Mamta Saikia is the Chief Executive Officer of Bharti Airtel Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises. As the CEO of Bharti Airtel Foundation, Mamta has played a key role in project expansion and enhancement of quality standards and system efficiency, while constantly keeping the team’s morale high to deliver their best in the challenging ground conditions. She has led the development of organization’s education programs at primary, elementary and senior secondary schools. Under her leadership, the Satya Bharti School Program, the flagship initiative of the Foundation, provides free quality education to more than 39,000 children from marginalized communities in rural areas, through its 173 schools across five Indian states. Mamta has led the conceptualization of a new program which transfers the learnings and good practices of the Satya Bharti School Program to government schools through Satya Quality Support Program, as per the vision of Bharti Airtel Foundation’s Trustees. The aim is to improve the overall quality of the schooling experience for students, teachers as well as parents through the program. Under her leadership, the Foundation has broadened its scope from running its schools to engaging deeply with the government and mentoring government schools to enhance the quality of education as well as the overall schooling experience. Prior to joining Bharti Airtel Foundation, Mamta worked with CRY – Child Rights & You, where she held various positions including Member of the Management Committee, Head – Resource Mobilization and Head – Global Operations. She has served as the Chair of SAFRG and has been on the Board of Resource Alliance, UK. Mamta has been honored as 2019 Influencer Leader by AACSB International. She was also among the 100 Women Achievers of India (2015-16) under an initiative by the Ministry of Women & Child Development. She has been conferred the Karmaveer Puraskaar: National Citizen Awards for Social Justice & Action. Mamta has been recognized as India’s Most Trusted Leader by Great Place to Work. She had also been nominated as an eminent person to the Board of Governors of Sainik School Society by the Ministry of Defence.