Piroja Shroff, 31
Former CEO, English E.Teach

Educator Piroja Shroff always knew she wanted to do something extraordinary for the underprivileged. It's one of the reasons why she gave up her job as English teacher at the elite Cathedral and John Connon School in Fort back in 2015, to work with NGO English E.Teach, which has been at the forefront of providing digitised textbooks to state-funded schools. From mentoring municipal school teachers and handling digital content for 800 BMC schools, Shroff's role quickly expanded to schools across many districts. In January this year, she was given complete charge of the organisation, and made CEO. "It was a new chapter that I was excited about. We were planning trips to Solapur and Satara, when the pandemic broke out, and all schools shut down overnight," recalls Shroff.