Madhavi Shankar
Born (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990
India
NationalityIndian
Alma materCMR Institute of Technology, University of Technology Sydney
OccupationEntrepreneur

Madhavi Shankar (born 13 January 1990) is an Indian woman entrepreneur, she is the Co-founder and CEO of the SpaceBasic Inc, an EdTech Company.[1][2][3]

Early life and career

Shankar's early schooling was in Dubai before her family moved back to Bangalore, India and she graduated from National Public School, Bangalore.[4]

Madhavi graduated from the University of Sydney with a Master of Engineering Management (2014) and a Master of Business Administration (2015).[5]

Madhavi is two time TEDx speaker[6] a member of the advisory board for the computer science department at the CMR Institute of Technology in Bangalore, India, a member of the Forbes Technology Council.[7]

In 2019, she spoke as a youth representative for India at the United Nations in Geneva as part of the UNITAR initiative.[8]

She was named in Forbes under 30 2020 Asia list.[9][10] In 2019, the Indian government and the United Nations named her one of the 30 Women Transforming India.[11]

Awards and recognitions

Year Award Awarding organization
2022 Global Australian Award Advance.Org - Government of Australia Initiative
2021 100 Emerging Women Leaders YourStory Media
2021 Australian Alumni Grant Government of Australia
2021 International Alumni of the Year University of Technology Sydney
2020 Forbes 30 under 30 Forbes Asia
2019 Top 30 Women Transforming India Government of India & United Nations
2018 Digital Women Awards Bombay Stock Exchange & Shethepeople.TV

References

  1. ↑ Subramanian, Archana (27 April 2019). "Getting into the loop". The Hindu.
  2. ↑ "Awarding Australian Alumni". The New Indian Express.
  3. ↑ "Madhavi Shankar". Forbes.
  4. ↑ "Entrepreneur to UN youth leader, Madhavi Shankar dreams big". Deccan Chronicle.
  5. ↑ "Madhavi Shankar". University of Technology Sydney. 16 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Women employment and equal opportunities". 3 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Madhavi Shankar - Forbes Technology Council". Forbes.
  8. ↑ "2019 ECOSOC Youth Forum | Economic and Social Council". ecosoc.un.org.
  9. ↑ "30 Under 30 Asia 2020: Enterprise Technology". Forbes.
  10. ↑ Ghosh, Sutrishna (23 April 2020). "How This Bengaluru Entrepreneur Made it to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List". Yahoo News.
  11. ↑ "STORIES OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS LEADING CHANGE" (PDF).
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