C. V. Madhukar (born 1968) is an Indian banker who serves as the CEO of Co-Develop, a global nonprofit fund. Previously, he was Managing Director at

Omidyar Network Omidyar Network is a self-styled "philanthropic investment firm," composed of a foundation and an impact investment firm. Established in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, Omidyar Network has committed over US$1.5billion to no ...

. He was the global lead for their work on Digital Identity. He has been the founder and director of

PRS Legislative Research PRS Legislative Research, commonly referred to as PRS, is an Indian non-profit organisation that was established in September 2005 as an independent research institute to make the Indian legislative process better informed, more transparent an ...

. PRS publishes "Legislative Briefs" of Bills in

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

and

Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India and functions as the institutional representation of India’s federal units — the states and union territories.https://rajyasabha.nic.in/ It is a key component o ...

and other articles about the work of the

Indian parliament The Parliament of India (ISO: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Government of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People). The President o ...

. Prior to this, Madhukar had worked at the

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, with a group focused on building parliamentary capacities in various countries. Madhukar started his professional career in 1993 as an investment banker with

ICICI ICICI Bank Limited is an Indian Multinational Corporation, multinational bank and financial services company headquartered in Mumbai with a registered office in Vadodara. It offers a wide range of banking and financial services for corporate a ...

Securities and Finance Company in Mumbai, where he worked on the

disinvestment Disinvestment refers to the use of a concerted economic boycott to pressure a government, industry, or company towards a change in policy, or in the case of governments, even regime change. The term was first used in the 1980s, most commonly in ...

of large public sector enterprises. He made contributions to the growth of

Pratham Pratham is one of the largest non-governmental organisations in India. It was co-founded by Madhav Chavan and Farida Lambay. It works towards the provision of quality education to the underprivileged children in India. Established in Mumbai i ...

a NGO in its early years. CV Madhukar was part of the original Executive Group of Pratham in

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

. At the invitation of the Government of

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

in early 2000, he co-founded and managed the Akshara Foundation, an education initiative focussed on

Bengaluru Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

's children. He concurrently helped set up the Azim Premji Foundation, an initiative of

Azim Premji Azim Hashim Premji (born 24 July 1945) is an Indian businessman and philanthropist, who was the chairman of Wipro Limited. Premji remains a non-executive member of the board and founder chairman. He is informally known as the Czar of the India ...

, Chairman of

Wipro Wipro Limited () is an Indian multinational technology company based in Bengaluru. It provides information technology, consulting and business process services. It is one of India's Big Six IT services companies. Wipro's services include cloud ...

and one of the wealthiest corporate leaders in India. The initiative supports technology in rural schools in India. Madhukar was an Edward S. Mason Fellow at

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

, where he earned a Master’s in Public Administration degree from the

John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly referred to as Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), is the school of public policy of Harvard University, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Kennedy School offers master's de ...

. He also has an

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(Finance) from the

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and a

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(Civil) degree from

Bangalore University Bangalore University (BU) is a public state university in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The university is a part of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and affiliated by University Gra ...

. Madhukar is an

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Fellow,

Ashoka Ashoka, also known as Asoka or Aśoka ( ; , ; – 232 BCE), and popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was List of Mauryan emperors, Emperor of Magadha from until #Death, his death in 232 BCE, and the third ruler from the Mauryan dynast ...

Fellow and

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Fellow. In March 2008, Madhukar was one of the Indians to be named a Young Global Leader by the

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental organization, international advocacy non-governmental organization and think tank, based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German ...

. According to the WEF press release, "this honour is bestowed each year by the World Economic Forum to recognize and acknowledge the top 200–300 young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world in a positive way."

List of publications

Privacy in CyberspaceBe Law Makers AgainLazing About the HouseRing in the NewDo We Need a Judges Inquiry Bill?Was the Call for a Bipolar Polity Right?PM Within the Purview of Lokayukta?

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Akshara Foundation Akshara () is a term used in the traditional grammar of the Sanskrit language and in the Vedanta school of Indian philosophy. The term is derived from अ, '' a-'' "not" and क्षर्, ''kṣar-'' "melt away, perish". The uniting aspect of ...

self-description of the World Bank Institute’s Parliamentary Strengthening Program
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The Indian Express, 11 August 2007

The Indian Express, 21 May 2007
Was the call for a bipolar polity right?
The Economic Times, 16 May 2007
PM within the purview of Lokayukta?
The Economic Times, 16 February 2007

The Indian Express, 3 January 2007
Fundamental Right to Learning
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