Urvashi Sahni

Founding Curator and Alumni, Lucknow Hub, Study Hall Educational Foundation

Urvashi’s lived experience with entrepreneurship on the one hand, and subordination within an arranged marriage on the other, has shaped the social entrepreneur that she is today. Her work on feminist pedagogy has been recognized around the world. She is an Ashoka Fellow, an honorary member of the Clinton Global Initiative and a non-resident fellow at the Centre for Universal Education at the Brooking Institution in the USA. She received the Tech Laureate Award by the Tech Museum of Innovations (on behalf of Digital Study Hall). Urvashi is currently an honorary member of the Chief Ministers Advisory Council in Rajasthan. In 2015, she won an award from the government of Uttar Pradesh for her pioneering work on inclusive education. Urvashi has authored a book, Reaching for the Sky, which chronicles her journey of creating Prerna School.

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