Madhukar Banuri
Co-founder & CEOLeadership for Equity
Biography
With a social impact career spread across 17 years, Madhukar Banuri is a leading social entrepreneur heading three education nonprofits reaching over 10 million children in government schools in India. He leads a 200-member team contributing towards systemic improvements in educational access and learning quality in 38 districts across 7 Indian states. Madhukar is the Founder of 'Leadership For Equity' and the Director of the 'Centre For Learning Resources (CLR)' and 'The Panaah Communities'. He started his education journey as a Teach For India Fellow from the first cohort in 2009. He holds an engineering degree from BITS Pilani and began his career as a management trainee with, Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai. Madhukar is a 2019 Ashoka Fellow & 2015 Acumen Fellow. He has also been a part of national and state-level government committees and supports young education organizations in an advisory capacity. Madhukar is a 2024 Skoll Fellow and is returning as a 2025 Senior Fellow at the SWF!