Ban Ki-Moon award for Ashwani Tiwari

Every year, Asia Initiatives presents the Ban Ki-Moon Award to outstanding individual leaders worldwide who have made significant contributions to social impact and women empowerment. Ashwani Tiwari, Founder of Vidhyalay Udhyam Association – School Enterprise Network, part of NSRCEL Impact Orbit, received the award, this year.

Vidhyalay Udhyam Association co-created the maker labs with Government schools to enable thousands of young girls through STEM education and entrepreneurship in rural, remote and tribal geographies with underprivileged communities.