Ashutosh Kumar, an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, is the CEO of Jagriti Yatra and Jagriti Enterprise Centre – Purvanchal. He is a fellow at The Asia Foundation and Asia Society and a prestigious alumnus of the International Visitor Leadership Program, US Consulate. A speaker at TEDx, he has an interest in travelling, theatre, culture, and stories that inspire humanity. He runs a Substack newsletter, Confidently Confused. He lives in Pune with his family.