A passionate advocate for the power of networks and collective action to transform education outcomes, Aashti is the Founder and CEO of Global Schools Forum, a catalytic community, innovation accelerator, and partnership builder that currently supports over 170 education organisations across 64 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Collectively, the network extends to over 1.2 million schools and ECD centres and reaches 130 million children with safe quality education.

Aashti previously worked at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, U.K. Department for International Development, the World Bank and at the American Institutes for Research. She is a Fellow at Forward Institute and an Adviser at the LedBy Foundation and CommonTime.