth of expertise and experience, both in the Government and private sector, that covers the entire gamut of the IT and Telecom sectors. He was a member of the country’s premier Indian Administrative Service since 1975.

Ajay Kela

President and CEO, Wadhwani Foundation

Dr Ajay Kela is the President and CEO, Wadhwani Foundation. He leads the Foundation’s initiatives globally and is driving its expansion across Asia, Africa and Latin America.

He expanded Foundation’s initiatives across 20 countries and enabled over $100M of Govt. investment during the past eight years. Prior to joining Foundation he worked with start-up Symphony Services where he scaled its revenue from to $175M with eventual exit at $780M. He grew AutoCAD business from $170M to $850M during 10 years at Autodesk. His PhD research on computer graphics lead to multi-million dollar products at GE and Autodesk.

Prakash Kumar

CEO – Wadhwani Institute of Technology & Policy​

WITP is led by its CEO, Mr. Prakash Kumar. Mr. Kumar is a former Indian Civil servant who built India’s Goods and Services Tax Network. Prior to WITP, Mr. Kumar was a senior advisor for Deloitte and has worked with Cisco and Microsoft after spending two decades with government. He brings in more than three decades of experience in working at the cross-section of governance and technology, both in the public and private sectors.​

Alok Gupta

Director, Policy and Technology​

Mr. Alok Gupta is the Director of Policy and Technology at WITP. He has over two decades of experience working in various leadership roles in the private sector and government. He has implemented technology projects in the Indian government across Departments and Ministries. Alok specializes in strategy, opportunity analysis, solution conceptualization, developing policy frameworks, and conducting program and stakeholder management. His experience includes working in diverse sectors like IT, financial inclusion, identity, health, maternity and nutrition, education, skills, agriculture, transport, labour & employment, and food processing. In his most recent role, Alok was associated as an Advisor to the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India.  Alok has a bachelor’s degree in computer applications and an MBA from Aligarh Muslim University.

Apoorv Vishnoi

Sr. Manager, Technology Training​

Apoorv Vishnoi is a Senior Manager of Technology Training In the Academy. He comes with over 11 years of experience. He is an MBA from Indian School of Business (ISB) and has conducted over 100 trainings on topics such as Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Data Science. He has also developed quantitative strategies for the equity market.​

Bhawna Kumari

Associate Director, Learning & Content Design​

Bhawna is an Associate Director, Learning & Content Design in WITP. She comes with over 20 years of experience and is an expert in strategizing, leading the design & implementation of Learning & Development Solutions. Her expertise is in Gamification, Micro-Learning, Digital Learning, leading the complete learning cycle cased Instructional Design – ADDIE model. She is well versed in peer-to-peer learning, self-paced learning, online learning, and social learning that enhances people and business performance. Bhawna holds a diploma in Training & Development from ISTD and is certified NLP practioner, ID certified professional.​
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Ipshita Sinha​

Consultant & Policy Analyst​

Ipshita is a Consultant & a Policy Analyst. Her expertise lies in public policy, particularly in labour market research in developing countries. She has led the retail housing and affordable housing project financing team at Jana Small Finance Bank and has also worked as an Independent Consultant with the state government of West Bengal (India) and Centre for Policy Research (New Delhi, India). She has a Master’s Degree in Labour Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; a Post Graduate Diploma in Business law from National University of Juridical Sciences, West Bengal and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics (Hons.) from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University.​

Kamal Das

Dean, Training Academy​

Kamal is the Dean of the Training Academy at WITP. He’s an experienced business leader in the fields of training, technology & finance and has been rated the best faculty in Data Science 2021 by AIM. He has also ranked in the top 0.15% (Top 250 of over 1680,000) in the competitions category of Kaggle. He has worked across – India, Hong Kong, & Germany. He has been with Manipal Group, Jigsaw Academy, as the Head Data Science & Partnerships. He has worked with Investment Banks (Barclays, Capital, Lehman Brothers, JP Morgan). Kamal is an MBA from IIM-A and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from BIT, Mesra in Electronics and Communication Engineering.​​
Mayank Kumar Jha​

