Mitakshara Kumari

Mitakshara Kumari is an Education Policy specialist. Over the last 20 years, she has worked at the national and state level with governments and non profits. Her focus has been on building state capacity to drive systemic changes in government schools to improve learning opportunities for the vast majority of our children. In her last role as Adviser – Education with the State Planning Commission, Government of Chhattisgarh, she led the state’s flagship project to improve the quality of education and learning outcomes. She sits on the Boards of education trusts that invest in not-for-profit education in underserved areas in North Bengal and Assam. She has worked with the National Knowledge Commission and the National Innovation Council, both key federal think tanks on education and public policy. She studied International Education Policy at Harvard University and English Literature at St Stephen’s College.