Dr Urvashi Sahni is a social entrepreneur, women's rights activist, and educationist leading expert in school governance, curriculum reform, and teacher training, focusing on girls' education and gender equality. She founded Suraksha (a women's rights organisation), DiDi's (a social enterprise for sustainable livelihoods for women), and the Study Hall Educational Foundation. Dr Sahni is an Ashoka Fellow, a non-resident fellow at the CUE at The Brookings Institution, U.S.A., and a former member of Rajasthan's Chief Minister's Advisory Council. In 2017, she was declared the Social Entrepreneur of the Year in India by the Schwab-Jubilant Bhartiya Foundation. Dr Sahni is leading 'The UP Collective', a consortium of NGOs in Uttar Pradesh, to galvanize their efforts in realising the SDGs. PHD Chamber of Commerce has conferred the 6th Astitva Samman 2021 to Dr Urvashi Sahni for the commendable work done by her particular focus on girls' education & gender equality.