Amandeep Kaur is currently pursuing her PhD from Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has an MPhil from the same Centre at JNU.
Amar Chanchal is Senior Research Officer at the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability, New Delhi. He is currently working on issues related to Budget Transparency, Centre-State Fiscal relations in India, and Urban Poverty. E-mail: amar@cbgaindia.org
Anita Ghai is Professor at the School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University. Both as academician and advocate, she works on a programme of Disability Studies.
Bezwada Wilson is a social activist and the national convenor as well as founder member of the Safai Karamchari Andolan (SKA). He was awarded the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2016 for ‘asserting the inalienable right to a life of human dignity’.
Bhasha Singh is an assistant editor with Outlook (Hindi). She is also an activist, member of the Safai Karamchari Andolan (SKA), and a writer. Her book, Unseen: The Truth about India’s Manual Scavengers was published by Penguin in 2014.
Deepti Srivastava has a background in education. Her doctorate is on street and homeless children negotiating ‘difference’ in school. She has been working with Rainbow Homes since 2016 in the capacity of Education and Futures Coordinator.
Dr P Raghu is leader, Land and Livelihood Knowledge and Activist Hub at Actionaid in New Delhi. He has a PhD from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
Eshita Mukherjee holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Economics from Madras School of Economics, Chennai. Her interests include climate change, poverty & inequality in India, and energy.
Gitanjali Prasad is a researcher working on issues of social justice, while pursuing a Bachelor of Law degree at Delhi University. Her academic training is in Psychology and Dalit and Tribal Social Work.Email: gitanjali.prasad@gmail.com
Harsh Mander is a writer and social activist, and founder and Director of the Centre for Equity Studies (CES), New Delhi. He was the former Special Commissioner to the Supreme Court, in the Right to Food case. Email: manderharsh@gmail.com
Jawed Alam Khan works with CBGA. His work focuses on fiscal decentralisation, social sector programmes and responsiveness of budgets to disadvantaged groups like minorities, Dalits and Adivasis. He has 13 years of experience in research and has authored several research reports and papers in his areas of interest. He has an MPhil in Economics and is pursuing a PhD from JNU, New Delhi.
Kinjal Sampat is a sociologist based out of New Delhi, India. Formerly, she managed the research programme at Centre for Equity Studies. Email: kinjalsampat@gmail.com.
Mrinal Satish is an Associate Professor of Law at the National Law University, Delhi, where he is also the Executive Director of the Centre for Constitutional Law, Policy and Governance. He specializes in criminal law.
NC Saxena retired as Secretary, Planning Commission and is a former IAS officer and ex-member of the National Advisory Council. A Rockerfeller Foundation fellow, he obtained his PhD from University of Oxford. He was also Secretary, Rural, Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.
Osama Manzar is an inspiring speaker, angel investor, mentor and believer. He founded Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) that has digitally enabled over 5 million people across remote and rural India through digital resource centres and the last mile access.
Preeti Mathew is a social worker by profession. After graduating from Baroda School of Social Work, she worked with the Azim Premji Foundation on learning assessment with rural government primary schools. She has been working with street children since 2010 at the Centre for Equity Studies and presently she is with Rainbow Foundation India where she focuses on documentation on the Rainbow Model and capacity building of the staff.
Radhika Alkazi is an artist, a social activist and also the founder of AARTH-ASTHA, one of the few cross-disability organizations working with children and persons with disabilities.
Radhika Jha is a research executive at Common Cause, Delhi. She has done her MA in Social Work (criminology and criminal justice) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and LLB from Faculty of Law, Delhi University.
Raina Aggarwal is a research scholar with the Digital Empowerment Foundation. She has a PhD from Delhi University. Her focus area is youth development and the development of community learning centres.
Rajat Kumar is a research scholar with the Digital Empowerment Foundation. He has six years of experience in teaching and research, and his interest lies in psychology, environmental science, design philosophy and data science.
Rajanya Bose is a researcher and programme manager at Centre for Equity Studies. She has done her MA in Development Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and researches on issues of tribal land rights, communal violence and urban poverty. Email: 89.rajanya@gmail.com
Rhea John is a student at the Institute of Development Studies and formerly a researcher with the Centre for Equity Studies.
Sandeep Chachra is Managing Editor, Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Co-Chair of World Urban Campaign, UN-HABITAT and Executive Director, ActionAid India.
Satya Pillai positioned her focus on issues of children in difficult circumstances in 2007 after having studied and practised Psychology for a decade, and has been associated with the cause since then. With the belief that comprehensive knowledge is essential for better outcomes, she has been working with her team towards enhancing the understanding about the street children. She heads the Knowledge and Policy Unit in the Rainbow Foundation India.
Subrat Das is Executive Director at the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability, New Delhi. He has worked for more than a decade on budget issues at the national and sub-national level in India in various social sectors. E-mail: subrat@cbgaindia.org
