Ei Dialogues
Episodes
How India Can Get More Women Engineers | Vandana Goyal (Co-CEO, Avanti Fellows) | Ei Dialogues
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do girls excel in school in the early years and suddenly start falling behind in High School? What will it take for India to have more women engin...
Improving Learning Outcomes in Schools | Omar Momin, CEO Godrej Foundation | Ei Dialogues
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Teacher training programs often fail. Doubling salaries produced zero learning gains in one study. So what actually works?Omar Momin, CEO of Godrej Fo...
Bringing 2M+ Girls Back to School: Gayatri Lobo on Quality, Learning Outcomes and Government Trust | Ei Dialogues
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you bring 2 million+ out-of-school girls back into classrooms and achieve 4x better learning outcomes? Gayatri Nair Lobo, CEO of Educate Girls,...
What Makes People Give? Neera Nundy on Philanthropy, Gender & Flexible Funding
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Pranav Kothari in conversation with Neera Nundy, Co-Founder of Dasra, as they explore what drives philanthropic giving in India. From the psychol...
Transforming Livelihoods with Blended Finance | Priya Naik on CSR & Philanthropy | Ei Dialogues
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take for philanthropy to move beyond charity and create lasting change? In this episode of Ei Dialogues, Priya Naik (Founder & CEO, S...
Shaping and Measuring Lasting CSR Impact in India | Sridhar N E on Ei Dialogues
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sridhar shares how trust, people, and partnerships can drive lasting change in education. Discover how CSR can go beyond compliance, ...
Madhukar Banuri on Transforming Government Schools & Building Education Systems
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it really take to transform education for millions of children in India’s government schools? In this episode, we unpack Madhukar's 15 yea...
Ei Dialogues with Shikhar Malhotra and Mathukumilli Sribharat
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of EI Dialogues, we talk to Shikhar Malhotra, Trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation and CEO of HCL Healthcare, and Sribharat Mathukumil...
Ei Dialogues with Anurag Kundu, Member, Punjab Development Commission (S5E10)
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In an engaging and honest conversation, Pranav Kothari sits down with Mr. Anurag Kundu to discuss his inspiring journey from Teach for India to the Pu...
Ei Dialogues with Shailendra Sharma, Former Principal Advisor to the Director of Education (S5E9)
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for an insightful conversation between Pranav Kothari and Shailendra Sharma, Former Principal Advisor to the Director of Education, in the lat...
Ei Dialogues with Jigyasa Labroo, Slam Out Loud (S5E7)
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of Ei Dialogues, Jigyasa Labroo, Co-Founder of Slam Out Loud joins Ritesh Agarwal for an insightful conversation on Social Emoti...
Ei Dialogues with Tarun Cherukuri, Indus Action (S5E6)
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 6 of Ei Dialogues Season 5! In this enlightening installment, join us as Ritesh Agarwal, Vice President of Ei Shiksha, engages in a...
Ei Dialogues with Siddhant Sachdeva & Azeez Gupta, Rocket Learning (S5E5)
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of Ei Dialogues, Pranav Kothari, CEO of Ei, sits down with Azeez Gupta and Siddhant Sachdeva, Co-Founders, Rocket Learning. Toge...
Ei Dialogues with Puja Marwaha, Child Rights and You (CRY) (S5E4)
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this captivating episode fourth episode of Ei Dialogues season five, we dive into an enriching conversation with Ms. Puja Marwaha, CEO of Child Rig...
Dr. Bror Saxberg, LearningForge LLC
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode, Sridhar Rajagopalan dives into a fascinating conversation with Dr. Bror Saxberg, Founder of LearningForge LLC and former Ch...
Aakash Sethi, Quest Alliance
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Ei Dialogues, we chat with Mr Aakash Sethi, the founder and CEO of Quest Alliance, a non-profit working on scalable solutions for q...
Leveraging Private Investment to Digitize Universities with Alejandro Caballero, International Finance Corporation
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 5 of Ei Dialogues, Alejandro Caballero and Pranav Kothari discuss the growing power of digitisation, especially in higher education across ...
Engaging with Families & Communities to Improve Learning Outcomes with Dr. Rebecca Winthrop, The Brookings Institute
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Rebecca Winthrop and Pranav Kothari discuss the need to build a trusting relationship between families, teachers and schools to ...
Building Social Capital: Enhancing Students' Access to Opportunities with Dr. Mahnaz R Charania, Clayton Christensen Institute
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Pranav Kothari and Dr. Mahnaz R Charania discuss the idea of social capital and its impact on student learning and well being. T...
Using Technology to Build Inclusive Classrooms in the Post-pandemic World
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Pranav Kothari and Mark Sparvell think through the role of technology in education as systems emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Enabling Deep Learning in K-12 Education with Maria Langworthy, Microsoft Education
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Dr Langworthy discusses the power of deep learning in affecting change in the real world and the need to prioritise student well...
Learnings from High-Performing Education Systems with Emma Dorn, McKinsey & Company
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Pranav and Emma speak about the drivers of success in education, and learnings from high-performing education systems that can b...
Research and Policy-Making in Education with Prof. Abhijeet Singh, Stockholm School of Economics
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak to Abhijeet Singh. Abhijeet is an Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. He is also a Principal Inv...
Creating a World Class Education System with Andreas Schleicher, OECD
25 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sridhar Rajagopalan speaks to Andreas Schleicher. Andreas is the Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education ...
