Rajiv Kacholia

Mr. Rajiv Kacholia is an alumnus of Stanford University and Goldman Sachs, former Board President of the American School of Bombay (ASB), has held leadership roles on Wall Street and business completing US$22 billion in transactions across 5 continents, worked for two United States Senators, and served as an Advisor to the New York City Economic Development Council during Michael Bloomberg’s tenure as Mayor.

Mr. Kacholia led the Public Policy Forum at Stanford University and is currently Chair of Stanford University's undergraduate admissions interview chapter for South, Central, & Western India. Mr. Kacholia spends his free time on the weekend towards his passion for speech and debate, training young minds in India and 25+ other countries to develop into national and global leaders. His students have the most wins and recognition from South Asia in the most rigorous research and evidence based U.S. tournaments.

Mr. Kacholia is the India National Coach for the Global TDI Tournament, the India Nationals Speech and Debate Tournament, and the Global AI Speech and Debate Tournament. He has coached the only teams from India to ever win the US National Championship, Harvard Championship, Michigan Championship, Ivy Marist Championship, Northwestern Championship and first team and speaker award winners at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and more. Many of his students have been selected on top local, regional, and national Speech, Debate, MUN, ISDS, WSDC, BP, IIT, TDI teams and have won awards across the United States, Europe, and Asia.