Ankit leads the entrepreneurship program at Pratham's skilling and livelihood arm to grow its livelihood reach through multiple programs, focusing on micro and local livelihoods post COVID across India. He leads overall strategy, operations, impact and partnerships for entrepreneurship program. Prior to working with Pratham, Ankit worked with Planet Finance India (now Positive Planet) where he was co-leading a project to bring transparency in SHG Bank linkage program where he worked with external stakeholders like The World Bank (IFC), Reserve Bank of India (RBI, Indian Bank Association, NABARD and and public and private sector banks. Ankit is a Commerce Graduate and a MBA (Marketing) from University of Mumbai. He spent 4 years in business process consulting and next 8 years in the development sector.