Transforming government schools | Atishi Marlena | TEDxIIMAhmedabad

Atishi Marlena is an Indian politician, educator, political activist, and the MLA from the Kalakaji
constituency of Delhi. She studied at St. Stephen’s College, where she stood first in the Delhi
University, and went on to Oxford University to pursue her Master’s on a Chevening scholarship. A
few years later she earned her second Master’s from Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in Educational
Research.
Until April 2018, she served as an advisor to Education Minister Manish Sisodia and played a crucial
role in revamping the state of education in government-run schools in the national capital. According
to some education department officials, she was dubbed “the most critical person for AAP in its
efforts in the field of education”. She is also an adherent activist who has chosen the hard path of
politics with a passion to achieve lasting change. She spent seven years in a small village in Madhya
Pradesh where she got involved in organic farming and progressive education systems. Atishi Marlena is an Indian politician, educator, political activist, and the MLA from the Kalakaji constituency of Delhi. She studied at St. Stephen’s College, where she stood first in the Delhi University, and went on to Oxford University to pursue her Master’s on a Chevening scholarship. A few years later she earned her second Master’s from Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in Educational Research. Until April 2018, she served as an advisor to Education Minister Manish Sisodia and played a crucial role in revamping the state of education in government-run schools in the national capital. According to some education department officials, she was dubbed “the most critical person for AAP in its efforts in the field of education”. She is also an adherent activist who has chosen the hard path of politics with a passion to achieve lasting change. She spent seven years in a small village in Madhya Pradesh where she got involved in organic farming and progressive education systems. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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