Nitin Rao is an alumnus of the National Institute of Technology - Karnataka - Surathkal, (2008) and the StartingBloc Fellowship (London Business School, 2007). In May 2008, he will be joining the business development team at SKS Microfinance in Hyderabad, India.

Nitin's interests lie at the intersection of economics, business and development.

Nitin is passionate about education for low-income communities. He has been involved in strategy for The Spark Group, an MIT/Yale education startup. He has written papers on sustainable investments in Indian education accepted by MIT International Review and the Harvard Project for Asian & International Relations Harvard On-Campus Conference, and been recently selected to participate in the 38th St. Gallen Symposium in Switzerland.

Nitin recently founded Engineers for Social Impact, a unique fellowship program to connect top engineering talent to the most credible social enterprises that drive market-based solutions to development. He is the founder of the innovative Let Me Know blog for youth opportunities in India.