Aakash Sethi

Biography

I have over 20 years of experience in Education & Youth Employment programs and have been engaged in developing networks for knowledge creation and policy advocacy in corporate responsibility and technology for development. As the founder & Chief Executive Officer of QUEST Alliance that promotes the use of technology in schools & vocational training to develop self learning pathways for children and youth, I aim to transform classrooms and skill training programs into vibrant hubs of self-learning; role modelling teachers as 21st Century facilitators and re-designing education technologies (both traditional to digital) to put young people in charge of their own learning and career pathways and empowering unemployable youth. I was an active member of AIESEC the world's largest youth for 5 years. I am an Ashoka fellow and an Asia 21 fellow and serve on the board of Children's Movement for Civic Awareness and Dalit Shakti Kendra.