Aakash Chowkase

Aakash Chowkase serves as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, where research involves designing an intervention to promote volunteering across social divides through collaboration with the Greater Good Science Center. Aakash is also a co-founder of Jnana Prabodhini Foundation, focusing on fostering compassionate communities globally. Previous experience includes roles as a Bilsland Doctoral Dissertation Fellow and Dean's Doctoral Research Fellow at Purdue University, alongside positions as Program Coordinator and Assistant Program Coordinator at Purdue Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute. Aakash's academic credentials include a PhD in Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented from Purdue University and various degrees in education and IT.