Piyush Tewari is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SaveLIFE Foundation (SLF), a nonprofit committed to saving lives on roads in India and beyond since 2008. He is best known for getting India a Good Samaritan Law and developing an award-winning model for reducing fatalities on Indian highways.
Prior to SLF, Piyush served as the India Director of a US-based private equity fund. He quit the private sector to establish SLF following the traumatic road crash death of a young family member. Previously, Piyush served as Program Manager at the India Brand Equity Fund, an initiative of the Prime Minister of India.
He hold a Bachelor’s degree in IT from Delhi University and Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University.
He is a recipient of The Elevate Prize, the Rolex Award for Enterprise, Ashoka Fellowship, Echoing Green Fellowship, DRKF fellowship, and Rainer Arnhold Fellowship.
