Ashish Dhawan

Ashish Dhawan is the Founder of Central Square Foundation, and the Founder-CEO of The Convergence Foundation (TCF), which is focused on accelerating India’s economic growth and development. He is the chairperson of Ashoka University, a leading liberal arts university in India. He also serves on the governing board of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).

Before his second career as a philanthropist, Ashish was among India’s most successful private equity investors. He founded and ran ChrysCapital, the country’s leading private equity firm. Ashish is a graduate of Yale University and has received his MBA from Harvard Business School.