Partners & Team


Partners

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Our Team


Dr. Neelima Asthana

Director, Lady Irwin College, Delhi University and Chairperson, ROSHNI

 director@lic.du.ac.in

Dr. Neelima Asthana, Ed.D., Ph.D. (Education), is a dedicated teacher educator and currently serves as the Director of Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi.

Dr. Sarita Anand

Associate Professor, Department of Development Communication and Extension and Lead, ROSHNI

 saritaanand19@gmail.com

Professor Sarita Anand teaches at the Department of Development Communication and Extension, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, and is currently heading the department. She has been involved in teaching, research, and academic writing in the domains of Communication for Social Change and Gender and Development. Currently, she is also serving as the Centre Lead of ROSHNI- Centre of Women Collectives led Social Action.

Ajay Trivedi

Admin & Finance Officer

 

Ajay handles accounts, finance and administrative tasks at ROSHNI. He has over 8 years of experience in various roles related to finance and administration...

Priyanka Saha

Consultant-Programme & Knowledge Management

 contact.priyanka.saha@gmail.com

Priyanka supports and conducts qualitative assessments, capacity building, programme roll out, monitoring and reporting. She has over 5 years of experience as a development sector professional. She has worked with community institutions in areas of livelihood, nutrition, gender, and entitlements for rural areas. Previously, she was Consultant at CASA and Senior Programme Associate at Madhyanchal Forum in New Delhi. She has obtained professional training at the NIRDPR and holds a Master's Degree in English Literature.

Shivangi Karmakar

Consultant-Programme & Knowledge Management

 shivangi.karmakar30@gmail.com

Shivangi assists with programme integration and rollout, capacity building, monitoring, and documentation. She holds a Master's degree in Development Communication from Lady Irwin College. She has previously worked in the areas of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). She has also supported research projects on anaemia and breast cancer at the John Hopkins Communication Centre for Change-India.

Amit

Consultant - Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

 akumar9854@gmail.com

Amit supports Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning on FNHW and Gender in ROSHNI-CWCSA. He holds an MPhil in Development Practice. The titled of his MPhil project was ‘Transforming Life-worlds of Gond Male Youth: Working Through Lived-experiences, Subject Positions and Relationships’. He has over two years of hands-on experience working with Tribal communities in Chhattisgarh. His areas of interest include Action research, Qualitative Studies, Community Engagement, and Management Information Systems. Academically, he intends to explore Men and Masculinities, Feminine Disposition, and Subjectivity.

Devashish Biswal

Consultant - Communications and Documentation

 devabiswal786@gmail.com

Devashish supports knowledge management, communications and documentation tasks at ROSHNI-CWCSA. He has previously worked as a media consultant in narrative coordination and contributed as an author in the Village Square, India. He has been awarded with the coveted Village Square fellowship where he had extensively covered positive and success stories from Odisha and Jharkhand in the areas of gender, education, climate and celebration of tribal culture.

Tashi Choedon

Consultant - Capacity Building and State Support

 choedontashi4@gmail.com

Tashi Choedon joined ROSHNI CWCSA as a consultant in December 2024 for capacity building and state support in regard to FNHW interventions. Apart from this, she is also involved in the program rollout, monitoring and documentation. She has about six years of work experience in the field of maternal, adolescence and children’s nutrition.