GLOBAL PROGRAM MANAGER — EDTECH & PUBLIC-SECTOR SCALE-UP
Srinivas Vaara
From a 120-school pilot to policy for 1,224 schools.
5+ years leading large-scale digital learning programs across governments, research institutions, and partners including Amazon, Adobe, and Central Square Foundation. Based in Delhi NCR — open to relocation.
Independently Verified
Nobel laureate Michael Kremer's team at the University of Chicago found that students on PAL gained the equivalent of 1.9 additional years of learning in just 17 months, across a program that scaled to 1,224 schools in 26 districts.
— Reported by The Hindu, on the PAL evaluation study
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Srinivas Vaara
Global Program Manager — EdTech & Public Systems
Impact Ledger2021 — 2026
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Impact at a Glance
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Government schools transformed
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Students supported across programs
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Teachers trained & certified
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Classroom tablets deployed
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Adobe Express users activated
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Students reached via Amazon Career Tours
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Indian states of program delivery
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SD improvement in learning outcomes
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Learning gains vs. control groups
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LAYS gained per $100 invested
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Government & institutional partnerships
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Income growth for 200+ artisans
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Program Log
GI · 25
Manager — Growth & Impact
ConveGenius, Noida
- Spearheaded strategic partnerships with Amazon and Adobe, expanding digital learning across government education systems.
- Delivered Amazon Career Tours to 200,000+ students while building a scale-up roadmap targeting 1 million learners.
- Led Adobe Express rollout strategy to 100,000+ users, with expansion plans for 500,000 learners.
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Manager — Product Delivery
ConveGenius, Noida
- Managed end-to-end delivery of digital learning products across 6 states, ensuring timely execution and stakeholder alignment.
- Coordinated Product, Engineering, Content, and Operations teams to resolve delivery bottlenecks.
- Used Amazon QuickSight dashboards and field insights to monitor engagement and support product improvements.
PAL · 23
Program Manager
ConveGenius | Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
- Led implementation of a two-year RCT evaluating a statewide Personalized Adaptive Learning program across 120 treatment/control schools with the University of Chicago's Development Innovation Lab (Nobel laureate Michael Kremer's team) and Central Square Foundation.
- Directed statewide implementation across 1,224 government schools, supporting 350,000+ students, 1,500+ teachers, and 15,000+ tablets.
- Delivered 50+ teacher capacity-building workshops; mentored 50+ Field Management Staff across multiple districts.
- Designed monitoring frameworks that increased learner engagement 15% and cut operational bottlenecks 30%.
MGNF · 21
Mahatma Gandhi National Fellow
MSDE, Govt. of India · World Bank
- Partnered with district administration and State Skill Development Missions on evidence-based workforce planning.
- Built partnerships across 30+ government departments, training institutions, NGOs, and industry partners.
- Developed the District Skill Calendar and market-linkage initiatives benefiting 200+ artisans — 25% income growth, 40% rise in handicraft sales.
SSN · 19
Sales Manager (Part-time)
Sri Satyanarayana Nursery, Rajahmundry
- Monitored and analyzed sales performance, implementing marketing strategies and cultivating B2B client relationships.
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Case Files
PAL Program — Statewide RCT, Andhra Pradesh
Problem
Prove whether personalized adaptive learning improves outcomes at government scale, not just in pilots.
Approach
Co-led a 2-year RCT across 120 schools with the Govt. of AP, University of Chicago's DIL (Nobel laureate Michael Kremer), and Central Square Foundation; directed parallel rollout to 1,224 schools.
Result
0.43 SD learning gain · 2.3x vs. control · ~1.9 LAYS per $100 — evidence that shaped state scale-up policy for 500,000+ students.
Evidence
Adobe Express — Statewide Rollout
Problem
Turn a new creative tool into something teachers and students would actually adopt across government systems.
Approach
Led GTM and rollout strategy across Product, Tech, Content and Ops; ran adoption tracking and executive reporting.
Result
100,000+ users onboarded, with a roadmap in motion toward 500,000.
Amazon Career Tours — Scale-Up
Problem
Deliver career exposure at a scale that could move the needle for underserved students.
Approach
Owned end-to-end delivery of Amazon Career Tours and designed the multi-year scale-up roadmap.
Result
200,000+ students reached, with a path mapped to 1 million.
District Skill Calendar & Nimmalakunta Crafts
Problem
Fragmented skilling data and disconnected artisans, both blocking income growth.
Approach
Built a District Skill Calendar integrating 10+ training institutes, plus a market-linkage catalog connecting 200 artisans to buyers.
Result
Adopted by district administration, inaugurated by the District Collector — 25% income growth, 40% rise in sales.
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Field Notes
PAL EXHIBITRCT led with Nobel laureate Michael Kremer's team.
PLATFORM DEMODemoing PAL to state government officials.
REVIEW MEETINGSkilling review, Ananthapuramu Collectorate.
FIELD TRAININGSkilling session for women trainees, MGNF.
PUBLISHED OUTPUTDistrict Skill Calendar, Ananthapuramu 2022–23.
PRESS COVERAGEAndhra Prabha — skilling review. Click to enlarge.
PRESS COVERAGEAndhra Prabha — calendar release. Click to enlarge.
NOBEL LAUREATE EVENTFelicitating Prof. Michael Kremer.
PRESS COVERAGEThe Hindu — PAL results. Click to enlarge.
TEACHER TRAININGKGBV principals & teachers, Anantapur.
TEACHER TRAININGRollout training session, Nov 2025.
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Credentials
IIM Visakhapatnam
CGPA 3.47/4.00 · Rank 2 of 76 (Director's Merit Achievement Award) · Top 2% in Public Policy, Data Analytics, Project Management & Academic Writing.
IIIT Nuzvid
CGPA 8.00/10.00 · Top Division with Distinction — top 3% of 400 students.
Certifications & Papers
·Google Project Management Professional Certificate — Coursera
·AI For Everyone — DeepLearning.AI
·Leadership & Emotional Intelligence — Indian School of Business
·Monitoring & Evaluation in Development Projects — Udemy
·Paper: "Sustainable Transformations Giving Impetus to Skill Development in India" — 11th ICSD, 2023
·Selected: Workshop on Green Building Constructions — IIT Bombay
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Capabilities
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
- End-to-End Program Delivery
- Program Planning & Execution
- Stakeholder Management
- Cross-functional Leadership
- Strategic Partnerships
LEARNING & DELIVERY
- Learning Platform Management (LMS)
- Training & Capacity Building
- Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)
- Process Improvement
- Learning Outcomes
ANALYTICS & TOOLS
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Power BI
- Amazon QuickSight
- Python
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Let's scale something that matters.
Open to Global Program Manager roles in EdTech, public-sector partnerships, and impact-driven organizations — anywhere in the world.
✉ Email MePHONE+91 99894 09777
LINKEDINlinkedin.com/in/vaara-srinivas ↗
LOCATIONDelhi NCR, India — Open to Relocation
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