Avik Chakraborty

Finding Leaders to Solve India\'s Ed-Crisis | Fellowship Recruitment, Teach For India | Social Impact | Education

Role
Manager, Candidate Success at Teach For India
Location
Kolkata, WB, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Avik Chakraborty

I work with Teach For India, supporting and guiding passionate people through the Fellowship journey, from first interest to application and beyond. I currently lead recruitment efforts across Eastern India, helping bring committed, values-driven leaders into classrooms.If you want to chat about the Teach For India Fellowship, or even about careers in social impact, feel free to drop a DM:)

Experience

  1. Manager, Candidate Success

    Teach For India

    Apr 2025 — Present · Kolkata, IN

    Leading recruitment efforts in East India covering 8 states of NE, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and West Bengal, managing a funnel of around applicants annually- Increased selectivity of high potential candidates at First Review stage by 32% from my last year’s selectivity- Evaluated candidates as a First Reviewer, achieving 76% in over all decision making- Co-led operations for registration day for Institute( residential training for Fellows), ensuring smooth onboarding and Day 1 experience for 80+ incoming Fellows- Co-led designing, execution and operations of team step-back(annual team offsite) in Mumbai for 23 team members towards creating a sense of belonging among team-mates.

Education

  • St. Stephen's School, DumDum

    ICSE

    2009 — 2017

  • University of Calcutta

    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Major: English Minor: Film Studies and International Relations

    2019 — 2022

  • Welkin National School

    ISC, Science

    2017 — 2019

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