Ramya Venkataraman is Leader of McKinsey and Company’s Education Practice in India. For the last several years, Venkataraman has also pursued her long-term passion in education through involvement in various initiatives, and towards the end of 2008, took on a new role to pursue this passion fully. Venkataraman now leads McKinsey’s Education practice in India on a full-time basis, as part of the Firm’s global Social Sector practice. Her experiences in education cut across school, higher and vocational education. Recent examples include driving a large urban school system transformation effort with a municipal corporation in India, working with a neighbouring country’s government on end-to-end education reform, conducting rural education diagnostics in a few districts, serving foundations, non-profits and private education players on their own strategy, working with some higher education institutions of national importance, helping investors evaluate potential opportunities, and providing input into policy discussions.Venkataraman completed her B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi and her MBA from IIM Calcutta.
