A Global Dialogue on Education Leadership

February 6th & 7th, 2026

Prestige Center for Performing Arts (PCPA), Bengaluru, 10:00 AM Onward

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About InvokED

At ShikshaLokam, we believe that strong education leadership is essential for achieving educational equity. By fostering continuous learning and improvement among leaders, we create effective learning environments where students can access quality education and thrive.

InvokED is a global dialogue on education leadership. It brings together diverse actors to catalyse collective action to enable them. In the three editions so far, we have explored how education leadership is key to ensuring sustainable improvements in the education ecosystem and how Sarkaar (government), Samaaj (civil society), Bazaar (markets) and Sanchar(media) can enable collective action, to build a movement towards education equity.

InvokED 4.0

Towards Catalysing A Movement for Education Equity in India

InvokED 4.0, India’s largest education leadership summit, brought together 100+ experts and 1000+ participants to drive systemic change in public education. The fourth edition of this global dialogue focused on strengthening education leadership as the key to improving 1 million public schools and transforming learning for 127 million children

As a platform that unites Samaaj (communities, civil society organisations, and social entrepreneurs), Sarkaar (government officials and policymakers), Bazaar (industry experts), and Sanchaar (media), InvokED 4.0 fostered deep conversations and collaborations. Over two days, through engaging formats like Leadership Spotlights, Brain Dates, the Experience Zone, Dialogue Corners and Human Library, InvokED 4.0 broke barriers between participants, built trust, sparked new partnerships, and catalysed collective action to build a movement for sustainable, systemic change in education.

Shikshagraha Awards

Celebrating Leadership in Education Equity

The Shikshagraha Awards, instituted by The Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives, celebrate leaders who go beyond their roles to create an equitable and inclusive education ecosystem. At ShikshaLokam, we recognise that every step toward education equity matters, and these awards honour these unsung heroes who make this vision a reality by driving systemic change in their communities.

At InvokED 4.0, the inaugural Shikshagraha Awards recognised four remarkable leaders. Watch their impact story:

Rajan Kumar

Revitalised resource-deficient classrooms, making learning joyful.

Rajitha N

Championed inclusivity in early childhood education for marginalised children.

Xavier Chandra Kumar

Created a safe, inclusive school environment, tackling caste discrimination.

Muskan (Special Mention)

Created an enriching learning space for young readers with ‘Kitabi Masti’, a community-driven library initiative.

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Tech Track

The Tech Track at InvokED 4.0 celebrated the power of technology to transform lives—where open-source solutions drive innovation, empower communities, and create lasting impact. The space sparked collaboration, inspired ideas, and drove meaningful change using technology among the participants.

Tech Track also became the ground for celebrating innovations tackling real-world education equity issues as part of the Innovation 4 Education Equity Hackathon. Out of 60 teams that submitted ideas as open-source solutions that truly matter, we had three winning solutions- Siksha Sathi (an AI teaching assistant for professional development), EngageED and Parent Sync (solutions to invest parents in child’s growth and development).

Know More About Hackathon Here

4.0 Speakers

Abhijit Biswas

Co-founder, Bharat Dekho

Alex Beard

Senior Director, Global Learning Lab, Teach For All

Amuleek Singh Bijral

Founder & CEO, Chai Point

Anand Gopakumar

CEO & Co-founder, The Apprentice Project (TAP)

Anand Rajan

Mission Leader & Founder, Apurva.AI

Aniket Doegar

Co-founder & CEO, Haqdarshak Empowerment Solutions

Ansar A

Manager, Design and Development, Dream a Dream

Anshu Gupta

Founder, Goonj

Archana Kannan Iyer

Chief Operating Officer, Indus Action

Asha Thomas

Trustee, The Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives

Ashcharya Prabhu

Lead, Leader’s Lab Network, Centre for Exponential Change (C4EC)

Ashish Shrivastava

Founder, Shiksharth

Ashraf Patel

Co-founder, Pravah & ComMutiny - The Youth Collective

Bachi Allamsetty

CEO, CTO & Co-Founder, NavaDhiti

Carolyne Faith Wanyonyi

CHW Engagement Manager, Community Health Impact Coalition

Celina de Sola

Co-founder & President, Glasswing International

Dayoung Lee

Partner, Dalberg

Debbie Rogers

CEO at Reach Digital Health

Dr. Elijah Bach

Co-Founder & CEO, Bach Family Foundation and Trust

Dr. François Bonnici

Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

Dr. H B Chandrashekhar

Senior Lecturer, DIET, Bengaluru Urban South

Dr. Harish Hande

CEO, SELCO Foundation

Dr. Krithi K. Karanth

Chief Executive Director, Centre for Wildlife Studies

Dr. Mara Airoldi

Co-Director of the GO Lab, BSG, University of Oxford

Dr. Preetha Bhakta

Director, Programme Development, Magic Bus

Dr. Santhosh Mathew

Country Lead, Public Policy and Finance, Gates Foundation

Dr. Subramanian Rangan

Professor, Strategy and Management, INSEAD

Dzameer Dzulifli

Former Consultant, Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Indonesia

Geetha Manjunath

Founder, CEO & CTO, NIRAMAI Health Analytix

Govindraj Ethiraj

Journalist & Entrepreneur

His Highness Yaduveer Wadiyar

King of Mysore, Karnataka

James Parker

Principal Project Manager, Proforest, Ghana

Jayshree Oberoi

Senior Director, The Akanksha Foundation

Kameshwari Jandhyala

Independent Consultant & Researcher, Gender & Education

Kanika Sinha

Convener, ComMutiny- The Youth Collective

Kavita Tatwadi

Impact Measurement Specialist

Kavitha N

Cluster Resource Person, Chandapura, Anekal, Bengaluru Urban South, Bengaluru

Kumari Shibulal

Founder & Chairperson, The Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives

