A Global Dialogue on Education Leadership

February 26 – 27th 2027

Prestige Center for Performing Arts (PCPA), Bengaluru, 8:30 AM Onward

Breakout Sessions That Inspire Connection

From Braindates that spark fresh ideas to the Dialogue Corner fostering one-on-one conversations with experts and leaders — these curated sessions create space for learning, reflection, and meaningful exchange.

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About InvokED

A global dialogue on education leadership

Imagine a world where every child’s potential is realised, and leaders across communities, government, industry, and media come together to drive urgent, systemic change in education. InvokED is that unique space where diverse actors come together to catalyse collective action.

In the five 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 5.0

Mission to Movement

The milestone edition brought 800+ participants, each contributing not just ideas, but lived experiences of driving change within the education system. The convening surfaced a powerful truth: meaningful transformation in education is already underway- in classrooms, communities, and systems, and what is needed now is to recognise, connect, and accelerate these efforts.

Innovation for Education Equity (I4EE)

Hackathon at InvokED 5.0

The I4EE Hackathon at InvokED 5.0 challenged participating teams to build open-source, technology-powered solutions that address real, urgent problems faced by teachers and education systems in India. Three teams stood out for solutions that went beyond prototypes: each demonstrated a working product, a grounded understanding of teacher needs, and a clear path to deployment.

Sahayak AI by Code Crushers is a coaching & monitoring platform that generates instant, localised playbooks as per classroom challenges

Chanakya by Mirage is a multilingual AI coaching engine combining a smart chatbot, lesson module generator, active listening mode, and personalised Q&A generator into a single platform.

Gurushikshan by The Byte Hub bridges the gap between teacher-reported classroom problems and structured professional development with a DIET administrator dashboard.

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Speakers

Aaradhana Dalmia

Trustee, Dalmia Charitable Trust Chairperson, YFLO Delhi

Aashish Shrivastava

Co-Founder, Shiksharth

Abhi Shah

Entrepreneur, CEO, Board Member & Philanthropist

Shri Abhishek Surana (IAS)

District Magistrate, Churu, Rajasthan

Dr Aditya Vishwanath

Co-Founder, MakerGhat

Alex Beard

Senior Director, Global Learning Lab, Teach For All

Ambika J

Director, Artificial Intelligence, Finastra

Smt. Archana Sharma Awasthi

Additional Secretary, DoSEL, Government of India

Bharath Visweswariah

Executive Director, India British Asian Trust

Camila Pereira

CEO, Global School Leaders

Camille Massey

President and CEO, Synergos

Carlos Fernandes

Founder, Next Opus Ventures Advisory Board Member, ACM (Asian Civilisations Museum)

Chetan Kapoor

CEO, Tech Mahindra Foundation

Cynthia McCaffrey

UNICEF Representative to India

Cynthia Rayner

Senior Researcher & Adjunct Lecturer, Bertha Centre for Social Innovation

Erica Arya

India Head - Project Tech4Dev

Garima Bhatia

Team Lead, Education and Public Engagement, Nature Conservation Foundation

Shri Harikumar Janakiraman

Director, Digital Education, DoSEL, Ministry of Education

Harry Bregazzi

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Blavatnik School of Government

Shri Hemsagar Mahananda

Additional District Education Officer, Kalahandi District, Government of Odisha

Jack Sim Juek Wah

Founder, World Toilet Organization

Janhvi Maheshwari Kanoria

Executive Director, Innovation Development Directorate, Education Above All

Janine Weber-el Meouchy

Executive Director, Teach For Lebanon

Jayshree Oberoi

Senior Director, The Akanksha Foundation

Jency Jacob

Managing Editor, BOOM

Karishma Galani

Co-Lead, PraDigi Innovation Centre, Pratham International

Karishma Shanghvi

Director, Shikha Academy

Kartik Dhar

Chief Technology Officer,
Project ECHO

Kaustubh Srikanth

Senior Program Manager, Wild Shaale, Centre for Wildlife Studies

Keerti Jain

Key Account Manager, Amul (GCMMF)

