Amrita is Head of the Tata Trust’s Education theme. Parag is one of the flagship initiatives of the Education theme that is committed to developing the ecosystem of Indian children’s literature and reading promotion through grant-making and implementation work. Amrita has led the development and implementation of two five-year strategic plans for Education. She has represented the Trusts on the National Mission on Libraries, has been on committees appointed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the National Council for Education Research and Training to review national programmes.

Amrita was a teacher in a primary school, volunteered as a teacher educator in tribal schools and researched the impact of displacement on children at Clark University, United States. Amrita has done her MPhil in Education from the University of Delhi. Early learning, children’s literature and social justice are her areas of special interest.