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Vyjayanthi Sankar

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Founder & Executive Director at Centre for Science of Student Learning
📍 South Delhi, Delhi, India

Vyjayanthi Sankar is the Founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Science of Student Learning (CSSL), where she focuses on high-quality assessments and student learning research. An education and assessment expert, she consults globally for The World Bank, UNICEF, and The Brookings Institution. She attended Penn State University as a Fulbright Humphrey fellow.

Vyjayanthi is deeply committed to improving education systems and has worked on projects in multiple countries, including advising 21 nations in Africa. She has a certification in Women in Business and co-authored a national strategy paper on educational assessments for Indias Ministry of Human Resource Development, demonstrating a passion for systemic change.

Unique fact: Vyjayanthi is an Ashoka Fellow, a prestigious honor recognizing her as a leading social entrepreneur with an innovative solution for social problems.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Founder & Executive Director
Job Level
Leadership
Location
South Delhi, Delhi, India
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Learning Assessments
She founded CSSL to build capacity for high-quality assessments and has pioneered nearly 90 large-scale learning achievement studies across South Asia.
Global Education Policy
Regularly consults for The World Bank, UNICEF, and The Brookings Institution, advising on education quality and assessments on an international scale.
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Career

Work history

9-2015
Founder & Executive Director
Centre for Science of Student Learning
Member, National Advisory Council
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India
5-2015 - 8-2016
Senior Consultant - Education Quality and Learning Assessments
UNICEF
Member - Joint Review Mission
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Government of India
10-2014 - 9-2015
Consultant
The Brookings Institution
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Education
2013 - 2014
Fulbright Humphrey - Graduate School Certificate
Penn State University
2012 - 2012
3TP-Senior Management
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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