Education Category

Panel of Judges 2026

Chairperson

Dr Pramath Raj Sinha

Founder & Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Ashoka University

Founding Senior Partner, Jetri Founding Dean, Indian School of Business

Ms Kavita Anand

Founder Director Adhyayan Quality Education Foundation and

Founder and Executive Director, Adhyayan Quality Education Services Pvt Ltd; and recipient of Qimpro® Gold Standard 2022

Dr K Senthil Ganesh

Trustee

RVS Education Trust

Dr Narayan Hariharan

Faculty Mentor and Visiting Professor

– School of Labour Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Ms Rashmi Misra

Founder President, VIDYA Integrated Development for Youth and Adults;

and recipient of Qimpro Gold Standard 2025

Prof Ashok Misra

Former Director, IIT Bombay & President IIT Alumni Centre, Bengaluru;

and recipient of Qimpro® Platinum Standard 2005

Nilesh Nimkar

Founder Director (CEO), Quality Education Support Trust (QUEST);

and recipient of Qimpro Gold Standard 2025

Prof Rudra Pratap

Founding Vice Chancellor of Plaksha University;

and recipient of Qimpro® Gold Standard 2024

Amrita Sadarangani

Chief Academic Services Officer

University of York Mumbai

Our Platinum Standards

2026

Prof (Dr) S B Mujumdar

Founder and President

Symbiosis

2025

Dr Pramath Raj Sinha

Founder & Trustee

Ashoka University

Citation

Video

2024

Anne Ferrer

Co-Founder

Rural Development Trust

Citation

Video

2022

Prof M M Sharma

Former Director

UDCT (ICT)

Citation

Video

2019

Ashish Dhawan

Founder & Chairman

Central Square Foundation

Citation

Video

2018

Prof Y K Bhushan

Senior Advisor & Campus Head

IBS Business School

Citation

Video

2017

Dr M Anandakrishnan

Former Chairman, IIT Kanpur; and

Former Vice-Chancellor, Anna University

Citation

Video

2016

Shukla Bose

Founder and CEO

Parikrma Humanity Foundation

Citation

Video

2015

Dr Mithu Alur

Founder Chairperson

ADAPT, formerly The Spastics Society of India

Citation

Video

2014

Dr K V Kuppusamy

Chairman

RVS Educational Trust

Citation

Video

2013

F C Kohli

Former Deputy Chairman

Tata Consultancy Services

Citation

Video

2012

Bunker Roy

Founder and Director

Barefoot College

Citation

2011

Dr Achyuta Samanta

Founder

KIIT & KISS

Citation

Video

2010

Shantilal Muttha

Founder & National President

Bhartiya Jain Sanghatana

Citation

2009

Gian Parkash Chopra

President

DAV College Managing Committee

Citation

2008

Prof Amitabh Mattoo

Vice Chancellor

University of Jammu

Citation

2007

Dr Meenakshi Gopinath

Principal

Lady Shri Ram College

Citation

2006

Dr Kanti Bajpai

Head Master

The Doon School

Citation

2005

Prof Ashok Misra

Director

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Citation

Our Gold Standards

2026

Dr Vibha Krishnamurthy

Founder & Executive Director

Ummeed Child Development Center

2025

Rashmi Misra

Founder President

Vidya Integrated Development for Youth and Adults (VIDYA)

Citation

Video

2025

Nilesh Nimkar

Founder Director (CEO)

Quality Education Support Trust (QUEST)

Citation

Video

2024

Shweta Chari

Co-founder and CEO

The Opentree Foundation - Development through Play

Citation

Video

2024

Prof Rudra Pratap

Founding Vice Chancellor

Plaksha University

Citation

Video

2023

Samir Somaiya

Chancellor

Somaiya Vidyavihar University

Citation

Video

2023

Dr Vidya Yeravdekar

Pro Chancellor

Symbiosis International University

Citation

Video

2022

Kavita Anand

Founder

Adhyayan Foundation

Citation

Video

2022

Dr Anil Sahasrabudhe

Chairman

AICTE

Citation

Video

2019

Meera Shenoy

Co-Founder

Youth4Jobs

Citation

Video

2019

Dr C Raj Kumar

Vice Chancellor

O P Jindal Global University, Sonepat

Citation

Video

2018

Dr (Mrs) Pankaj Mittal

Additional Secretary, University Grants Commission; and

Former Vice-Chancellor, BPS Women University

Citation

Video

2017

Shaheen Mistri

Chief Executive Officer

Teach for India

Citation

Video

2017

Kiran Bir Sethi

Founder & Director, The Riverside School; and

Founder, Design for Change

Citation

Video

2016

Promila Chandra Mohan

Founder

SOREM Society

Citation

Video

2015

Virendra Singh

Founder

Pardada Pardadi Girls Vocational School (PPGVS)

Citation

Video

2014

Prof. (Dr) Mukti Mishra

President

Centurion University of Technology & Management

Citation

Video

2013

Yogendra Bhushan

Founder & Director

Bodh Shiksha Samiti

Citation

Video

2012

Dr Madhav Chavan

Founder, President and CEO

Pratham Mumbai Education Initiative

Citation

Video

2011

Prof M S Pillai

Founder Director

Sadhana Institute of Management & Leadership

Citation

Video

2011

Prof Aditya Shastri

Vice-Chancellor

Banasthali University

Citation

Video

2010

Amit Mehta

CEO

Maa Foundation

Citation

2009

Prof Y K Bhushan

Senior Advisor & Campus Head, IBS Mumbai

& Vice Chancellor, ICFAI (State Private) University, Meghalaya

Citation

2008

Beroz Vacha

Founder

Helen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Deafblind

Citation

2007

Dr (Mrs) Y G Parthasarathy

Dean & Director

Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Group of Schools

Citation