Tarun Cherukuri, a resident of Vijayawada and co-founder and CEO of New Delhi-based organisation Indus Action, has been selected as one of the 11 Ashoka Aspire-2023 cohorts. ASPIRe is a global initiative from Ashoka, exploring innovative ways in which social entrepreneurs can make systematic impact using platform thinking supported by technology.
Mr. Tarun is also an Obama Foundation Fellow and DRK Foundation Entrepreneur. He graduated from Harvard Kennedy School in 2013 with a master’s degree in public administration in international development and was a Fulbright and Joint Japan World Bank Scholar. After doing his undergraduation in Chemical Engineering from BITS-Pilani, he worked with Hindustan Unilever Limited in Supply Chain and TeachForIndia as a Fellow and Operations Director.