Akshai Abraham

Akshai is the founder of Project KHEL - a unique non-profit initiative in Lucknow, India that works with children from disadvantaged backgrounds - slum dwellers, rag pickers, children in shelter homes and children of domestic and migrant labour - using sports, 'play' and interactive methods to engage with children in order to arm them with 21st century life-skills, provide them with various educational and leadership development opportunities and also awareness on crucial issues - thus taking education beyond the classroom and into the play-spaces.

A development sector professional with over 10 years of experience in the social sector, Akshai took the bold step of leaving a lucrative job in 2012 to start his dream organization - an amalgamation of his love for sports and co-curriculars and his interest in working for the underprivileged at the grassroots level.

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