Ratna Viswanathan
CEO,
Reach to Teach for India
Ratna Viswanathan is a former civil servant from the 1987 batch of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service. She gave up a highly coveted career in the Civil Services to join the development sector. Prior to joining Reach to Teach, she has held leadership roles at Oxfam India, VSO, MFIN, UNEP and UNDP. She also serves as an Independent Woman Director on Boards of several companies and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Reach to Teach.
Deeply passionate about making learning a joyful experience for students by fostering teacher-agency, Ratna believes in learning out of curiosity and competing with oneself to achieve one’s own potential. She seeks to work from within the existing education system to create an environment that enthuses key stakeholders in a child’s life. Ratna believes learning happens when it is supported by an enabling environment.