SHAYAN ROY CHOWDHURY

Directed end-to-end product strategy and delivery for Newton Venture Program's portfolio of three core learning products (Foundations, Fundamentals, Fellowship), overseeing design and execution across digital, live virtual, and in-person formats.

Designed and facilitated compelling learning experiences for diverse learners, ensuring high-quality program delivery and participant engagement.

Cultivated high-value strategic partnerships with faculty at London Business School, academic institutions, and leading venture capital firms, significantly enhancing program credibility and global reach.

Spearheaded a venture incubation program for early-stage education ventures within a coalition of over 250 member organizations, designing workshops and providing 1:1 advisory support.

Enabled incubated ventures to reach over 5,000 disadvantaged young people in England, significantly expanding social impact and program reach.

Led successful diversity efforts, increasing venture program applications from ethnic minority backgrounds to ~55% and free school meal recipients to ~45% in 2021.

Managed critical relationships with major funders like Bloomberg and liaised with CXOs and the Board of Trustees, securing vital resources and strategic alignment.

Designed and managed Teach For India's venture incubation program, supporting ~25 early-stage ventures over three years to impact more than 50,000 students in India, achieving a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 100.

Established 50+ new partnerships and grew applications to the venture incubation program by 40%, while leading diversity efforts to increase women's representation in the cohort from 0% in 2017 to 60% in 2019.

Led the international expansion of the program's support to three South Asian partners (Teach For Malaysia, Nepal, Bangladesh), recognized as a Teach For All network breakthrough.

Enabled Bain's private equity clients across the value chain, from building industry points-of-view to identifying promising deals and conducting due diligence for potential investments in niche domains like biologics and cloud computing.

Created a growth roadmap for Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi's Children's Foundation, targeting a tenfold increase in child-centric villages in India by 2020, earning the Best Team, Bain Social Impact award.

Co-created a predictive analytics model to calculate customer lifetime value for a Fortune 100 online retail company, optimizing product assortment and assessing omni-channel customer trends.

Co-developed a structured problem-solving framework, receiving the Mu Sigma Spot Award for 'quick learning, high ownership and contribution to company initiatives' (Mu Sigma was India's first data science unicorn).

Member of the Global Shapers Community (World Economic Forum initiative) across London and New Delhi hubs, running community action projects focused on education, skills, history, culture, and diversity.

Co-curated the Global Shapers London Hub, a community of 35+ ambitious professionals working across entrepreneurship, sciences, policy, government, and arts.

Spearheaded a global group of staff members running venture incubation programs across 15+ countries in the Teach For All network (e.g., Spain, Armenia, Chile, Malaysia).

Led in-person trainings across three continents (London, Bengaluru, Santiago) for 15+ Teach For All network partners, fostering global collaboration and knowledge transfer.

Worked with at-risk young people to develop socio-emotional skills through music as part of the Music Basti initiative.

Supported young people in developing skills such as songwriting, performance, creativity, teamwork, and collaboration.