Srijan Pal Singh is a public policy leader, education innovator and technology strategist working at the intersection of government, the social sector and emerging technology.

 

He completed his schooling at La Martiniere College, Lucknow, and holds a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, in 2009, where he was awarded the Gold Medal.

 

He began his career with the Boston Consulting Group and the United Nations World Food Programme, and soon afterwards left an international corporate track in order to work in national service.

 

From 2009 to 2015 he served as Advisor and Officer on Special Duty to Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the 11th President of India, and worked alongside the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, a research and education initiative of ISRO. Under Dr. Kalam’s mentorship he helped design and execute the PURA mission, the Space-Based Solar Power project, and the “What Can I Give” movement, and contributed advisory inputs on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant and on neutrino technology for society.

 

Following Dr. Kalam’s passing in 2015, he established the Kalam Centre, where he serves as Founder and CEO. In 2021 he founded Homi Lab, India’s first Future Learning Lab. His work today reaches hundreds of thousands of learners a year and continues to shape national policy on rural development, water security and education.