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Ananya Tiwari

An alumna of St. Stephen’s College and Ashoka University (Young India Fellowship), Ananya studied Chemistry, Neuroscience, and Liberal Arts before switching to Education. She was a Teacher in a rural school, opened a school in a village, and designed, implemented, and evaluated at-scale interventions. She is driven by interdisciplinary educational approaches aimed at reducing social inequalities. A recipient of the coveted Illinois Innovation Prize, the Illinois International Achievement Award, the Due and Ferber Research Award, and the Bailey-YMCA Fellow, Ananya is a regular swimmer and an occasional runner.