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Vishal Talreja
Founder | The Cocoon Initiative
Vishal is an Educator and Social Entrepreneur with 24 years in the social sector in India. He co-founded and is currently a Trustee at an award-winning and pioneering education non-profit called Dream a Dream (www.dreamadream.org). Vishal's inspiration to start The Cocoon Initiative came from his own personal experiences, insights and struggles from his sabbatical breaks and through mentoring other leaders in the social sector in India.
Vishal is an Ashoka Fellow (www.ashoka.org), an Eisenhower Fellow (https://www.efworld.org/) and a Salzburg Global Fellow (https://www.salzburgglobal.org/). He is a Board Member at Goonj (https://goonj.org/). Previously been the Founder Director of Unltd India and Board Member of PYE Global (www.pyeglobal.org) and India Cares Foundation (https://www.icfn.in/). He is the Executive Committee Member of Karanga – The Global Alliance on Life Skills and SEL (https://karanga.org/) and Cofounder of The Weaving Lab (https://weavinglab.org/). Vishal has been recognized as an “Architect of the Future” by the Waldzell Institut in Austria and as ‘Innovator of the Year’ in 2019 by HundrED.
Vishal has co-authored multiple research and policy papers related to Education and Life Skills in the Indian context and global education ecosystems. He has written a host of articles, white papers, policy briefs related to Education Transformation. He has also co-authored a book, ‘When We Thrive, Our World Thrives’ along with Dr Connie K Chung and Dream a Dream staff and participants. He has also published a book of poems called, ‘My Soul Stirring’.
Vishal mentors and advises a host of emerging social entrepreneurs and changemakers while contributing to global education narratives through participation in various steering committees, judging panels and working groups with the likes of WISE, G20 Interfaith Forum, T4 Education, HundrED, Catalyst 2030, Big Change and OECD.
Vishal Talreja
[email protected]
+91-98455 24118
Founder | The Cocoon Initiative
Vishal is an Educator and Social Entrepreneur with 24 years in the social sector in India. He co-founded and is currently a Trustee at an award-winning and pioneering education non-profit called Dream a Dream (www.dreamadream.org). Vishal's inspiration to start The Cocoon Initiative came from his own personal experiences, insights and struggles from his sabbatical breaks and through mentoring other leaders in the social sector in India.
Vishal is an Ashoka Fellow (www.ashoka.org), an Eisenhower Fellow (https://www.efworld.org/) and a Salzburg Global Fellow (https://www.salzburgglobal.org/). He is a Board Member at Goonj (https://goonj.org/). Previously been the Founder Director of Unltd India and Board Member of PYE Global (www.pyeglobal.org) and India Cares Foundation (https://www.icfn.in/). He is the Executive Committee Member of Karanga – The Global Alliance on Life Skills and SEL (https://karanga.org/) and Cofounder of The Weaving Lab (https://weavinglab.org/). Vishal has been recognized as an “Architect of the Future” by the Waldzell Institut in Austria and as ‘Innovator of the Year’ in 2019 by HundrED.
Vishal has co-authored multiple research and policy papers related to Education and Life Skills in the Indian context and global education ecosystems. He has written a host of articles, white papers, policy briefs related to Education Transformation. He has also co-authored a book, ‘When We Thrive, Our World Thrives’ along with Dr Connie K Chung and Dream a Dream staff and participants. He has also published a book of poems called, ‘My Soul Stirring’.
Vishal mentors and advises a host of emerging social entrepreneurs and changemakers while contributing to global education narratives through participation in various steering committees, judging panels and working groups with the likes of WISE, G20 Interfaith Forum, T4 Education, HundrED, Catalyst 2030, Big Change and OECD.
Vishal Talreja
[email protected]
+91-98455 24118