The program demonstrated how universal the issues of social justice, equity, sustainability, and inclusion were. We were 16 fellows from roughly half as many countries, all connected through the same principles that we were championing in our work. It wasn’t until I returned from the program that I understood the need to build a body of work that emerged from and represented the issues of Global South—breaking away from what had largely been India-centered work until then.
2012
Ayush Chauhan
Managing Partner and Co-Founder
Quicksand
Ayush Chauhan heads up a multi-disciplinary design and innovation consultancy firm, Quicksand, working at the intersection of business, development, and culture. He promotes design for social development by connecting the best practices of design, technology and behavior science with development programs to address the pressing and complex issues of social equity, public health, and education. In this capacity, he has worked with organizations such as Unilever, Google, World Bank, UNICEF, CIFF and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, amongst many more, to design products and services that promote sustainability and quality of life for low-income communities.
An entrepreneur, educator, and mentor, Ayush is also the co-founder of UnBox, the first interdisciplinary festival in Delhi bringing together leading voices from across the world for inspiration, debate, and reflection. Ayush serves on the board of William J Clinton Foundation in India.
