Mr. Vivek Sharma heads the Gandhi Fellowship Programme at Kaivalya Foundation. Prior to that he was heading Pratham Education Foundation, North India and was on the Executive Council of Piramal Foundation (Education, Water & Health.) He started his career as a media person and has worked earlier in advisory capacity of multiple startups working for social change. In the last decade has lectured on Education and Leadership at several institutions, including IITs in Mumbai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kharagpur; and IIM Ahmedabad. He was invited to teach a Masters course in Development Communication in Delhi University. He went to Pakistan on multiple occasions to work with NGOs and University of Lahore on educational research and projects. He has conducted workshops with education administrators at various levels across the country.