Advisory Council

Suchetha Bhat

CEO, Dream a Dream

Suchetha is the Chief Executive Officer of Dream a Dream, a non-profit that empowers children from vulnerable backgrounds to overcome adversity and thrive in a fast-changing world. 

Since starting her career in 2001, she has worked both in the corporate and social sectors. After a successful 9-year stint with MNCs such as Larsen and Toubro and IBM, she started her journey in the social sector. 

Under her leadership, Dream a Dream has grown from working with 10,000 children in Bengaluru to over 3 million children across 5 states.

She is also the co-author of ‘The Life Skills Assessment Scale (LSAS): New Norms to include 17-19 and 20-22 years’, a first of its kind assessment scale to measure life-skills in youth from disadvantaged backgrounds.