Experience

SUMEDHAS ACADEMY FOR HUMAN CONTEXT

• India
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  India After 10 years of being a Fellow in Sumedhas, I am excited and honoured to take on the role of the Executive Director in Sumedhas, an organisation that is engaged with the study and practice of Process Work. It is an opportunity for me to learn, to play, explore and experiment and contribute to the growth of the organisation and the institution. Sumedhas holds a unique position in the field of personal growth and community building of amateurs and professionals from various sectors including… Show more After 10 years of being a Fellow in Sumedhas, I am excited and honoured to take on the role of the Executive Director in Sumedhas, an organisation that is engaged with the study and practice of Process Work. It is an opportunity for me to learn, to play, explore and experiment and contribute to the growth of the organisation and the institution. Sumedhas holds a unique position in the field of personal growth and community building of amateurs and professionals from various sectors including children and the youth. At a time when even voluntary sector has become professionalised, it is one of the few institutions in the country today that is run entirely voluntarily with more than 100 members enlivening the organisation and the institutional space delving into existential questions of Identities - of individual - psychological, social and cultural, organisations and communities. I have succeeded the role from colleagues who are stalwarts in the industry and in various sectors of work. Working in Sumedhas is about learning what it means to govern a voluntary organisation in the true sense of the word, where members offer and receive without financial transactions. It means learning how to enliven the spirit of exploration and discovery without necessarily getting caught in predicting outcomes and impact. It means testing one's convictions, integrity and trust in the principle that human connections are inherent and hold potential for individual and collective change and offers of fostering and nurturing that connection cannot be measured in metrics of the marketplace alone. Show less



Change Mantras

• India
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Managing Partner

  • Apr 2012 - Present

  India Research, system's building and leadership development, are the core areas of work. We facilitate multi agency consortia that work for collective impact.

• Partner

  • Dec 2011 - Present

  Kolkata A consulting firm that offers services to governments and development agencies on: - Strategic Planning - Research - Competency Assessment and Training - Knowledge management and knowledge sharing - Monitoring and evaluation The firm also offers services on developing communication tools and packages to for-profit companies



Sanjog

• Advisor

  • Mar 2012 - Present

  India Specialist in areas of migration and human trafficking, child protection and sexual violence, Sanjog is now one of the leading non profits in South Asia, and works closely with governments and service providers, to help build systems in alignment with national and international human rights instruments. It works on the criminal justice system and social welfare policies and mechanisms for fulfilment of rights of children and women. (www.sanjogindia.org). I am a co-founder of the organisation… Show more Specialist in areas of migration and human trafficking, child protection and sexual violence, Sanjog is now one of the leading non profits in South Asia, and works closely with governments and service providers, to help build systems in alignment with national and international human rights instruments. It works on the criminal justice system and social welfare policies and mechanisms for fulfilment of rights of children and women. (www.sanjogindia.org). I am a co-founder of the organisation, and involved in strategic planning, research and lobbying for the organisation. Show less



Sumedhas - Academy for Human Context

• India
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fellow

  • 2007 - Present

  - An institution dedicated to fostering human processes



Groupe Developpement

• France
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Regional Director, South Asia

  • Jun 2003 - Jun 2012

  Kolkata - Strategic planning for South Asia on interventions, partnerships and strategies on child protection - Consortium project building and proposal towards the European Commission bids - Managed 4 national and regional consortium projects in India, Bangladesh and Nepal from 2003 and 2012, on child protection issues - Managed a team of professionals in M&E, research, training, HR functions, finance and administration in the regional office for South Asia, Groupe Developpement



Sanlaap

• India
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programme coordinator

  • 1998 - 2003

  My introduction into the social sector was with Sanlaap - a grassroots organisation that runs shelters for survivors of sex trafficking, provides services to children of women in prostitution in red light areas. Sanlaap has been a pioneer-organisation in drawing attention to sex trafficking in the region of South Asia, and has been an excellent learning ground for me and many others to gain exposure to the issue, learn programming skills and gain an understanding on policy and structural… Show more My introduction into the social sector was with Sanlaap - a grassroots organisation that runs shelters for survivors of sex trafficking, provides services to children of women in prostitution in red light areas. Sanlaap has been a pioneer-organisation in drawing attention to sex trafficking in the region of South Asia, and has been an excellent learning ground for me and many others to gain exposure to the issue, learn programming skills and gain an understanding on policy and structural issues. In my stint in the organisation over 4 years, I worked with rural areas of Bengal with pilot interventions to resist trafficking, in shelters with survivors framing advocacy issues and with women in prostitution on their civic and economic rights. Show less