Akhtar Badshah

Akhtar Badshah

Akhtar Badshah manages Microsoft‘s global community investment and employee programmes. He works closely with non-profit organisations, governments and businesses in the United States and around the world to administer the Unlimited Potential Program. Badshah brings more than 22 years of experience as an internationally recognised development expert. Before joining Microsoft, he was the CEO and president of Digital Partners Foundation, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to utilise the digital economy to benefit the poor. A doctoral graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Badshah serves on the advisory board for the Development Gateway Project of the World Bank, World Links India, World Corp., Teachers Without Borders and Datamation Foundation India. He has co-edited Connected for Development – Information Kiosks for Sustainability, and authored Our Urban Future: New Paradigms for Equity and Sustainability, as well as several articles in international journals on megacities and sustainability, urban and community development and housing.