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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|12|10|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = Entrepreneur<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Chicago]]<br />
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| notable_works = Embibe<br />
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'''Aditi Avasthi''' is an Indian entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Embibe, an [[educational technology]] company, based in Bangalore. [[The Economic Times|Economic Times Prime]] recognized her as the "Accenture Vaahini Innovator of The Year"<ref>{{Citation|last=Mar 2019|first=ET Online {{!}} 30|title=ETPWLA 2019: Embibe founder Aditi Avasthi gets 'Accenture Vaahini Innovator of the Year'|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/etpwla-2019-embibe-founder-aditi-avasthi-gets-accenture-vaahini-innovator-of-the-year/videoshow/68636240.cms|access-date=2020-01-20|last2=Ist|first2=03:03 Am}}</ref> and was awarded for it in Economic Times Prime Women Leadership Awards 2019 (ETPWLA'19). Education Congress chose her as the "Woman Entrepreneur of the Year" in 2019, and she was chosen the 'Woman Of The Year’ by Vogue in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.in/content/presenting-the-winners-vogue-women-of-the-year-2018|title=Vogue Women Of The Year 2018 Winners - Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt|website=Vogue India|language=en-IN|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref> She was also ranked among [[BBC]]'s top [[100 Women (BBC)|100 Women]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/mithali-raj-named-in-bbc-s-100-most-influential-women-list-of-2017/story-riI79q8axiEFUeBYNAQLlO.html|title=Mithali Raj named in BBC’s 100 most influential women list of 2017|date=2017-09-27|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Aditi Avasthi was born in [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]] on 10 December 1981. She is the daughter of Arun Kumar and Veena Avasthi. She had studied in multiple schools in India. In high school, she was intrigued by personalized education platforms.<br />
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Avasthi received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology in 2003, and received her [[MBA]] in finance and marketing from the [[University of Chicago Booth School of Business]] in 2010.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Following her schooling in India, Aditi started her career at [[Tata Consultancy Services]] where she collaborated in the growth of new business initiatives in the UK. While at Tata Consultancy Services, she won AIMI Young Leaders project, although her nomination for the award was initially rejected as she was too young.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dasgupta|first1=Brinda|title=First Year at Work: Reach out and grab opportunities says, Aditi Avasthi, CEO & Founder of Embibe|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/first-year-at-work-reach-out-and-grab-opportunities-says-aditi-avasthi-ceo-founder-of-embibe/articleshow/50448410.cms|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Economic Times|date=5 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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After her MBA, she joined Barclays as Deputy Chief of Product and Strategy Head for their mobile banking division in Africa. Later moving to Delaware, USA, in the year 2012, she worked at [[Barclaycard]] as the Director of Corporate Development in Mobile Commerce Business for an year. At Barclays, Avasthi contributed to overall mobile business strategy, and also led the design of the business cases on the monetization of mobile commerce.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Saraswathy|first1=M|title='Embibe' performance improvement|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/embibe-performance-improvement-114071400048_1.html|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=Business Standard|date=14 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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In 2012, she founded Embibe, with $700,000 funding gathered from family and friends, and she received further investments from Kalaari Capital and Lightbox Ventures during the following year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/checkin/embibe-a-teachers-pet-tool/41195/1|title=Embibe: A teacher's pet tool|last1=Srivastava|first1=Samar|date=5 October 2015|work=Forbes India|accessdate=22 November 2017}}</ref> which is a personalized engine for education based on a knowledge graph that connects all grades' curriculum and learning context together, so students can achieve their targeted learning outcomes. The platform also provides services based on the [[Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jain|first1=Samiksha|title=They Came, They Saw, They Conquered: 4 Women Who Chose unconventional Fields & Excelled|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/271940|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=Enrepreneur India|date=4 March 2016}}</ref> Later she conducted a successful corporate round with Reliance Industries in 2018. In April 2018, [[Reliance Industries Limited]] announced an investment of $180 million in Embibe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bwdisrupt.businessworld.in/article/Embibe-Transformed-into-Largest-AI-Edtech-Platform-with-180M-from-Reliance/18-04-2018-146751|title=Embibe Transformed into Largest AI Edtech Platform with 180M from Reliance|last=Bureau|first=BW Online|website=BW Disrupt|language=en|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref><br />
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Avasthi commented on her business, "Running my own business and being able to breathe life into my vision of disrupting the education system using data science and technology makes me more determined to achieve my goals. Patience, persistence and being able to multi-task come naturally to me as well as most women so that is a big advantage when starting from scratch."<ref>{{cite news|title=Gender bias or not there's no stopping for Indian's female startup brigade|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/gender-bias-or-not-theres-no-stopping-for-indias-female-startup-brigade/articleshow/49879125.cms|accessdate=22 November 2017|work=The Economic Times|date=22 November 2015}}</ref><br />
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== Awards and nominations ==<br />
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* [[40 Under 40|''Fortune'''s 40 Under 40]], in 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/40under40/aditi-avasthi?year=2015|title=Aditi Avasthi - India’s Young & Brightest Entrepreneurs in 40 Under 40 2015 - Fortune India|website=www.fortuneindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref><br />
* Business Impact Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, Digital Disruptor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/meet-the-digital-women-awards-disruptor-winners|title=Meet The Digital Women Awards 'Disruptor' Winners|last=Kh|first=Tara|last2=elwal|date=2016-11-19|website=SheThePeople TV|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref><br />
* [[BBC 100 Women|''BBC'' 100 Women]] for addressing illiteracy in 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-41380265|title=BBC 100 Women: Who is on the list?|date=2017-11-01|access-date=2019-02-12|language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
* 40 Under 40 by ''[[Businessworld|Business World]]'' 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bwdisrupt.businessworld.in/article/Embibe-Transformed-into-Largest-AI-Edtech-Platform-with-180M-from-Reliance/18-04-2018-146751|title=Embibe Transformed into Largest AI Edtech Platform with 180M from Reliance|last=Bureau|first=BW Online|website=BW Disrupt|language=en|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref><br />
* ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' Woman of the Year, under the category Young achiever, in 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.in/content/aditi-avasthi-combines-ai-and-education-in-a-revolutionary-way/|title=Aditi Avasthi’s Embibe combines AI and education in a revolutionary way|date=2018-11-10|website=VOGUE India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref><br />
* CEO of the Year, Edtechreview, February 2018<br />
* AICRA, January 2019<br />
* Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, Indian Education Congress/ [[Entrepreneur (magazine)|''Entrepreneur'' magazine]], February 2019<br />
* CEO of the Year 2019 - India, CEO Monthly, March 2019<br />
* Accenture Vahini Innovator of the Year, ''Economic Times'' Prime Women Leadership Awards, March 2019<br />
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