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One of the most prominent members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Atishi serves as a Cabinet Minister in the Arvind Kejriwal-led Government of NCT of Delhi. She currently holds thirteen major portfolios– Education, Higher Education, Technical Training and Education (TTE), Public Works Department (PWD), Power, Revenue, Planning, Finance, Services, Vigilance, Water, Public Relations, and Law, Justice and Legislative Affairs. Additionally, she is also the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Kalkaji Assembly Constituency, in south Delhi.

Atishi is widely hailed for her role as one of the key architects of Delhi’s famed education revolution, wherein she played a key role in improving infrastructure of Delhi government schools, forming School Management Committees (SMCs) under the Right to Education Act, strengthening regulations to restrain private schools from hiking fees arbitrarily, and introducing the Happiness Curriculum. Her policy interventions have continued to ensure that Delhi’s government schools are ranked among the best in the country, comparable to elite private schools. In 2022, she addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, highlighting Delhi as a global model for urban governance.
Atishi received her Bachelor’s degree in History from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, where she ranked 1st in her batch. She also holds postgraduate degrees in Education and History from the University of Oxford, where she was awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship and Radhakrishnan-Chevening Scholarship.