Pratik Kunwar, an award-winning serial innovator, is the Founder of Ekjut Nepal, Center for AI Innovation, the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and co-founder of Verified Carbon LLC, among others.

His organization's programs have reached over 1,000,000 people in Nepal and more than 10 million people globally, and featured by Time, Forbes, the United Nations, and the WEF, among others.

An international youth advocate, Pratik has spoken at the Davos summit, European Parliament, World Forum for Democracy, and One Young World about his work in governance, climate and youth participation. Pratik is recognized as a Next Generation Leader by Asia Society in 2024, as an Aspen Ideas Fellow in 2026, and a Fisher Family Fellow by Stanford University. He is also recognized as one of the world's best social change leaders in 2022 and 2024 by Echoing Green.

Pratik served on the European Union's International Youth Sounding Board (2023-25). He has also served as a judge for MIT Solve's Civic Innovation Challenge, and been a finalist for the Nelson Mandela Innovation Award in 2022.

Pratik served on the Advisory Council of the Global Shapers Community for two terms (2022-25), supporting over 15,000 young leaders across 500 cities globally.

Pratik received his Master's in Data, Economics, and Policy Design from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, becoming the first from his country to do so.