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Urvashi Sahni

Founder & Chief Executive
Study Hall Educational Foundation

AWARDS AND HONORS


2020
  • One of the twelve Social Entrepreneurs of the Year worldwide - by The Schwab Foundation
    for Social Entrepreneurship, a sister organization of the World Economic Forum
2018
  • The Schwab- Jubilant Bhartiya Social Entrepreneur of the Year India, 2017 award – by The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the Jubilant Bhartia Foundation
2017
  • BBC’s list of 100 Inspirational and Innovative Women
2017
  • FCCI – 1st FLO Women Award for outstanding contribution in education.
2016
  • Hindustan Times Award for Professional Excellence.
2014
  • Honorary Membership, Clinton Global Initiative
2013
  • Echidna Scholarship for Girls Education at The Brookings Institution.
2012
  • The Ashoka Fellowship
2011
  • Global Citizen Award – by United Nations Association, USA
2011
  • Best Paper Award – by American Educational Research Association for “Cosmopolitan Imaginings of Self and Other: Girls in India Go Online”
2010
  • Outstanding Women’s Achiever Award by Lucknow Management Association
2009
  • Joint Tech Laureate award, with Randy Wang, by Tech Museum of Innovations, San Jose, USA to Digital Study Hall
2008
  • International Haas Award - by University of California at Berkeley, USA
1999
  • David H. Russell Fellowship, University Of California, Berkeley, USA
1992 – 93
  • Dr. Ned Flanders Scholarship, University Of California, Berkeley, USA
1992 – 93
  • Myrtle L. Judkins Memorial Scholarship, University Of California, Berkeley, USA
1991 – 92