Divyadarshan Chadrashekar works with the global team of Ashoka Young Changemakers. At the age of 13, Divyadarshan and his friends launched a student club for environmental action in his hometown of Trichy, and has led several changemaking initiatives ever since.
Prior to Ashoka, he was a programme convenor at Centre for Science Education and Communication, Delhi University, for improving the status of undergraduate education in the country. He completed his Bachelor’s in Liberal Arts and during this time, he also worked on a series of social innovation projects on issues like bullying, transgender rights, migrant labours, oral history, and higher education reform.