Vijay Shriram serves on the Board of Stanford New Schools Corporation, which oversees the East Palo Alto Academy. She sits on the Advisory Council for the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. She is also a Trustee of the the Dhanam Foundation, which is focused on supporting innovation in K–12 education. The foundation has invested in the Level Playing Field Institute’s (LPFI) residential summer program at Stanford and The Magic Bus Learning Institute in Mumbai, India. More recently, it has invested in Gooru to support the development and roll-out of Gooru.
Vijay started her career as a pre-kindergarten teacher and went on to become an active participant in the Saratoga Public Schools. Vijay received an MA in history from Bharatiyar University, India.