About Wadhwani Foundation

Wadhwani Foundation is a not-for-profit with the primary mission of accelerating economic development by driving job creation through large-scale initiatives in entrepreneurship, small business growth, innovation, and skilling. Founded in 2000 by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, today, the Foundation is scaling impact in multiple countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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Ajay Kela

President
Wadhwani Global Opportunity & WITP

Dr. Kela leads the Foundation’s Opportunity and WITP initiatives, globally and is driving its expansion across Asia, Africa and Latin America.

  • Expanded Foundation’s initiatives across 20 countries and enabled over $100M of Govt. investment during the past eight years
  • Scaled startup Symphony Services to $175M with eventual exit at $780M
  • Grew AutoCAD business from $170M to $850M during 10 years at Autodesk
  • PhD research on computer graphics lead to multi-million dollar products at GE and Autodesk
  • B-Tech, IIT Bombay, India and Ph.D from University of Rochester, USA
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Sunil Dahiya

EVP, Wadhwani Opportunity

Sunil leads the Wadhwani Opportunity program in Asia and is expanding its footprint in emerging economies.

  • Undertook multi-initiatives at NIIT:
    • Contributed to building Industry connects for placing 200K students
    • Co-founded a new business venture ‘Stackroute’
    • Led the B2C Digital transformation series
  • 25-Years of experience in vocational training
  • Hons in Economics from Delhi University
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Mark Malaspina

Chief Product Officer
Wadhwani Opportunity

  • An experienced entrepreneur and business leader, Mark spearheads product development at the Wadhwani Foundation to accelerate global scale and impact.
  • Co-Founder and President of The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill, an EdTech company providing data-driven learning solutions for more than 20 million students globally
  • President of PowerMyLearning, a national EdTech non-profit serving more than one million students with innovative online and in-person learning programs
  • MPA in Economics & Public Policy from Princeton; JD and BA from Yale
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