Ankitha Cheerakathil is a policy practitioner and social entrepreneur. 

She has led the Czech think-tank Institute H21’s initiatives on collective intelligence in India. She is the Founder of InnovaPolis, based in Toronto. Previously, she was also a Research Consultant on urban policy at the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania. 

Ankitha is an alumna of Sciences Po, McGill University and St. Stephen’s College (University of Delhi).