Committee Member @ (January 2008 - September 2023)
Board of Advisors @ (October 2018 - August 2022)
Senior Fellow @ (October 2013 - August 2021)
Founding Director, Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation @ (July 2017 - July 2020)
Author @ “The India-US Partnership: $1 Trillion by 2030” By Oxford University Press (July 2014 - December 2017)
Advisor, USAID India Investment Initiative @ (April 2015 - August 2016)
Senior Advisor to the President @ (July 2013 - June 2015)
Presidential Appointee-Senior Advisor, US Sec. of Commerce, Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship @ (September 2011 - April 2013)
Term Member @ (June 2007 - June 2012)
Executive Director @ (April 2005 - December 2011)
Board of Directors @ (November 2010 - November 2011)
Board Member, Global Philanthropy @ (May 2007 - May 2010)
Board of Directors @ (January 2006 - February 2010)
Presidential Appointee - Clinton White House, Secretary of Education, USAID Administrator @ The White House (June 1995 - December 2000)
Nishith Acharya Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A Sloan School of Management Executive Program (Strategy and Innovation)
Northeastern University
BS (Political Science)
Wayland High School, Wayland MA
The George Washington University
MPA (International Development)
Nishith Acharya Skills
Entrepreneurship
Microfinance
Venture Philanthropy
Social Change
Social Entrepreneurship
Non-profits
International Development
Fundraising
Social Enterprise
Capacity Building
Community Development
Economic Development
Public Policy
Strategic Planning
Corporate Social Responsibility
Grants
Non-profit Administration
Start-ups
Research
Strategy
Nonprofits
Policy
Politics
Program Management
Program Development
Public Speaking
Philanthropy
Strategic Partnerships
Emerging Markets
Leadership
Community Outreach
NGOs
Program Evaluation
Public/private Partnerships
Grant Writing
Policy Analysis
Strategic Communications
Proposal Writing
Government
International Relations
Nonprofit Organizations
Political Campaigns
Volunteer Management
International
Non profit
Non Profit Administration
Start Ups
Corporate Social
Editing
Customer Service
Non Profits
Project Management
Public/Private
Nishith Acharya Summary
Nishith Acharya, based in Boston, MA, US, is currently a Chief Executive Officer at Equal Innovation. Nishith Acharya brings experience from previous roles at Give It A Shot, Akshara Foundation, The George Washington University School of Business and American Australian Association. Nishith Acharya holds a A Sloan School of Management Executive Program in Strategy and Innovation @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With a robust skill set that includes Entrepreneurship, Microfinance, Venture Philanthropy, Social Change, Social Entrepreneurship and more. Nishith Acharya has 4 emails and 1 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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