Global Icons of Education: The Most Influential and Visionary Innovators of 2026

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Creating opportunities, expanding access, and shaping the future of global learning. 

Professor Selva Pankaj’s work with Regent Global began from a grassroots response to a clear need: accessible, practical routes into further and higher education. Although a qualified chartered management accountant working in senior roles in globally renowned financial and investment institutions, Selva was offering private tuition at £20 an hour to make ends meet when he, alongside his life and business partner Tharshiny and his late father, founded Regent Independent College. That small, community-led start has evolved into Regent Global, a diversified international group active across different sectors. 

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