Jayant Krishna

Heritage Evangelist

Jayant Krishna has led key initiatives under the Prime Minister's Skill India mission as CEO and COO of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). He has also served as CEO of the UK India Business Council and the Foundation for Advancing Science & Technology. He spent most of his career with the Tata Group, holding global leadership roles at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). He is a Senior Fellow at CSIS, Washington, DC, serves on various boards and coaches organisational leaders. A British Chevening Scholar at the University of Leeds, he has taught at IIT Kanpur and IIM Lucknow. He has received an Honorary Doctorate and the APJ Abdul Kalam Award for Innovation in Governance. He has published several Op-Eds, regularly appears as a TV panellist and co-founded the Lucknow Literature Festival. He is also an advocate for cultural heritage issues.