NEW YORK, NY - Journalist and author Fareed Zakaria has joined Pratham USA national board of directors.
Commenting on his decision to join Pratham’s board of directors, Zakaria said, “Pratham works hard to address perhaps the single greatest challenge in India - education. And it does so with intelligence, effectiveness and integrity. I’m proud to be associated with it.”
Commenting on his decision to join Pratham’s board of directors, Zakaria said, “Pratham works hard to address perhaps the single greatest challenge in India - education. And it does so with intelligence, effectiveness and integrity. I’m proud to be associated with it.”
The Pratham USA national board that Zakaria joins includes prominent business and industry leaders from the South Asian community. Host of CNN’s flagship foreign affairs program, Editor-at-Large of Time, Washington Post columnist, and a New York Times bestselling author, Zakaria has been described as “the most influential foreign policy adviser of his generation.” Since 2008, he has hosted Fareed Zakaria GPS, which airs on Sundays worldwide on CNN and brings viewers around the globe in-depth interviews with world leaders, newsmakers, and analysts who examine the world’s toughest challenges.
“It is an absolute privilege to welcome Fareed to our national board,” said Dinyar Devitre, Executive Chairman of Pratham USA. Devitre added, “As Pratham approaches its 20th year of delivering a large scale, low-cost, and replicable model for driving measurable change in learning outcomes for underserved children in India, Pratham USA, with its network of 14 chapters across the United States, continues to play a critical supportive role. Fareed is a big, bold thinker, and he will be a force for good in Pratham’s work to improve the basic learning experience of underserved students in India”.
“It is an absolute privilege to welcome Fareed to our national board,” said Dinyar Devitre, Executive Chairman of Pratham USA. Devitre added, “As Pratham approaches its 20th year of delivering a large scale, low-cost, and replicable model for driving measurable change in learning outcomes for underserved children in India, Pratham USA, with its network of 14 chapters across the United States, continues to play a critical supportive role. Fareed is a big, bold thinker, and he will be a force for good in Pratham’s work to improve the basic learning experience of underserved students in India”.
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