Co-CEOAvanti Fellows
Vandana Goyal is currently co-CEO and Trustee of Avanti Fellows, an award-winning nonprofit based in India focused on putting low-income students on a path towards professional success through competitive test preparation in STEM. As co-CEO, she has overseen Avanti's growth with co-founder/co-CEO Akshay Saxena from 1,000 students in 2019 to reaching 30,000 students across seven government school systems pan India. She was formerly CEO of The Akanksha Foundation; under her leadership, Akanksha became one of the largest networks of public-private partnership schools in India, currently 26 schools serving over 13,000 students and 10,000 alumni. In 2012, Vandana was honored by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. In 2015, she was honored by the Government of the USA’s AmeriCorps program as one of their outstanding alumni.Vandana serves on the Board of Directors of Avanti Fellows, Avanti Fellows USA, Kizazi, Vipla Foundation and as an advisor to The Akanksha Foundation.