Smita Deorah

Smita Deorah is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of LEAD Group, India’s first School Learning Systems unicorn, and a leading voice for AI-driven transformation in school education at scale. With over two decades of experience spanning education research and product innovation, Smita is passionate about unlocking every child’s potential through great teaching and technology-enabled solutions. At LEAD Group, Smita leads the development of research-backed curricula, teacher training frameworks, and multimodal learning tools and resources. Under her leadership, LEAD has implemented a ‘school-in-a-box’ solution that delivers measurable improvement in student learning outcomes, even in the most underserved towns and cities. Today, LEAD Group reaches 3.8+ million students and empowers over 60,000 teachers across 8,500+ schools in 400+ Indian towns and cities.