As John Maxwell says that a leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. Dr. Aacharya is a living example of this saying. Coming from the small town of Madhya Pradesh and now contributing to the national level of education and mentoring ecosystem, Dr. Aacharya has come a long way. 

He is a postgraduate in Information Technology and Business Administration and bachelor of media and animation. Sir is also certified Computer Professional by National Computer Science Academy Texas USA. He is also Google Certified Professional, Certified Professional from Autodesk, Certified Associate in Adobe applications. 

He is also a Microsoft Certified Professional and a renowned Digital Marketing Guru of our country. At present, he is working in the capacity of Dean in India’s one of the leading animation and multimedia colleges, “P.A. Inamdar College of Visual Effects, Design & Art Pune”. He is also the director and co-founder of multilingual EdTech Startup www.skillsrediscovery.com. He is also the co-founder and director of two Animation Institutes in Pune, namely CG Eduversity and Creative Cubes. 

Dr. Aacharya is also on the board of studies of many prestigious universities such as Chandigarh University, AAFT etc. 

Dr. Rishi Aacharya, apart from his extraordinary technical qualifications, has a keen interest in exploring inter-faith harmony. Dr. Rishi Aacharya was also honoured as Citizen of the year in 2016 by the hands of the Hon’ble mayor of Pune city for his extraordinary contribution to social service sector.

He is the man behind making the Guinness Book of World Record for India in the largest collection of Clothes for Donation in the year 2017. His success also fetched a title in Limca book of World Records for his college in the same year. 

He is a versatile writer, and his four books have been published by Notion Press Chennai and are available on all major E-Commerce platforms like Amazon, Flipkart, Ebay and Shopclues. 

On the technical front, he has been a core part of the ICT Academy established in MCE Society, giving IT education to more than 50000 students from class I to XII every year in more than 15 cities and taluka places of Maharashtra.

He is the brain behind India’s biggest online IT Olympiad for K-12 Schools and Green Olympiad, which is now taken as an official programme by Shri Prakash Javadekar, then Hon’ble Minister of HRD Ex-Minister of Environment and Wildlife. 

As an academician, he has dictated his young life in service of spreading IT Education throughout the country. 

Awards 

● Honoris Causa from National Virtual University Bangalore 

● Akhil Bhartiya Kalidas Award for Debate in Youth Programme 

● Young Achiever of the Year 

● India’s Top 50 Emerging Icons- Education Category

● Global Cyber Crime Helpline Award

● Indywood Education Excellence Award 2018

● Mahatma Gandhi International Legacy Award 2018 for Peace and Interfaith Harmony