Priya Sharma

Indian social entrepreneur building India's largest network of rural girls' STEM hubs through her organization CodeWithHer.

Priya Sharma's CodeWithHer has created 2,400+ coding labs in India's remote villages since 2022, teaching 180,000+ girls digital skills. Her mobile classroom model uses converted buses with solar-powered tech labs to reach marginalized communities. Partnering with Google and Microsoft, CodeWithHer's Girls in Tech 2030 initiative has secured $45M in scholarships and internships. Priya's World Economic Forum proposal for a national digital literacy grid was adopted into India's 2023 Education Policy, mandating coding education for all girls by 2025. Her Code4Climate projects have produced apps like AgriTech Assistant (used by 500k farmers) and WaterGuard (reducing water waste by 35%). Recognized as a 2023 MacArthur Fellow, Priya's work is highlighted in UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring Report 2024 as a blueprint for equitable tech education. Over 15% of her graduates now work in tech companies like Tesla and Amazon, creating ripple effects across rural economies.