Anshul Sonak, Intel Corporation
Anshul Sonak
Principal Engineer and Global Director - Intel Digital Readiness
Intel Corporation

Anshul Sonak is the Principal Engineer, Global Director, and Head of Digital Readiness at Intel Corporation, based at Santa Clara HQ, California, USA. He leads the Intel® Digital Readiness Programs, driving large-scale, outcome-driven, public-private partnerships with governments and academia worldwide for AI education, skilling, workforce development, and enabling policies, aimed at bringing AI skills everywhere. Since 2017, he has been championing Inclusive and Responsible AI and emerging tech development models for citizens, students, and the current and future workforce. He leads Intel’s corporate mandate to make technology more inclusive and expand digital readiness for all. He has designed and launched a few path breaking programs like Intel AI for Citizens (world’s first large scale public AI awareness program for governments), Intel AI for Youth (world’s first AI skills program to teach-learn about AI in K12, used by 27 countries), Intel AI for Future Workforce (world’s largest applied AI skills curriculum for employability & higher education, benefiting 500+ universities), Intel AI Global Impact Festival (world’s oldest AI innovation competition for students). 10 million students across 30+ countries have benefited from the programs that he has designed, developed, and deployed. In his 31-year-long corporate career, he has traveled to over 60 countries and lived in India, the UAE, Malaysia, Singapore, and now in the USA. He has played leadership roles in Education Business, Corporate and Government Affairs, Technology Policy, Sustainability, Corporate Citizenship, and Social Responsibility. He has led both for-profit and nonprofit education initiatives. He is an alum of the Oxford Advanced Management & Leadership Program. He holds MIT Sloan School of Management certificates on “AI – Implications for Business Strategy” with MIT CSAIL (Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab) and on “Shaping the Future of Work” with MIT IWER (Institute for Work and Employment Research). He holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Rural Management from IRMA (Institute of Rural Management) and a bachelor’s degree from Hindu College, University of Delhi, in India.

anshul.sonak@intel.com