C. V. Madhukar

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C. V. Madhukar
Born1968
India
OccupationPublic policy research

C. V. Madhukar (born 1968) is an Indian banker who was most recently the Managing Director at Omidyar Network. He was the global lead for their work on Digital Identity. [1] He has been the founder and director [2] of PRS Legislative Research. PRS publishes "Legislative Briefs" of Bills in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and other articles about the work of the Indian parliament. [3]

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Prior to this, Madhukar had worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., with a group focused on building parliamentary capacities in various countries. [4]

Madhukar started his professional career in 1993 as an investment banker with ICICI Securities and Finance Company in Mumbai, where he worked on the disinvestment of large public sector enterprises. He made contributions to the growth of Pratham a NGO in its early years. CV Madhukar was part of the original Executive Group of Pratham in Mumbai. [5]

At the invitation of the Government of Karnataka in early 2000, he co-founded and managed the Akshara Foundation, an education initiative focussed on Bengaluru's children. [6] He concurrently helped set up the Azim Premji Foundation, an initiative of Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro and one of the wealthiest corporate leaders in India. The initiative supports technology in rural schools in India.

Madhukar was an Edward S. Mason Fellow at Harvard University, [7] where he earned a Master’s in Public Administration degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also has an MBA (Finance) from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) degree from Bangalore University. Madhukar is an Echoing Green Fellow, Ashoka Fellow and Eisenhower Fellow. [8]

In March 2008, Madhukar was one of the Indians to be named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. According to the WEF press release, "this honour is bestowed each year by the World Economic Forum to recognize and acknowledge the top 200–300 young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world in a positive way." [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "CV Madhukar | Omidyar Network". Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "PRS Core Team on the PRS homepage". Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2007.
  3. ↑ C.V. Madhukar: His work on Bills makes it easy for MPs to take part in debates
  4. ↑ Johnson, John K. 2005: The Role of Parliament in Government, page v . Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Pratham Resource Centre 2007:Learning to read, ASER Discussion Series – Volume 2, page 31 Archived 6 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Akshara Foundation Board on IndianNGOs.com [ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ Class of 2004 Archived 12 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine on the page of the Edward S. Mason Program Archived 10 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine of the Harvard University
  8. ↑ CV Madhukar: Parliamentary Research Service (PRS) [ permanent dead link ] on the page of Echoing Green
  9. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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