Anshul Sonak

Anshul is the Principal Engineer, Global Director, and Head of Digital Readiness Programs at Intel Corporation, based at the headquarters in Santa Clara, California, USA. He oversees the Intel® Digital Readiness Program for AI tech skilling, workforce development, the future of work, and policy initiatives aimed at bringing AI everywhere. He initiated AI education and workforce development models for citizens, students, current and future workforce, and leaders through public-private partnerships with government and academia worldwide since 2017. He leads Intel’s digital inclusion and ESG efforts to make technology more inclusive and expand digital readiness.

He is a recognized global business and thought leader in the education technology and workforce-skills industry ecosystem. He represents Intel in WEF Education Alliance 4.0, JFF Corporate Innovation Council, 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 forums like World Bank, Commonwealth, and USAID. He is a technology policy advisor for multiple governments, civil society organizations, and academic bodies. His recent policy-shaping work includes JFF’s AI-Ready Workforce report and The AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium report.

He worked with UNESCO to publish K12 AI curricula mapping for countries wanting to introduce AI in schools. 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. 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”.

In his 30-year-long career, he has played leadership roles in 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 alum 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 holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Rural Management from IRMA (Institute of Rural Management) and a Bachelors in Science from Hindu College, University of Delhi in India. He has earlier lived in India, UAE, Malaysia, and Singapore.