Shriya Kumar is a 2Y MBA candidate at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MPA candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School. Originally from India, prior to b-school, she worked for six years at J.P. Morgan in Singapore, New York, and Hong Kong offices across a wide range of assignments across sustainable financing, trading and ESG portfolio management. Shriya spearheaded JPM’s foray into microfinance in India, rolling out loans for women entrepreneurs, and played an integral role in creating the bank’s first ESG-focused ETF. She is currently an investment intern at Green Frontier Capital, a venture capital fund focused on investing in companies delivering breakthrough innovation in alignment with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Shriya has launched several initiatives to address social inequity, hunger and financial exclusion. She founded KeepChange, a first-of-its-kind mobile application that would responsibly invest users’ everyday spare change into mutual funds. Shriya co-founded Rotibank, a tech-driven food-rescue NGO that operates in 23 cities, serving 50,000+ meals daily. Beyond work, Shriya enjoys running, cooking and playing the flute.
Harvard Kennedy School
Master in Public Administration Candidate, 2025