Anshul Tewari

Biography

Anshul is a social entrepreneur and the Founder of Youth Ki Awaaz (YKA), India’s largest citizen media platform that empowers individuals to share stories and amplify youth voices to shape narratives and drive social change. He is also the founder of the Centre for Public Insights, an initiative that analyzes trends from citizen-generated data and stories to inform decision-making. YKA has a community of over 200,000 monthly contributors, and over 20mn monthly readers - and partners with high-impact organisations to build scalable grassroots storytelling, create impactful narratives, and build civic data to achieve real world outcomes.

Anshul is a 2025 Skoll World Fellow, an Ashoka Fellow for social entrepreneurship and was named a Young Innovator by the United Nations ITU. He serves on the board of Snap Inc.’s Global Safety Advisory Board, and has previously served on the UN Women Civil Society Advisory Board for South and Southeast Asia.