Priten H. Shah

Priten H. Shah is a serial entrepreneur whose projects aim to drive change and innovation in the education sector.

He is the CEO of Pedagogy.Cloud, an education consulting company providing educational organizations with a full-suite of services including innovative technology solutions.

He serves as CTO/CFO for Thinker Analytix, a Harvard partnered nonprofit that is leading the effort to create research-based tools for educators to teach reasoning skills.

Priten is also the founder of United 4 Social Change, a civics education nonprofit that focuses on helping teachers integrate interdisciplinary education into their curricula. Priten serves on the board of The Boarding School, a non-profit that breaks down the barriers keeping young people out of institutional governance by educating, placing, and supporting young people on boards with successful campaigns at Harvard University and Penn State.

Priten has a M.ED. in Education Policy and Management from Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A in Philosophy from Harvard College.

These are the core questions and challenges that motivate me.

Areas of Interest

My time is largely, if not completely, devoted to these areas of interest. Every project I work on includes one or more of these focus areas.

Citizenship

What makes a good citizen? How can we make civic society a more produtictive forum for change?

Education

What is the purpose of education? How can we solve challenges facing educators?

Basic Rights

What do we need to do to ensure that basic rights are universally protected for everyone?

Entrepreneurship

What are the best ways to encourage innovation to solve problems, both individual and societal?

Humanities

How can we ensure that the humanities are valued for their vital role in a healthy democracy?

Humanity

What makes life worth living and how can we encourage, protect, and nourish that for everyone?