Omkar is the founder of The Young Socratics and has been playing an advisory role at Shikhya. Over the last several years, he has closely worked with Biswajit Nayak in several projects in the online education space in India, both at the college level and at the K-12 level. He earned his Ph.D and Masters degrees in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Delhi.
Satu Korhonen
Learning Strategist
Satu Korhonen believes education and learning should be viewed as a basic human right and is enthusiastic about the possibilities e-learning adds to solving many educational problems especially in areas where high quality teachers are hard to find. Everyone should have access to learning and learning that preferably is personalised, building upon the learners motivation and skills, aids in attaining mastery and helps the learner learn better. She is a qualified Finnish teacher with experience of teaching at university and comprehensive school levels and has earned her Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Education at the University of Turku, Finland.
Himanshu Asnani
Founding Advisor
Himanshu is the founding advisor at Shikhya. He earned his Ph.D and Masters in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Stanford University and holds a B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from IIT Bombay.
Goga Nicolae
Advisor
Prof. Nicolae Goga is an interdisciplinary scientist focusing in Molecular Dynamics which is an interdisciplinary domain at the intersection of physics, chemistry, computer science, biology, medicine. As an academician, he teachs in Romania, Africa, US (online), Inter-American countries (online) different courses such as: networking, distributed systems, software engineering, statistics, methods of research, data bases, etc. He often advises Aveti team on AI and machine learning applications.
Sushant Mahapatra
Co-Founder, CAO
Sushant is a mechanical engineer, teacher and social entrepreneur. He has translated over 700 math videos retaining the spirit of the original Khan Academy content but with analogies and examples taken from local text books. He believes with the aid of some technology and intelligent content, many students stand a chance to receive world class education that would fire their imagination and empower them.