


With two decades of experience in business responsibility, philanthropy, social enterprise, and nonprofit management, Aparna is passionate about meaningful growth and scale. She is the Executive Director at the Impact Catalyst Foundation responsible for programming, academic partnerships, and fundraising.

Politecnico di Milano is a proud member of prestigious international alliances, such as Enhance, IDEA League, Alliance4Tech and other strategic networks of leading European universities.Aparna leads the US operations of the Catalyst Group of institutions which work on strengthening community health systems, livelihood avenues, and social protections to achieve well-being and dignity for the most vulnerable in the Global South. Politecnico di Milano is a proud member of prestigious international alliances, such as Enhance, IDEA League, Alliance4Tech and other strategic networks of leading European universities. The list of Politecnico di Milano notable alumni is considerable and includes renown professionals, such as Renzo Piano and Aldo Rossi, both Pritzker Prize winners, and Giulio Natta, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry. Almost the entire postgraduate academic offer is taught in English, thus attracting an ever-increasing number of international students, coming from more than 100 countries. Politecnico di Milano offers innovative programmes at all academic levels. It is fueled by strong links to corporate research, considerable European funds, and a set of well-equipped laboratories. Research plays a central role in the university mission, aiming at providing the best standards in education. It is organized in 12 Departments and in 4 Schools, respectively devoted to research and education. The university has seven campuses located in Milan and in other nearby Italian cities: Lecco, Cremona, Mantova and Piacenza. QS MBA Events in Middle East and AfricaĮstablished in 1863, Politecnico di Milano is one the most outstanding technical universities in Europe, and the largest Italian university in Engineering, Architecture and Design, with over 47,500 students.QS Master's Events in Middle East and Africa.QS World University Rankings by Subject.
