Maharshi Vaishnav

Chief of Staff, Educate Girls Foundation

Biography

Maharshi Vaishnav is Educate Girls’ Chief of Staff and is responsible for driving the implementation of organizational strategy.

Just prior to Educate Girls, he was on a research fellowship with the Grameen Foundation in South-East Asia, where he evaluated mobile technology solutions for women micro-entrepreneurs.

Before a mid-life epiphany resulted in a conscious switch to international development, Maharshi spent a decade in various roles across the private sector including a large Indian diversified business conglomerate and a global integrated communications agency. Maharshi holds graduate degrees in Public Policy and Business.

Regional Focus

Central and Southern Asia