Rahul Ahluwalia is associate project director for governance at the Central Square Foundation, a nonprofit organization working to ensure quality school education for all children in India. Prior to joining CSF, he was at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and before that at NITI Aayog, the Indian government's policy think tank. He has previously carried out research on economic and social sector policy at Brookings India and the Indian School of Business, and also worked in the corporate sector in consulting and marketing roles. He has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and a master's in Economics from the University of British Columbia.