Mayank Kumar Jha​

Sr. Consultant & Policy Analyst​

Mayank is a Sr. Consultant & a Policy Analyst. He has over 12 years of experience in diverse areas, including macroeconomic and industry research, project management and industry analysis, policy advocacy, impact assessment and program implementation. He has worked for diverse organizations including technology firms, investment bank, industry associations and not for profit organizations. Most recently, Mayank was associated with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as a consultant economist tracking macroeconomic policy environment and contributing to advocacy for the same in areas like output estimation, labour and employment, industrial policy, sectoral outlook and more. Mayank has a Master’s Degree in economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics (Hons) from University of Delhi. ​
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Munna Kumar

Associate Faculty – Technology Training

Mr. Kumar is a dynamic professional with over a decade of rich experience in the field of Information Technology and Management Studies. He is an expert and is highly familiar with a wide variety of software packages, like, Data Analytics and Visualization, Data Science, Business Intelligence and tools, Management Information System, Database Management System, Software Engineering, Technology Management, programming, and general management.

He holds MBA [Information Systems], UGC-NET qualified and NVEQF-IT Level-7 Advanced Diploma holder from National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology. He is a Google Certified Digital Marketer. He holds certifications and diplomas from various national and international bodies. He has successfully completed various Faculty Development Programs sponsored by AICTE Training & Learning with 90% scores.

Prior to joining WITP, he was a Technical Trainer to employees of various MNCs, Defence Personnel and professionals from diverse backgrounds and demography.

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Naushaba Anjum

Academic Program Coordinator

Naushaba Anjum has 10 years of experience in education sector. She has varied experience in handling end to end coordination of the entire academic program, stake holder management, faculty and student management and office administration. She believes in hard work, is optimistic and puts her best efforts to execute any task. She holds a Master’s in Business Administration and Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics (Hons) from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.​
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Nivedita Krishna

Consultant, Technology & Policy

Nivedita Krishna is a law and public policy consultant with 15 years of experience in the corporate and social sector. In the last decade, she has focussed on law and policy initiatives to strengthen India’s public education system. Nivedita has drafted federal legislations such as the Higher Education Commission of India Bill and Amendments to the National Council For Teacher Education Act. 

She has worked on data privacy issues across geographies in public health, gender and employment. Nivedita is also a legal consultant for Azim Premji Foundation. Through Pacta, Nivedita’s boutique law and policy think tank, she has conducted public policy research culminating in evidence-based policy briefs on disability, future of technology and philanthropy.

Nivedita is a Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, has completed her LL.B from ILS Law College, Pune and holds a Masters in Public Policy from Princeton University.

Purabi Mitra

Associate Director, Learning & Content Design​

Purabi Mitra is an Associate Director, Learning & Content Design in WITP. She is a specialist in leading Learning, HR & OD with over two decades of experience. She has spear-headed, created & delivered multiple learning transformation projects in a variety of sectors like BFSI, Telecom, Auto, Education, IT, ITES, PSUs, Petroleum, Hospitality, Infrastructure, and Empowerment. She has been the Head of Training & Quality in organizations and brands like Dale Carnegie India – Walchand Peoplefirst, HSBC, RBS-Insurance and EXL Service. Purabi’s forte lie in HR, Learning & OD and she’s an alumnus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences and the University of Central Missouri, USA, both in Organizational Development and Leadership Development. She has Post Graduation Diploma in Training & Development from ISTD. She is a qualified CELTA from the Cambridge University, TEFL and IELTS Assessor and teacher. She graduated with English Literature from Delhi University.​

Ramesh Mishra

Director, Strategic Projects​

Ramesh Mishra is the Director of Strategic Projects at WITP. He has experience as a Chief Technology officer, Enterprise Architect, and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors. He worked on multiple flagship projects for the Government of India like Umang, ESIC, CCTNS, APDRP (UP, Haryana), and project Insight. He led the IT implementation project as an associate partner in EY for the government and public sector in his previous role. Ramesh Mishra holds Masters’s Degree in computer science.​
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Sanjay Kumar

Manager – Data Integration and Quality

Sanjay is a Predictive Analytics professional with 5 years of experience into Analytics  and  Data Science. Prior to this stint with analytics he had worked as a Tech Lead (Microsoft Dot net Technology). His key areas of research  and interest include Statistical  Modelling, Predictive Modelling, Machine Learning Modelling (Supervised  and  Unsupervised). He is  an  ISI  Delhi  Certified  Data  Scientist (Business  Analytics,  Data Mining  and  Operation Research).  With a  strong  background  into  quantitative  methods and  a  keen  interest  in  solving  real  time  business  problems, He  is  thrives in  a  competitive  environment .​