Yamini Aiyar is the President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research. In 2008, she founded the Accountability Initiative at CPR, which is credited with pioneering one of India’s largest expenditure-tracking surveys for elementary education.

Guest Lecture Series - State, Market and Society

B.Tech (Chemical), Nirma University PGDRM, IRMA.

Co-Founder of Dhwani Rural Information Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Guest speaker for the course Technology in Management.

Sujatha Rao is Founder-Director at Viridus Social Impact Solutions.

Workshop - Perspectives on Organizations

Sowmyaa has over fifteen experience in the development sector with expertise and interest in poverty, water, sanitation and hygiene, gender, urban development and rights. An experienced facilitator and a practitioner of participatory approaches, she has been involved in various trainings and capacity building initiatives with a range of communities and groups as well as been part of several participatory research studies, monitoring designs, assessments and evaluations.

Workshop - Participatory Approaches and Processes

Master's degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University
Bachelor’s degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University

Soma is a development studies researcher, with a specialization in impact evaluation methodologies. Her work is based on empirical research on linkages between gender, education and empowerment.
Before joining IDF, she was a journalist with a focus on issues of development. She held senior editorial positions in Open, The Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, Outlook and The Times of India. She is an alumnus of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University.

Course - Impact Evaluation (Qualitative Methodoligies)

In his current role as Chief of Staff at Microland, Sharad provides oversight and guidance to meet the company’s mission and long-term goals and is also responsible for process re-engineering as a Process Champion.

Course - Technology in Management

Founder President of PRIA and UNESCO Co-Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education.

Guest speaker for the course - Introduction to Development Management

He is the director, Institute of Indian Thought at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi.

Course - Perspectives on Society and Development

Meenu Venkateswaran is co-founder and Board member of two not-for-profit organisations - Pravah and ComMutiny the Youth Collective. She is also part of the founding team of vartaLeap, a multi-sectoral coalition incubated by ComMutiny the Youth Collective to support the mission of Every Youth a Jagrik, and Every Space Nurturing Jagriks. She is a Trustee of Spanda – a performing arts Trust set up by Ms Leela Samson.

Workshop - Networks, Alliances and Partnerships