▁" work force ▁prepar ation ▁and ▁business ▁needs ". ▁He ▁later ▁en rolled ▁in ▁the ▁M BA ▁at ▁Stan ford ' s ▁Business ▁gradu ate ▁school , ▁where ▁he ▁met ▁Indian - born ▁American ▁K unal ▁Ch aw la , ▁an ▁MA ▁student ▁at ▁the ▁university ' s ▁Gr adu ate ▁School ▁of ▁Education . ▁Ch aw la ▁previously ▁worked ▁with ▁Google ▁as ▁a ▁consult ant ▁for ▁its ▁leading ▁development ▁online ▁education ▁platform ▁to ▁middle ▁school ▁students ▁across ▁north ▁India ▁and ▁worked ▁at ▁an ▁Ac umen - fund ed ▁education ▁social ▁enter prise . ▁Williams ▁said , ▁“ We ▁realized ▁how ▁closely ▁aligned ▁our ▁pass ions ▁and ▁values ▁were ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁a ▁project ▁together .” ▁ ▁Fund ing ▁and ▁invest ors ▁Am al ▁Academy ▁is ▁fund ed ▁by ▁Ac umen ▁Fund , ▁Stan ford ▁University ' s ▁Gr adu ate ▁School ▁of ▁Business ▁and ▁chief ▁technology ▁officer ▁Dr . ▁Paul ▁Kim . ▁of ▁Stan ford ▁Gr adu ate ▁School ▁of ▁Education . ▁Pakistan - based ▁companies ▁such ▁as ▁N IB ▁Bank , ▁Eng ro ▁Corporation , ▁State ▁Bank ▁of ▁Pakistan ▁serves ▁as ▁the ▁corpor ate ▁partners ▁of ▁Academy . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁a ▁years ▁after ▁its ▁foundation , ▁Academy ▁was ▁awarded ▁$ 1 2 5 , 0 0 0 ▁( 1 3 , 0 7 8 , 1 2 5 ▁PK R ) ▁by ▁Stan ford ▁Social ▁In nov ation ▁Program . ▁ ▁Am al ▁Fellow ship ▁is ▁primarily ▁fund ed ▁by ▁Stan ford ▁gradu ates