Kumkum

Kumkum is the APJC Partner Lead for Cisco Networking Academy as well as Business Development Manager for NetAcad in India. She works with Governments, Academia (Universities, Polytechnics, ITIs) and Non-profits to scale NetAcad in the region by building strategic partnerships. As a part of Cisco Social Innovation, her work aligns with Cisco India's business units, Govt. alliances, and strategic Investments.

She has 6+ years of diverse experience working at the intersection of Policy, Tech & Social Impact space advancing large-scale solutions in Education, Skilling & Human Development across Asia & Africa; leveraging Capital Allocation, Scalable Tech & building Stakeholder Capacity. Kumkum loves podcasting and is interested in the themes of ethics of Philanthropy, Development and Systems Change.