Siddesh Sarma is co-founder and chief programmes officer at Leadership For Equity. He has a degree in education from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. He represented SCERT, Maharashtra, on two NCERT committees, and has worked as a consultant with the School Education Department, Government of Maharashtra, for the past five years. Siddesh started his work in education through the Teach For India Fellowship in 2011. Currently, he also serves on the advisory board of Teach For India, Pune.