Mayank was awarded a full tuition scholarship for the Masters in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) at Harvard Kennedy School where he studied economics and development. Prior to HKS, he worked on financial inclusion and digital transformation of national welfare programs. Since graduation, he has been based in Cambridge, Massachusetts where he is a leadership coach at Harvard, coaching professionals on group dynamics and adult development. He is also an AI product manager at a government technology startup called Holly helping city governments across the US. Prior to graduate school, Mayank trained as an electrical and electronics engineer at Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani and was a part of the Young India Fellowship at Ashoka University.