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<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Khandker always has been passionate about higher education and entrepreneurship which led him to start his own tutoring company, Kids Ivy Tutors. He also started a nonprofit organization, Gennovate whose goal is to introduce on-demand skills to high school and college students throughout New York City. Currently, Khandker is working on FloraMind, an educational company that develops the tools to educate, empower, and guide teenagers towards positive mental health and well-being. Khandker is a Forbes Under 30 Scholar, Stanford University Innovation Fellow, and Clinton Global Initiative Fellow.&nbsp;</span>
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<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Khandker is a purpose-driven leader, who’s passionate about the future of education and building meaningful connections through empathetic and compassionate action.</span>
  
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<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">Khandker was born in Bangladesh and emigrated to the United States in 2010. He is currently a student at City College of New York studying Digital Product Marketing Management and Education Tech, a major he created on his own. Khandker’s mission as an entrepreneur is to change the educational system. Being a University Innovation Fellow trained by Stanford University professors, he is helping foster innovation and entrepreneurship on the City College campus. He is the Vice President of Marketing of the Entrepreneurship Student Club (ESC) in which he has helped organize TEDx talks bringing in speakers such as Gary Vaynerchuk and multiple Forbes 30 under 30 honorees.</span></span></span>
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<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Khandker is the Co-founder of Kids Ivy Tutors, an educational organization on a mission to teach the future of education by connecting passion, mentorship, and 21st-century skills and sponsored In-demand skills courses free of charge in schools. Through his work, Khandker has served over 2,000 students.</span>
  
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<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">Additionally, Khandker has an extensive experience in marketing, especially digital marketing. He acquired his skills from building startups and interning at companies such as Score, and Ventura Associates.</span></span></span>
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<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">He's been recognized by Bloomberg, Forbes, United Nations, Clinton Global Initiative, Adecco, City College of New York, Intuit, Zahn Innovation Center, Stanford University, International Young Leaders Assembly and other major media platforms/ organizations for his work as a social entrepreneur and in The Future of Education.</span>
  
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<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">Besides from the education sector, Khandker also has experience with the real estate companies, investment, and business development sectors.</span></span></span>
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<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Khandker was born in Bangladesh and grew up in New York City, Khandker is a first-generation City College of New York alum with a B.S. in Product Management and Social Entrepreneurship.</span>
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<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Driven by his passion for empowering youths, building community, and experience working with fortune 500 companies: Accenture, The Adecco Group, and Intuit, all before the age of 22, he's devoted to serving his community and impacting the future of education.</span>

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Khandker is a purpose-driven leader, who’s passionate about the future of education and building meaningful connections through empathetic and compassionate action.

Khandker is the Co-founder of Kids Ivy Tutors, an educational organization on a mission to teach the future of education by connecting passion, mentorship, and 21st-century skills and sponsored In-demand skills courses free of charge in schools. Through his work, Khandker has served over 2,000 students.

He's been recognized by Bloomberg, Forbes, United Nations, Clinton Global Initiative, Adecco, City College of New York, Intuit, Zahn Innovation Center, Stanford University, International Young Leaders Assembly and other major media platforms/ organizations for his work as a social entrepreneur and in The Future of Education.

Khandker was born in Bangladesh and grew up in New York City, Khandker is a first-generation City College of New York alum with a B.S. in Product Management and Social Entrepreneurship.

Driven by his passion for empowering youths, building community, and experience working with fortune 500 companies: Accenture, The Adecco Group, and Intuit, all before the age of 22, he's devoted to serving his community and impacting the future of education.

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