Tanvi Sethi

Tanvi Sethi is a Policy Manager at J-PAL, with over 6 years of expertise in program management, partnerships, and grassroots teaching. Her work focuses on driving systemic impact in the education sector to enhance access and inclusion for all.

She recently completed ECDAN's Knowledge Fellowship, publishing a global repository of parenting initiatives for early childhood development. At the LEGO Foundation in Denmark, Tanvi organised the international Playful Schools Conference, managed projects and grants, streamlined evidence commissioning, and advanced advocacy while fostering partnerships across Rwanda, Denmark, Canada, Kenya, Zambia, England, and the United States. She contributed to the Dalberg-Education Finance Network's working group on private sector support for public education systems. Previously, she worked with the World Bank on India’s National Education Policy 2020, influencing state outcomes through an EMIS and MEL framework. At UNICEF NYHQ, she supported ECD in Emergencies during COVID-19 through multi-stakeholder convenings, and at UNESCO MGIEP, she supported their special education initiatives. As a Teach For India Fellow, she taught 101 first-generation adolescent girls and led Project Vatsalya, empowering over 150 mothers across underserved communities.

Tanvi holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Delhi, an MA in Psychology, and an MSc in Education (Child Development) from the University of Oxford as a Commonwealth Scholar.