Enabling Systemic Education Reform with Seema Bansal, Boston Consulting Group
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pranav Kothari is in conversation with Seema Bansal, Partner and Director at Boston Consulting Group. Seema leads BCG's Social Impact...
Designing Effective EdTech for Classrooms with Vineet Nayar, Sampark Foundation
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pranav Kothari was in conversation with Vineet Nayar, Founder-Chairman of Sampark Foundation. Vineet is also the former CEO of HCL Te...
Strengthening India's Social Sector with Rathish Balakrishnan, Sattva Consulting
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pranav Kothari spoke to Rathish Balakrishnan, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Sattva Consulting. Sattva is a development consultan...
Learning in Lockdown with Dr. Rukmini Banerji, Pratham Education Foundation
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Ei Dialogues, we speak to Dr. Rukmini Banerji, CEO of Pratham Education Foundation. Pratham works to improve learning outcomes thro...
Improving India's Public Schools with Aditya Natraj, Kaivalya Education Foundation
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of EI Dialogues we speak to Aditya Natraj, Director of the Kaivalya Education Foundation. KEF works to improve public education i...
Santhosh Matthew, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of EI Dialogues, we speak to Dr. Santhosh Matthew, the Country Lead, Public Policy and Finance at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundatio...
Philanthropy and Social Impact in India with Ashish Dhawan, Central Square Foundation
12 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of EI Dialogues, we talk to Ashish Dhawan, founder of the Central Square Foundation (CSF). CSF is a non-profit organization that works...
Creating Support Systems for Government Schools with Saransh Vaswani, Saajha
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of EI Dialogues, we talk to Saransh Vaswani, a co-founder of Saajha. Saajha works to build the capacity of School Management Committee...
Entrepreneurship and Investment in Education with Prachi Jain Windlass, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of EI Dialogues, we interact with Prachi Jain Windlass. She is currently Director-India Education at the Michael and Susan Dell Founda...
Developing the Science of Learning with Sridhar Rajagopalan, Educational Initiatives
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Sridhar Rajagopalan, the President and Chief Learning Officer of Educational Initiatives. During the conversation, Sridhar...
Incorporating Life-Skills in Education with Vishal Talreja, Dream a Dream
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we converse with Vishal Talreja, co-founder of Dream a Dream, an organisation working towards empowering children and young people fr...
Using Research for Social Impact with Professor Karthik Muralidharan, J-PAL
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we converse with Prof. Karthik Muralidharan, who is the head of global education research at JPAL. He is also the Tata Chancellor’s...
Anil Swarup, Former Secretary, School Education, Government of India
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we converse with Anil Swarup. He is the Former Secretary of School Education and Literacy and comes from a long tenure in the civil s...
Linguistic Diversity in India's Education System with Dr. Dhir Jhingran, Language and Learning Foundation
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of EI Dialogues, we have Dr. Dhir Jhingran in conversation with Pranav Kothari. He is the Founder Director of the Language and Learnin...
Kruti Bharucha, Peepul
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have Kruti Bharucha, the CEO of Peepul, in conversation with Pranav Kothari. Prior to Peepul, Kruti was Country Head for Ark India...
Understanding the Right to Education in India with Parth Shah, Centre for Civil Society
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we listen to Parth Shah, President, Centre for Civil Society in conversation with Pranav Kothari, VP, Large Scale Education Programme...
Amitav Virmani, The Education Alliance
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of EI Dialogues, Pranav Kothari converses with Amitav Virmani, the Founder CEO of The Education Alliance. Amitav talks to us about wha...
Ramya Venkataraman, CENTA
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of EI Dialogues, we converse with Ramya Venkatraman, co-founder of Center for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA). During the conversation, ...
Vinod Karate, TheTeacherApp
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Vinod is the co-founder at TheTeacherApp, a not-for-profit education technology startup that creates open-source, digital learning experiences f...
Ashok Kamath, Akshara Foundation
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the conversation, Ashok talks in-depth on building organisations that are scalable and sustainable. He also sheds light on his transition to th...
Meeta Sengupta, Centre for Education Strategy
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meeta Sengupta is a writer, speaker and advisor on education with a cross country perspective on policy, skills and pedagogies. She has written extens...
Research and Policy-Making in Education with Lant Pritchett, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Dr. Pritchett provides a background about the challenges within education in the Indian context while explaining the importance ...
Neelima Khetan, Former CSR Head - Vendata & Coca-Cola India
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Neelima Khetan is former Group CSR head of Vedanta Ltd. Prior to joining HZL, she was the Director-CSR and Sustainability for Coca Cola in India and S...
Sourav Banerjee, Room to Read
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sourav Banerjee is the Country Director of Room to Read. In this episode, he gives us a birds-eye view on the evolution of the Indian education system...
Akshay Saxena, Avanti Fellows
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Akshay is a Teacher-Entrepreneur with a passion for helping build organizations that create an equitable world. Through Avanti, he has helped teachers...
Dr. Rukmini Banerji, Pratham
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trained as an economist in India, Dr. Rukmini Banerji completed her BA at St. Stephen’s College and attended the Delhi School of Economics. She was ...
Sharath Jeevan, STiR Education
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of EI Dialogues, we converse with the founder and CEO of STiR Education, Sharath Jeevan. During the conversation, he talks about his j...