Ashok Kamath, Managing Trustee and Chairman of Akshara Foundation

“If education was made a level playing field for all children, then more people would have opportunities to do better.”

On today’s episode of The Brand Called You, we have with us a Former corporate senior professional turned into a development sector worker, Mr. Ashok Kamath. Ashok is the Chairman and Managing Trustee of the Akshara Foundation. He is the former Managing Director of Analog devices, India. Ashok is also the Co-Founder and Trustee of Pratham books. And he is the Trustee of Shreyas Foundation. In 2019, Ashok received the Namma Bengaluru Award. Currently, Ashok is the secretary for the IIT Alumni Center Bengaluru.  In this very interesting episode, Ashok discusses his long professional career with Ashutosh Garg. He begins by sharing the three key milestones of his professional life. He further shares why he made the decision of switching from a comfortable and well-paid corporate job, towards the development sector. Ashok talks about The Akshara Foundation. The work is done towards the goal of creating an inclusive education field. And some very interesting stories of children who have managed to outperform themselves. He also discusses the challenges he has faced and how he has overcome them. Ashok shares his core values for work, some interesting leadership transitions, and his success mantra too.