Adnan Ahmed Qureshi is a passionate education changemaker with over 14 years of experience in foundational literacy and non-formal educational pathways, working in some of the most challenging educational environments worldwide. He currently serves as Vice-President at Teach the World Foundation. 

He was recently selected for the prestigious Now Go Build Fellowship, an invite-only programme run by Amazon CTO Dr Werner Vogels, and has been recognised as a Forty Under 40 Global Winner. His accolades also include being a 2025 EdSAFE AI Alliance Catalyst Fellow, a participant in the AI for Changemakers programme, a member of the 2025–2026 Eahou Global Immersion Cohort, and a participant in the 2026 Analytics for a Better World Impact Accelerator for Data Science. 

His work has been recognised by the World Bank through its Ideas4Change 2020 competition, where his idea was selected from over 4,000 applicants and was the only education-focused entry. His model has also been recognised by leading organisations including MIT Solve (in 2021 and 2025), UNESCO/Harvard, HundrED, among others.