Nishant Pandey is the Chief Executive Officer of the American India Foundation (AIF), one of the world’s leading diaspora philanthropic organizations advancing social and economic opportunity across India, with programs that have served more than 23 million people. An economist by training, an anthropologist by heart, and an entrepreneur by mindset, he has spent more than 25 years building partnerships among governments, businesses, philanthropies, and civil society to address complex development challenges across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Under his leadership, AIF has expanded its scale, deepened its impact, and strengthened its position as a bridge between the Indian diaspora and India’s development.
