Dr. Swati Mujumdar is an international skill development and higher education expert. With over 20 years of professional experience in education and skill development, she has been advising governments at national and international levels on policy related matters in higher education, the blended education model, vocational education (TVET), and skill development. After years of research, Dr. Mujumdar has developed a unique ‘skill university’ model and under her able leadership, Symbiosis has established two skills universities namely Symbiosis Skills & Professional University, Pune and Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore. With an investment of over 100 million USD, the two universities have a strategic focus on developing skills and competencies in students, aligned to the needs of the industry. Dr. Mujumdar has participated in UNESCO deliberations on credit recognition and transfer systems in the Asia-Pacific region. She was also invited by UNESCO to Shenzhen to participate in regional consultation on ICT-driven innovation in higher education. She was appointed as a member of B20 taskforce on the future of work, mobility and skilling. With a focus on equity and inclusion, she has successfully spearheaded several projects on training underprivileged girls in STEM-education, skilling of unemployed youth in future skills, and capacity building of teachers/ trainers, and has, thereby, created opportunities for employment for thousands.