11 Young Global Leaders from India

3. Vandana Goyal

Vandana Goyal is the CEO of Akanksha Foundation, a non-profit organization with a vision to provide every student in the country with the education, skills and character required for them to lead empowered lives. This Mumbai-based organization under the leadership of Vandana works towards eliminating educational inequity. Vandana holds a graduate degree in Economics from Claremont McKenna College. She had spent a year in London School of Economics as part of her undergraduate studies. Initially, she worked on a team to create a blueprint for Teach for India and then moved on to lead the Beyond School department. Vandana became the Director of The School Project in 2007 and worked on to build a network of high-achieving schools under the government system. She took over as CEO in January of 2010.