Iman Usman

Background

About Iman Usman

Iman Usman is currently the Co-Founder and COO of Ruangguru.com, an award winning tech-enabled education provider in Indonesia. Prior of founding Ruangguru.com, Iman was known in the country as one of key opinion leaders in youth development. Iman has co-founded and led some of the largest youth-led movements, such as: the Indonesian Future Leaders and the Indonesian Youth Parliament which mobilized thousands of young people to do social goods. Iman is also the youngest Board Member of YCAB Foundation. His contribution and commitment to youth empowerment have been recognized and celebrated globally. He has received the 2011 ASEAN Youth Award, the 2011 UN Youth Assembly Recognition on Humanitarian Development, the 2011 Global Teen Leader Award, the 2010 British Council’s Global Changemaker Award, the 2008 Ashoka Young Changemaker Award, and the 2008 Indonesian Young Leader Award by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, among others. He is also an education fellow of Qatar Foundation and Laureate Global Education. His work has been featured by CNN, BBC, Euro News, Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek - among others. In 2015, UNICEF and Tsinghua University invited him to give a lecture in Beijing and named him as UNICEF Young Innovator to Watch - among 5 other young innovators in their respective fields. He received his B.A. cumlaude in International Relations from the University of Indonesia, where he was awarded the National Best Student Award by the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2013. He completed his M.A. summa cumlaude, in International Education Development from Columbia University in New York. He also obtained his Ed.M in Education Leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education where he was also a Cheng Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.