Akash Yadav

Akash started his journey in education as a Teach for India fellow where he taught in a government school in Delhi. He is passionate about creating large scale impact in education through entrepreneurship and policy where one becomes the enabler for the other. Akash dreams to build a chain of affordable experiential private schools in tier 3 towns of Uttar Pradesh. He has already made headway here, with his first school, The Sky High, already operational. He envisions these schools to follow an experiential project-based pedagogy that will nurture competence and character in students, enabling them to be 21st century leaders. He strongly believes that the community of these schools will bridge the inequity divide of access to quality education between select metropolitans and tier 3 town students in the state.

Akash has nearly a decade of experience in consulting, foundations, and the nonprofit sector. Before founding The Sky High, he worked with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) on NITI Aayog's SATH-E project, which focused on transforming Odisha’s school education system by enhancing access, equity, and quality. Akash played a crucial role in developing key monitoring tools and establishing robust governance structures for over 60,000 schools in the state.