Up Close & Personal

Dive deep into the heart of Leadership, Collective Action & Education Equity

Up Close & Personal is an exclusive video podcast series, filmed live at InvokED Studio each year in conjunction with InvokED – a global dialogue on education leadership. In the second season, we bring you in-depth conversations with thought leaders, educators, and innovators who are shaping the future of education. Together, we unpack their journeys, explore their groundbreaking ideas, and delve into the transformative changes they are driving within the education ecosystem. Through these candid and insightful discussions, we aim to ignite the movement for education equity with collective action.

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Sriram Bharatam

Sriram Bharatam

Founder & Chief Mentor KUZA

Tasso Azevedo

Tasso Azevedo

Co-founder & General Coordinator, MapBiomas

Shri Akash Shankar

Shri Akash Shankar

Former Additional Commissioner,
Public Instructions, Kalaburagi, Karnataka

Elijah Bach

Elijah Bach

CEO & Co-founder,
Bach Family Foundation and Trust

Shoma Bakre

Shoma Bakre

Founder,
Let’s Do Some Good Foundation

Sudarshan Poondi

Sudarshan Poondi

Former Deloitte India Partner

SD Shibulal

SD Shibulal

Founder & Director, ShikshaLokam
Co-founder & Former CEO, Infosys
Co-founder, The Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives

Carolyne Faith Wanyonyi

Carolyne Faith Wanyonyi

Community Health Worker Engagement Manager,
Community Health Impact Coalition

Shri Krishnamohan Akepati

Shri Krishnamohan Akepati

Former Secretary of MJPAPBCWREIS,
Government of Andhra Pradesh

Mara Airoldi

Mara Airoldi

Co-director,
Government Outcomes Lab, University of Oxford

Kavita Tatwadi

Kavita Tatwadi

Impact Measurement Specialist

Shruti Shibulal

Shruti Shibulal

CEO, Tamara Leisure Experiences Pvt. Lmt.
Trustee, The Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives

Shri. Manoj Kaushik

Shri. Manoj Kaushik

Head of Educational Technology Department and DIETs wing, SCERT, Haryana

Shri. Muzammil Khan(IAS)

Shri. Muzammil Khan(IAS)

Director of Civil Supplies & Joint Secretary to the Government, Government of Telangana

Nilima Krishna Jhunjhunwala

Nilima Krishna Jhunjhunwala

Head of Sales, Medical Disposables Ezee Group of Companies

Smt Sandhya Rani

Smt Sandhya Rani

Former Commissioner, School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh

H.H. Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar

H.H. Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar

Member of Parliament, Mysore

Aniket Doegar

Aniket Doegar

CEO & Co-founder, Haqdarshak

Amit Antony Alex

Amit Antony Alex

Senior Investment Director, Dovetail Impact Foundation

Dr. Santhosh Mathew

Dr. Santhosh Mathew

Country Lead, Public Policy and Finance, Gates Foundation

Rekha Balakrishnan

Rekha Balakrishnan

Lead Editor, HerStory & SocialStory, YourStory Media

Nikunj Jhaveri

Nikunj Jhaveri

Chairman & Founder, Systems Plus Group of Companies

Dr. Harish Hande

Dr. Harish Hande

Co-founder, SELCO India

Manoj Maheshwari & Tulika Maheshwari

Manoj Maheshwari & Tulika Maheshwari

Chairman, Maheshwari Investors
Author

Sanjay Purohit

Sanjay Purohit

CEO & Chief Curator, Centre for Exponential Change

Subir Shukla

Subir Shukla

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

Reshma Piramal

Reshma Piramal

Head of Operations,
SEE Learning

Swati Apte

Swati Apte

Founder, The Arts Quotient

Dr. Bijano Murry Odyuo

Dr. Bijano Murry Odyuo

Join Mission Director, Samagra Shiksha Nagaland, Department of School Education, Nagaland

Smt Manjari Jaruhar

Smt Manjari Jaruhar

Author
Former IPS

Anshu Gupta

Anshu Gupta

Founder, Goonj