Madhukar Banuri is the Director of the Centre for Learning Resources and also the Founder of ‘Leadership For Equity’ – a set of leading education organisations based in Pune that helps strengthen government school systems and communities to deliver quality education at scale. With more than 16 years of experience in the education and corporate sector, Madhukar started his education journey as a Teach For India Fellow from the first cohort in 2009. He holds an engineering degree from BITS Pilani and started his career as a Product Manager with Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai. Madhukar is a 2019 Ashoka Fellow and 2015 Acumen Fellow. He has also been a part of national and state-level government committees and supports young education organisations in an advisory capacity.