Madhuchandra R

COO, Centre for Open Societal Systems

Madhukar Banuri

Founder & CEO, Leadership For Equity

Malti Devi

Chief, Narauli Village Council, Bihar

Medha Krishnan

Co-founder & CEO, Tan90

Mirai Chatterjee

Director of Social Security, SEWA

Monal Jayaram

Co-founder & Director, SoESC, Piramal School of Leadership, Piramal Foundation

Neeru Mulhotra

Programme Operations Lead, Pravah

Nikhil Nadiger

Host, theStaffRoom (a podcast)

Nita Aggarwal

Associate Director Programs, Asia, Co-Impact

Nur Fatima Shaikh

Student, Grade 9, K.C. Thackeray- Vidya Niketan English Medium School

Parth Lawate

Co-founder & CEO, Tekdi Technologies

Polina Nezdiikovska

Lead - Community Development, Centre for Exponential Change (C4EC)

Priya Ajmera

Chief Evangelist, Centre for Exponential Change (C4EC)

Ramabhadran Sundaram

Director, National Alumni Impact

Ravi Rangan S

CEO, ThinkTac

Rekha Balakrishnan

Lead Editor - HerStory and SocialStory, YourStory Media

Reshma Anand

Regional Director, Ford Foundation

Reshma Piramal

Head of operations, SEE Learning India

Ritesh Agarwal

Vice President, Educational Initiatives

Rucha Pande

Chief Operating Officer, Mantra4Change

Sailee Rane

Strategy Lead, Ecosystem Messaging, Rainmatter Foundation

Samar Bajaj

Director, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation India, LLP

Sangita Baban Bangar

Administrative Officer, Education Department, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra

Sanjay Purohit

CEO & Chief Curator, Centre for Exponential Change

Sanjay Tambwekar

Former CTO, QwikCilver

SD Shibulal

Co-founder & Former CEO, Infosys
Founder, ShikshaLokam

Shailiza Mayal

Senior Manager, Samagra | Transforming Governance

Shalini Kapoor

Chief Technologist APJ, Amazon Web Services

Shantamma Appasahebagouda Patil

Student, Grade 9, The Samhita Academy

Shanti Raghavan

Founder, EnAble India

Shri Akash S, IAS

Additional Commisioner, DoSE, Kalaburgi, Karnataka

Shri Krishnamohan Akepati

Secretary of MJPAPBCWREIS, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh

Shri Manoj Kaushik

Head, Educational Technology Department, SCERT, Haryana

Shri Muzammil Khan, IAS

Collector and District Magistrate, Khammam, Telangana

Shri Prateek Jain, IAS

Collector & District Magistrate, Vikarabad District, Telangana

Shri Rajwant Singh

District Resource Coordinator, Patiala, Punjab

Shri Sanjay Kumar

Secretary, DoSEL, Ministry of Education

Shri Shekhar Singh, IAS

Municipal Commissioner, Pimpri Chinchwad, Maharashtra

Shruti Shibulal

CEO, Tamara Leisure Experiences
Trustee, The Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives

Simranjit Singh

Program Manager, Sanjhi Sikhiya

Sindhu S

Senior Lead - Programs, Mantra4Change

Sivakami Selvi Kotla

Senior Director of Schools, The Akanksha Foundation

Smt Manjari Jaruhar, IPS

Author, Former IPS

Smt Sandhya Rani, IPoS (Retd)

Former Secretary, Department of School Edudation, Andhra Pradesh

Sooinn Lee

Co-founder & CEO, Enuma Inc.

Sriram Bharatam

Founder & Chief Mentor, Kuza Biashara Limited

Subir Shukla

Former Educational Quality Improvement Advisor, GoI & Principal Coordinator, Group Ignus

Suchetha Bhat

CEO, Dream a Dream

Sudha Varghese

Padma Shri Awardee Founder, Nari Gunjan

Sujith Nair

CEO & Co-Founder, FIDE Genesis Co-author & Steward, Beckn Protocol

Surabhi Yelsangikar

Co-Founder, Tvarita Arts Collective India

Swarnima Pandit

Manager, Strategy & Growth, The Apprentice Project (TAP)

Tasso Azevedo

Co-founder, MapBiomas

Urmila Kumari

Co-founder, Jyoti Mahila Samakhya

Visveswara Gupta

Director - Partnerships & Platform Adoption, Aastrika Foundation

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