Rajat Kathuria

Chair of the Board

Rajat Kathuria is the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and a Professor of Economics at Shiv Nadar University. He previously served as the Director and Chief Executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). Rajat played a pivotal role in the formative years of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and co-chaired the T20 Digital Task Force under India’s G20 Presidency in 2023.

Rajat is a founding member of the Broadband Society for Universal Access and has held board positions with the Delhi Management Association and the MicroFinance Institutional Network of India.

With over 20 years of teaching experience and 25 years in economic policy, Rajat’s expertise spans a broad spectrum of issues, and has consulted for the World Bank in Washington DC, and undertaken research projects for numerous international organisations, including the ILO, UNCTAD, LIRNEasia, and ADB.

Ratna Viswanathan

Chief Executive Officer

Ratna is a former civil servant from the 1987 batch of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, where she worked across various departments such as audit, defence and Prasar Bharati. She gave up a highly coveted career in the Civil Services to join the development sector. Prior to joining Reach to Teach, she has held leadership roles at Oxfam India, VSO, MFIN, UNEP and UNDP. She also serves as an Independent Woman Director on Boards of several companies and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Reach to Teach.

Deeply passionate about making learning a joyful experience for students by fostering teacher-agency, Ratna believes in learning out of curiosity and competing with oneself to achieve one’s own potential. She seeks to work from within the existing education system to create an environment that enthuses key stakeholders in a child’s life. Ratna believes learning happens when it is supported by an enabling environment.

Amir Ullah Khan

Independent Director

Amir is a development economist and former civil servant. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and a Visiting Professor at the Indian School of Business, the Kautilya School of Public Policy, and IMT Hyderabad.

He has worked across the development and knowledge sectors, including as Deputy Director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Director at the Indian Development Foundation, and Executive Director and Editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Amir is the Founder and Research Director of the Centre for Development Policy and Practice (CDPP). He currently serves as a Member of the Telangana Public Service Commission and is also a Member of the Government of India’s Technical Advisory Committee on Prices and Cost of Living.