MBA in Finance, University of San Francisco Anantha Duraiappah has served as the inaugural director of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), a UNESCO Category 1 Research Institute in the Asia Pacific since 2014.

[1][2][3] He is also currently visiting professor in the Urban Institute at the Kyushu University, Japan, former visiting professor, University of Tokyo, Japan, a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), a fellow and member, World Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the advisory board, Journal - Indian Society of Ecological Economics.

[2][15] During his directorship the institute has developed The International Science and Evidence based Education (ISEE) Assessment,[16][17] LIBRE,[18] theTalking across Generations on Education (TAGe)[19] dialogue platform, the Knowledge Commons [20] platform and the online SixthSpace.

[21] He is also responsible for developing the Empathy, Mindfulness, Compassion, Critical inquiry (EMC2) model which is an approach on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL).

[22][23][24][25][26][27][28] Dr Anantha has also developed UNESCO MGIEP's Artificial Intelligence powered General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant learning platform, FramerSpace,[29] now being used across many countries by schools, educators and students.