Arjun Bahadur is a senior education specialist with over 20 years of experience working across school systems in India. He has worked on integrating life skills and social-emotional learning into mainstream education, alongside leading reforms in assessments and teacher capacity building. He has worked closely with national and state governments, civil society organizations, and donors to strengthen public education systems and promote holistic student development. Arjun led a national collaborative to develop tools for assessing life skills in schools and previously oversaw programs on core skills and global citizenship education. Earlier, he served as Deputy Director of a public-private partnership supporting assessment reform for CBSE schools. He currently leads the education practice at Sattva Consulting and serves on the boards of two non-profits. Arjun began his career in consulting and holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad India.