Board of Directors

Krithika Shankaran is Distinguished Educationist, Author & Social Scientist with expertise in Building Institutions, Public Private Partnerships & Public Policy. An exemplar for cross-sectoral leadership—grounded in academic excellence, equity, and driven by a vision for an inclusive, knowledge-based society anchored in civilizational Identity. She is a Young India Fellow, an engineer by training, with research work & experience at Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA.
For her contributions to Public Service in Education, Human Rights & Institutional Set-up she received Pride of Bharat – Icon of Uttar-Pradesh Award, at Taj Ganges, Varanasi – an Event especially held in the Prime Minister’s constituency – the divine Kashi and in the honour of Prime Minister Modi’s Birthday – Sept 17th in the presence of top leaders in the government, business & society.

Leadership & Governance:

She holds & has held several Leadership positions across domains. Krithika is the Chairperson of ASSOCHAM National Task-Force on Social Inclusion & Affirmative Action, a Govt of India mandated Taskforce to Apex Chambers. The Taskforce works on a national scale to create Socio-Economic Impact for underrepresented people including SC, STs.
As a pro-bono initiative Krithika is a Governing Council Member of Indian Centre for Social Transformation (Indian CST), working with State & National Govts on E-Governance Implementation, Policy Reforms & Digital Transformation.
Krithika is a Strategy Partner at Infinite Sum Modelling, an International Public Policy Firm that works with governments, international organizations like IMF, World Bank, ADB, and corporations such as Google, McKinsey, etc. which has a global presence, with offices & centres in Vancouver, Seattle, Los Angeles, Accra, Riyadh, Beijing and New Delhi.

Grassroot Leadership:

Krithika is the Chief Patron of GITA-SAR Association (Global Institute of Transformative Action), a Section 8 Company, creating Institutions & Centres for Excellence designed to create Self Sustainable Smart Societies in Tier 2,3,4 economies. GITA-SAR operates with several national and global partners, creating solutions at the intersection of Academia, Industry, Government, Para-Govt Bodies & Civil Society.

Research & Publication

She has published several Research Papers in top International Journals including PubMed, South Asia Journal etc. and has been acknowledged for her work in Science, the world’s most renowned Journal for science, engineering, and medicine. She has been featured on the Cover Page of Bombay Stock Exchange Brokers Forum along with her article on ‘India – Way Forward’.

As a Speaker & Panellist

She speaks as a Panellist in National & International Events on Policy, Efficiency & Process Reforms. She speaks as a Panellist national and international policy forums & roundtables. WASH Policy Event at the India International Centre, New Delhi & UN-ESCAP Event at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. She was invited for a Government of India Roundtable at Department of Science and Tech to deliver insights on Academia & Industry Collaboration. She also teaches & addresses large groups of students nationwide- college, university & school primarily on Research & Analysis, also Leadership, Communication & Writing. She conducts National Level Faculty Development Programs, the recent one in collaboration with National Digital Library of India.

International Representation

Her Flagship Project, Project 4S has been publicized by the Ministry of External Affairs to over 20 countries abroad. She has represented India as a Delegate in the Euro-BRICS Young Leaders Summit in St.Petersburg, Russia, and Helsinki, Finland & COP23 Summit by the United Nations in Bonn, Germany. She has the distinction of being recommended by the Chief Minister of Pondicherry to the World Economic Forum (WEF) to bring the Global Shapers of the WEF to Pondicherry. The Hub has been functioning for the past 4 years under her Leadership working on grassroots level with various stakeholders to bring local impact in Pondicherry.

Policy & Advocacy

She worked as a Public Policy Consultant to a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha & National Spokesperson and was involved in Research & Policy Legislation alongside handling the presence of the Member of Parliament on National Media such as NDTV, CNN, etc.

In her previous assignments, she worked with Albright Stonebridge Group under the leadership of Madeleine Albright, Former US Sec of State, in Trade Policy related to Healthcare & Medical Instruments.

Administration & Management

Krithika was the Managing Director of Brahma Valley Group of Institutions – Maharashtra (a large chain of Professional Colleges and Public Schools and Institutes). She worked with Genpact Corporate HQ, in Global Operations, as an Assistant Manager and Analyst to the Senior Vice-President & Global Business Leader. In her previous assignments, she worked with Albright Stonebridge Group under the leadership of Madeleine Albright, Former US Sec of State, in Trade Policy related to Healthcare & Medical Instruments.

Scientific Research

She has worked as a Research Scholar at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in association with Brigham and Women’s Hospital-Boston, USA. She has also recently launched her Book at the Meerut International Literature Festival and won the Literary Lounge Iconic Author Award.

Education

Krithika has a Master’s in Technology from SASTRA, Research Program experience at Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston- USA, PGDM in Business and Leadership from Ashoka University as a Young India Fellow, and a Diploma in Public Policy from Takshashila Institution, B. A in Hindi and M.A (first year) in Sanskrit from IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University).