The Founder
WTO was founded by Toshendra Sharma, building on years of work creating globally recognised technology credentials - and a conviction that students deserve to prove their skills early.
- 1M+
- learners worldwide
- 145+
- countries reached
- 2016
- trusted since
A vision worth building
Toshendra Sharma has spent his career at the intersection of technology and learning. Since 2016 he has helped build a group of four certification councils - Global Tech Council, Intellect Council, Blockchain Council, and Universal Business Council - that today serve over a million learners across 145+ countries.
Time and again he saw the same gap lower down: bright school students with real ability in coding, AI, and cyber, but no fair, global way to prove it - and no credential a parent, school, or university could trust.
The World Tech Olympiad is the answer to that gap. It pairs a rigorous, age-appropriate olympiad with a transparent skill rating and verifiable certificates, and connects every result to a learning pathway in the wider council ecosystem.
His guiding principle is simple: keep it fair, keep it safe for children, and keep it honest. Every part of WTO - from the published rating method to parental consent by default - flows from it.
Toshendra Sharma
Founder, World Tech Olympiad
Technology entrepreneur and educator behind a global group of certification councils, now focused on giving school students a fair way to prove their skills.
“Every child deserves a fair stage to show what they can build - and a credential the world will believe.”
Toshendra Sharma
The journey
2016
The council ecosystem is founded
The first certification councils launch with one conviction: in-demand technology skills deserve a fair, credible way to be measured and credentialed.
Growth
Four councils, a global reach
Global Tech Council, Intellect Council, Blockchain Council, and Universal Business Council grow to serve over a million learners across 145+ countries.
The gap
An unmet need in schools
Bright students show real ability in coding, AI, and cyber - but there is still no fair, global way to prove it early, and no credential parents and schools can trust.
Today
The World Tech Olympiad
WTO brings the group's standards to Classes 2 to 12 - a benchmark olympiad with a transparent skill rating and verifiable certificates.
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