Priyank Narayan

Director, Entrepreneurship Programs, Ashoka University
India

Priyank Narayan is the Founding Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Ashoka University, a leading liberal Arts University based in Delhi NCR, India. As an educator, researcher, eco-system builder and an entrepreneur, he has contributed significantly in building a culture of entrepreneurship in India.

Priyank started his career with IBM. Prior to joining Ashoka University, Priyank was an entrepreneur and continues to mentor a number of startups. As an educator, he has held a teaching position at the IIT Delhi and been a guest faculty in a number of management institutes in the country on social innovation and design thinking. Priyank has been instrumental on bridging global entrepreneurship eco-systems with India. In the last few years he has represented India in a number of global forums on social entrepreneurship and education.

An alumnus of AIM, Manila and IIM, Ahmedabad, Priyank is an avid golfer and a licensed scuba diver. He is also trained in Indian classical music.