ACT
Ashish Dhawan is a distinguished entrepreneur and leader with extensive experience in the nonprofit and investment sectors. As the Founder and CEO of The Convergence Foundation since May 2021, Dhawan has also played pivotal roles as Founder and Chairperson of both Central Square Foundation and Ashoka University since 2012 and 2010, respectively. Previously, Dhawan founded and served as Senior Managing Director at ChrysCapital from 1999 until July 2012, and began a career in finance as an Associate at Goldman Sachs from 1997 to 1999. Educational credentials include a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Applied Math from Yale University, complemented by an ISC from St James' School, Kolkota, and an ICSE from St Xavier's School, Kolkota.
This person is not in the org chart
This person is not in any offices
ACT
1 followers
ACT is a non-profit venture philanthropy platform that was born in 2020 in response to the COVID crisis and is built upon the premise that collective action has the power to achieve social impact at scale. We’re driven by the desire to catalyse social change through action and collaboration across the board – start-up founders, donors, NGO’s, expert advisors, government stakeholders as well as the public at large. Our grants are given as seed capital to incubate and accelerate innovations that have demonstrated ability to address identified social need gaps at scale. In addition to providing funding, we work with our grantees on their strategy as well as operations and help them harness the strength of our collective to make sure they have access to the best-in-class mentorship the industry has to offer.