Anshul Sonak

Anshul Sonak is the Principal Engineer and Global Director- Digital Readiness Programs Strategy, at Intel Corporation, based in USA Headquarters, Santa Clara. He manages worldwide Intel® Digital Readiness Program strategy and execution for tech skilling, workforce preparation, future of work, policy initiatives to democratize AI, and emerging tech skills. He is a pioneer who started responsible & inclusive AI skilling scale models for the citizens, students, current & and future workforce, and leaders through public-private partnerships with government-academia worldwide in 2017-18. He steers Intel’s digital inclusion and ESG commitment to make technology inclusive and expand digital readiness, as part of RISE 2030 goals. He had earlier designed and executed multiple large-scale innovative digital skilling programs for Intel.  He is a recognized global business and thought leader in the technology and education-skills industry. He represents Intel in WEF Education Alliance 4.0 and World Bank’s Solution for Youth Employment. In May 2023, he was recognized as “The top 10 most inspiring education leaders 2023” by The Education Insights Magazine and featured on the cover page. His work is covered in a Harvard Business case study for transforming AI education through Intel AI for Youth. He has written on platforms such as Forbes, and UNDP, and he speaks regularly to media (e.g. Houston Business Journal) and in multilateral and academic forums like World Bank, and USAID. He is a technology policy advisor for multiple governments, civil society organizations, and academic bodies. He worked with UNESCO to publish K12 AI curricula mapping for countries wanting to introduce AI in schools. He has authored a chapter on “Mastering the power of creative thinking” in a new book by Oxford Professors titled “Mastering the Power of You”. He is UNDP Asia’s first private-sector regional Youth Co-Lab champion promoting youth tech-entrepreneurship and a global judge for MIT SOLVE, a world-leading social entrepreneurship challenge to solve pressing problems using technology. In his 30-year-long career, he has played leadership roles in industry areas like Education business, Corporate and Government Affairs, Technology Policy, Sustainability, Corporate Citizenship, CSR, and ESG. He has led both for-profit and nonprofit education initiatives.  He is an alumnus of the Oxford Advanced Management & Leadership Program. He holds MIT Sloan School of Management certificates on “AI – Implications for Business Strategy” with MIT CSAIL (Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab) and on “Shaping the Future Of Work” with MIT IWER (Institute for Work and Employment Research). He is a Post-Graduate in Rural Management from IRMA (Institute of Rural Management) and a Science graduate from Hindu College, University of Delhi in India. He has lived in India, Dubai (UAE), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), and Singapore.