C. V. Madhukar
Indian financier
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C. V. Madhukar (born 1968) is an Indian public policy leader and impact investor. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Co-Develop, a global nonprofit fund that supports countries in building inclusive and equitable digital public infrastructure (DPI).[1][2] He was previously an Investment Partner at the Omidyar Network, where he led the firm’s global work on digital identity.[3]
C. V. Madhukar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 (age 57–58) |
| Occupation | Public policy research |
| Known for | PRS Legislative Research and Co-Develop |
Education
Madhukar holds a Master in Public Administration (MPA) from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University,[4] where he was an Edward S. Mason Fellow.[3] He earned an MBA in Finance from the University of Houston and a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Bangalore University.[3]
Career
Madhukar began his career in 1993 as an investment banker with ICICI Securities and Finance Company in Mumbai, where he worked on the disinvestment of large public sector enterprises.[5][6]
He contributed to the early growth of the education NGO Pratham and was part of its original executive group in Mumbai.[7] In 2000, at the invitation of the Government of Karnataka, he co-founded and managed the Akshara Foundation, an education initiative in Bengaluru.[8] Around the same time, he helped establish the Azim Premji Foundation, which supports the use of technology in rural schools.[3]
Madhukar later worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., focusing on parliamentary capacity-building across emerging economies.[9]
In 2005, he co-founded PRS Legislative Research, a nonpartisan institution that provides analysis of the work of the Parliament of India.[10] PRS publishes legislative briefs on bills and provides nonpartisan research support to Members of Parliament.[11]
Madhukar was later an Investment Partner and Managing Director at the Omidyar Network, where he led its global work on digital identity and digital public infrastructure.[12][3] In this role, he also oversaw work on governance and citizen engagement in India and Myanmar.[3]
Since 2022, Madhukar has served as CEO of Co-Develop. In this role, he works with governments, multilaterals, and philanthropies to help countries design and implement DPI systems such as digital identity, payment platforms, and data exchange systems.[13] At the 2024 Global DPI Summit in Cairo, he called for more than 100 DPI implementations worldwide by 2025, describing the effort as “laying the plumbing” for digital transformation.[14][15]
Fellowships and recognition
Madhukar is a Fellow of Echoing Green, Ashoka, and Eisenhower Fellowships.[16][3] In 2008, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[17][18]