Preetika Sachar is Gen Next Education’s Director of International Partnerships & Engagement. In her role, Preetika focuses on advancing strategic internationalization goals of higher education institutions and expanding their reach and visibility in and across South Asia.

Preetika’s career has spanned 16+ years across the international higher education space, with prior roles at the U.S. State Department’s EducationUSA program and the global not-for-profit Institute of International Education (IIE); as well as, grassroot not-for-profit organisations. Preetika has led high-impact educational programs on behalf of corporations and foundations, managing grants, global scholarships, building extensive student and university outreach programs, as well as, fostering cross-border connections between higher education institutions.

“With internationalization efforts being renewed across universities in India, this is an exciting time for global education! Gen Next Education has been at the forefront of providing strategic expertise and insight to universities to help expand their reach and visibility across South Asia and in my new role, I look forward to further building universities’ expansion in the region”, she adds.