C. V. Madhukar
C V Madhukar is the Director of PRS Legislative Research, an independent research initiative that aims to strengthen the legislative debate in India by making it better informed, more transparent and participatory. He set up PRS in September 2005, which is currently being incubated by the Centre for Policy Research
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Most recently, he has worked at the World Bank in Washington DC with a group focussed on parliamentary capacities in various countries.
Madhukar started his professional career in 1993 as an investment banker with ICICI Securities in Mumbai, where he worked on disinvestment of large public sector enterprises. He spent significant time as a volunteer and made important contributions to the growth of Pratham in its formative years, now a large not-for-profit organization focussed on basic education in urban areas in India. Convinced of his passion and ability to contribute to the initiative, his company seconded him to work full time with Pratham for a period of four years.
At the invitation of the Government of Karnataka in early 2000, he co-founded and managed Akshara Foundation, a basic education initiative focussed on Bangalore’s children. He concurrently set up the Azim Premji Foundation, an initiative of Mr. Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro, and one of the wealthiest corporate leaders in India. The innovative initiative on the use of technology in rural schools which Madhukar led in the Azim Premji Foundation, now serves nearly a million children across the country.
Madhukar was an Edward S. Mason Fellow at Harvard University, where he earned a Master in Public Administration degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also has an MBA (Finance) from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) degree from Bangalore University. Madhukar is Echoing Green Fellow.