Priyadarshini Dey aged 33 years is the Independent director of Ascensive Educare Limited. She is a Researcher and socialist working on issues of social inclusion, access to quality of education and integration of technology in education. She has completed PhD in Sociology from Jadavpur University in the Year 2020. Her other research areas include gender, politics, and entrepreneurship. She has been involved with research for the last 7 years. She is also the Founder Director of NexConnect Ventures Pvt. Ltd. an Ed-Tech start-up in Eastern India. She has been awarded 1st Prize in “Youth for Business Entrepreneur Conclave 2018”