Pranav Kothari

Pranav Kothari is the Chief Executive Officer at Educational Initiatives (Ei).

Pranav has been associated with Ei for over a decade and has made significant contributions to the company through his involvement with Ei’s adaptive learning product, Ei Mindspark, and as the head of HR, Gifted Student Education, and, most recently, Ei Shiksha.

Pranav spearheaded the deployment of Ei Mindspark which is recognised as the only software-based EdTech tool to have demonstrated significant learning impact as measured by independent third parties including J-PAL. He is a thought leader in the industry, having led teams that scaled high-quality student assessments, personalised adaptive learning, and impact evaluation services for governments, CSR funders, and philanthropic foundations.

Pranav is a TEDx speaker and an INK Fellow and has been named by The World Economic Forum’s Schwab Foundation as the Corporate Social Intrapreneur of the Year in 2019.

Pranav studied Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and MBA at Harvard Business School. Prior to Ei, he worked at GTI Capital and the Boston Consulting Group in five countries.