Vikas Maniar is a faculty with the School of Education at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai (TISS). His research interests include education policy and finance, education administration, and political economy of education (with a focus on educational experiences of children from marginalised communities). He teaches courses on education policy and administration for MA (Education) students at TISS. He is currently associated with two international research projects: Connected Learning for STEM that is piloting a technology enabled teacher professional development programme for middle school science and math teachers in Bhutan, Nigeria, and Tanzania; and Innovative Financing in Education to Leave No One Behind (IFE LNOB) that researches innovative financing models such as impact bonds for education programmes in India and Africa. In a previous role, he has managed an FLN programme covering 1000+ government school teachers in Karnataka, India (https://akshara.org.in/what-we-do/ganitha-kalika-andolana/). This programme was later scaled across all the primary schools in the state. He volunteers with a rural high school in Gujarat serving children from Adivasi communities (www.chondhaschool.in) . He has a PhD in Education from TISS, Mumbai and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.