Akanksha works extensively on K-12 Education, bridging the gap between practice, policy and research. She has extensive analytical and quantitative experience in experimental design in fields of science and the social sciences. She has integrated qualitative, quantitative and mixed method approaches in her work, researching and measuring the impact of education interventions. Akanksha has been using systems thinking to understand education in depth for the past several years. Her expertise has been applied to research designs and evaluations for the work of organizations such as Google, the British Council, as well as the LEGO Foundation. Akanksha holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, and a Master’s degree in International Education Policy from Harvard University.