Ashvin Gopalakrishna

Ashvin Gopalakrishna is the CEO and co-founder of Quikwit Social Welfare Foundation. He holds an Engineering degree from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India. Currently, he is pursuing Executive Education in Public Leadership from Harvard University, USA. Quikwit Foundation employs numerous high potential volunteers across India to deliver high impact support to Education and Empowerment of children and youth especially women from rural districts.

Founded in 2013, as a humble Voluntary Group, today Quikwit Foundation is a Non-Profit Company working across India and reaches out to numerous children, youth, and women. Ashvin believes that the most important factor a child, youth or a woman needs is a family to support and nourish their dreams!

Under Ashvin's leadership, Quikwit Foundation has successfully sponsored numerous projects including Free Scholarships to students and women, Free Solar study lamps, Free Notebooks and Yearly Bus Passes to rural and underprivileged girl students, Free job portal, Free Spoken English classes to visually impaired, Free Awareness and Medical camps in rural India.

Ashvin co-founded his first company Empresa Fuerte Technologies Pvt. Ltd. in 2011 when he was barely 21 years old and served as its Executive Director until his heart made its way towards non-profit sector. He also founded Eatsy Foods, an online/retail specialty restaurant chain network. In partnership with Eatsy Foods, Quikwit Foundation sponsors FREE monthly meals to orphanages.

Ashvin has delivered speeches across India and abroad while the latest was at University of Malaya-Wales. He usually delivers lectures in university colleges on social responsibility and on how he wishes to change the world. Recently, Ashvin attended conference on Corporate Social Responsibility in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and International Rural Development conference in Bangkok, Thailand where he delivered keynote speeches on Social Entrepreneurship and his experience. He was a Scientific Committee Member for Rural Development Conference 2017, Thailand.

Ashvin is highly passionate about horse riding and racing cars.