Dr. Kekhrielhoulie Yhome

Advisor, School Education & State Council of Educational Research and Training, Nagaland

Krithika Ganesan

Founder's Office, MakerGhat

Kumari Shibulal

Founder & Chairperson, The Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives

Lakshmi Pattabi Raman

Chief of Fund Orchestration, Centre for Exponential Change

Shri Mahadev B A

Block Education Officer, Mandya

Mamta Bisht

Partnerships Manager, Involve

Manisha Shah Nayyar

Philanthropy Partner (Asia), Synergos

Manju Balasubramanyan

Principal, Delhi Public School, Bengaluru North

Dr. Martin Kasper

Founder & President Childaid Network Foundation

Medha Krishnan

Co-Founder and CEO, Tan90

Meenakshi Ramesh

CEO Designate, Pratham Education Foundation

Mehar MP

Co-Founder, TinkerHub Foundation

Mithun Mathew

Co-Founder, MakerGhat

Smt M Suganya

Special District Revenue Officer, Land Acquisition and SIPCO

Mukesh Digani

Founder, Umang Democratic School

Naresh Kumar

Senior Manager, People Management, The Apprentice Project

Nikunj Jhaveri

Chairman & Founder, Systems Plus Group of Companies

Nita Aggarwal

Associate Director Programs, Asia, Co-Impact

Radha Ruparell

Head of Global Leadership Accelerator, Teach for All

Rahul Sunderajan

State Director, WWF-India, Karnataka State Office

Raj Gilda

Co-Founder and VP, Lend A Hand India

Shri Ram Kamal

Founder Trustee, Chakshumathi
Managing Trustee, Techtop Charitable Trust

Rani Chandrashekar

Secretary, V Help Grameena Mattu Nagarabhivruddhi Samsthe

Ravi Rangan S

Co-Founder and CEO ThinkTac

Regila Marinus

Co-founder, Vidhya Vidhai Foundation

Rucha Pande

Founder, CoLab

Sagarika Ray

Head of Programs, Odisha Rising Foundation

Saidevi Sanjeeviraja

Founder, Thicket Tales

Saleem Khan

India Managing Director, Code.org

Samuel Isaiah

Executive Director, PEMIMPIN

Sanjay Purohit

CEO & Chief Curator, Centre for Exponential Change

Dr Santhosh Mathew

Country Lead Public Policy and Finance, Gates Foundation

SD Shibulal

Founder, ShikshaLokam
Co-founder, Infosys

Setu Modawal

Team Lead, Pravah

Shruti Shibulal

Executive Vice Chair, Tamara Leisure Experiences

Sonali Saini

Founder, Sol's ARC

Sophia Otoo

Programme and Community Lead, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

Srikanth Gopalakrishnan

CTO, Center for Open Societal Systems (COSS)

Dr Subramanian Rangan

Professor, Strategy and Management, INSEAD

Sudarshan Poondi

Former Deloitte India Partner

Shri Sunil Bajaj

Additional Director, SCERT Haryana

Dr Urvashi Sahni

Co-founder, Catalyst 2030
President and CEO, SHEF

Vena Kapoor

Founder & Lead, Nature Classrooms

Vijaylaxmi Aramani

Student, Grade 11, The Samhita Academy

Vikram Bhat

CEO, SCALE Foundation

Vyjayanthi Mala

Chief, Open Learning Network, Centre for Exponential Change

Wendy Kopp

CEO & Co-founder, Teach For All

Shikshagraha Awards

Celebrating Leadership in Education Equity

Launched in 2025, 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. Every year at InvokED, we honour these unsung heroes selected by a jury chair who make the vision of an equitable future a reality by driving systemic change in their communities.

Watch the impact story of past awardees:

Nellore Subrahmanyam

Dismantling superstitions and equipping students with 21st-century skills

Kumari Guddi

Scaling community-driven education that protects & empowers students

Batskhem Thabah

Creating inclusive environments & enhancing student participation

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