Leader Chetan

CHETAN KAPOOR

Chief Executive Officer, Tech Mahindra Foundation

Chetan is an accomplished development professional with over two decades of rich experience in the Education and Skill Development sectors. He joined Tech Mahindra Foundation as the Chief Operating Officer in October 2016, and prior to this, was associated with the Foundation as a consultant since April 2012. In this capacity, he conceptualized the Foundation’s flagship Skill Development Program (SMART), which is now one of the largest CSR-led urban skill development programs in India.

Prior to joining TMF, Chetan led his consulting company Edulever, which he founded in 2009. He is also the co-founder of Agrasar, a developmental organization working for Skills, Social Security and Education in Gurugram. Earlier, he worked with the American India Foundation (AIF), working as the Regional Head of the Digital Equalizer Program (bringing usable technology to education) and Bharti Foundation. Before this, he was the Director of Programs with Pratham where he worked extensively in the field of primary education, heading programs in Delhi and then in North India.

Before choosing to crossover into the development sector, he did his MBA in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, and worked with Apollo Tyres Ltd. He lives in Gurgaon with his wife Amrita and two sons, Aatmaj and Aadhar.