Aishwarya Kansakar

AI and automation entrepreneur

2025 VIC Young Australian of the Year

Aishwarya Kansakar is a globally renowned AI and automation entrepreneur, ​n​ot-for-​​profit ​​executive, ​​STEM education innovator and an automation engineer who speaks six languages. ​​Raised amidst Nepal’s civil war, she survived an arson attack at school but went on to teach herself computing, launching her career.  

Aishwarya now heads Syncrowin, ​​building a world-first AI-powered ​​automation system. Concurrently, as Women 4 STEM’s​​ chief operating officer, she leads 300 volunteers, impacting 70 schools and 66,000 women's STEM careers.  

In 2024, Aishwarya pioneered a world-first STEM teaching model backed by $3.2million in funding. Today, the model is nominated for the prestigious Yidan Prize, impacting​​ 2,700 educators and 40,000 girls. 

Digital Innovation Futures Victoria named Aishwarya as one of Victoria’s top wome​​n in STEM. In 2022, Aishwarya became one of the youngest to be inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women and was awarded the Women in Digital 2021 Rising Star of the Year.