Till recently, Lokesh Mehra was the Director- Education Advocacy at Microsoft Corporation India responsible for managing strategic relationships with MHRD, Institutional Bodies, Policy led engagements and Skill development initiatives. Lokesh led the Largest Teacher Professional Development program namely Shiksha for K12 and Saksham for Higher Education in collaboration with various State Governments and Universities.

Prior to Microsoft he worked as the Regional Manager - Corporate Responsibility for the South Asia Region at Cisco and was spearheading and driving Cisco's education charter in both the philanthropic and commercial markets & was responsible for plotting the company's strategy for Corporate Affairs and aligning Asia Pacific and global programs for the benefit of the region.

Lokesh has spoken at several public forums hosted by ASSOCHAM, CII, EDGE, ELETS, FICCI, Indian Education Congress, NASSCOM, PHD, International Telecom Union (ITU), UNDP, etc. and has authored several articles published in leading newspapers and magazines.

By profession an Electronics Engineering graduate and an MBA, Lokesh has over 24 years of experience in in the IT industry covering Sales, Channel Development, CSR, Education, Training, Marketing and Product Management and has had stints with other major companies like Intel, NIIT, Benchmark Microsystems.

Lokesh can be contacted at lokeshedu@hotmail.com and at +91-9899887950.