For our next session we had Srikanth Vishwanathan, CEO, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy. 

Srikanth is Chief Executive Officer of Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, a Bengaluru, India based non-profit working towards the mission of transforming quality of life in India’s cities and towns. Srikanth is one of India’s leading practitioners of city governance reforms and municipal finance reforms, particularly on the application of systems thinking to reform agendas in cities.

For our next session we had, Rumana Hamied, Managing Trustee, Cipla Foundation.   

Rumana has had a long and diverse history of engagement with social causes. In her professional capacity as a film producer, Rumana mainstreamed issues of gaps in access and affordability in healthcare through her internationally acclaimed documentary film, ‘Fire in the Blood’. Alongside, Rumana has been closely involved with the Hamied Family Foundation, playing a pivotal role in mapping the family’s philanthropic commitment. She is on the board of the Cipla Palliative Care & Training Centre, Pune, India. Since 2014, she has been spearheading Cipla’s Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, leading Cipla Foundation through initiatives in Health, Skilling, Education and Disaster response.  

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For our next session we had Shamik Trehan, CEO, Dr. Reddy's Foundation.   

Shamik Trehan has extensive experience of leading and managing large social sector programs aimed at improving lives of the poor in partnership with communities, government, development agencies and the private sector. Before joining Dr. Reddy’s Foundation as CEO in 2015, he was the Chief of Party of Bihar Technical Support Program for CARE India. The program aimed to accelerate progress towards government of Bihar’s and GoI’s health and nutrition 2017 goals covering more than 100 million people.  

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For our next session we had Dr. Nalini Saligram, Founder & CEO, Arogya World.

Nalini Saligram, Ph.D, is the Founder & CEO of Arogya World, a global health non-profit committed to changing the course of chronic disease. She is an Ashoka Fellow. Under Nalini’s leadership, Arogya World designs and implements scalable, science-based diabetes prevention programs in Indian schools, workplaces, and the community. Her story and that of Arogya World has also been highlighted in a book – The Healthcare Gamechangers.  In 2021, on her watch, Arogya World was chosen to be part of the Google AI for Social Good effort.  

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For our next session we had Saurabh Taneja, CEO, The Akanksha Foundation. 

Saurabh leads a team of 700+ faculty and staff, close to 800 volunteers - all serving 27 schools that educate 10,000 children and a network of 4000 Akanksha alumni across Mumbai and Pune.

Previously, Saurabh spent four years as a founding school leader of Acharya Vinoba Bhave School (AVBS), Akanksha's first stand-alone secondary school. During the 4-years of his school leadership, he has ensured that ALL students pass the high stakes Gr 10 exam and join the junior college. The school's success has inspired Akanksha, other organizations and local government authorities to start similar school models in the city.  

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For our next session we had Mary McGovern, Director Emertia at Women First International Fund.

Mary McGovern is a trained attorney, who has worked as a community volunteer for local and international causes. Her most recent work involved serving as President of the Board of Directors of Women First International Fund. During her tenure, she lead the Board, working in collaboration with staff, through a transformational change of the organization, including a name change, fundamental program overhaul, and a new organizational governance structure.

Ms. McGovern has a BCL degree from University College Dublin, an LLM from the University of London and a Barrister at Law degree from The Honorable Society of King’s Inns, Dublin, Ireland.

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04:08 - What can the Government learn from the Development Sector 

11:57 - How has leadership evolved?

17:32 - How do you as a Leader manage Talent? 

25:10 - How will Leadership change in the post COVID era? 

29:52 - Audience Questions  

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For our next session we had Ingrid Srinath, Director, Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy, Ashoka University.

Ingrid worked on some of India’s greatest brands at Lintas and Grey Worldwide before transitioning to the non-profit sector in 1998 with CRY (Child Rights and You), where she was CEO from 2004-08.She then served as Secretary General at CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, as Executive Director of CHILDLINE India Foundation, and as CEO of HIVOS India.

Ms. Srinath is a member of the Securities Exchange Board of India’s technical committee on the Social Stock Exchange and of the NITI Aayog Sub-Committee on the Voluntary Sector. In 2021 Ingrid received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from her alma mater IIM Calcutta in recognition of her contributions to civil society and philanthropy.

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03:32 - Processes and systems that Development Sector can from Corporate Sector and vice versa.

07:52 - What can Government learn from the Development Sector

10:54 - Impact of technology on Fundraising in the development sector

13:47 - How donor profile will evolve

18:10 - Views on personal branding on Social media

21:19 - How has leadership evolved?

23:25 - Ways to develop Leadership

27:27 - Advice for the young professionals in the NGO world

31:36 - Audience Questions

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For our next session we had Amitabh Behar, CEO, Oxfam India.  Mr. Behar currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Board of CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society across the globe. Prior to Oxfam, Mr. Behar was the Executive Director of National Foundation for India and served as the Convener of National Social Watch Coalition and the Co-Chair of Global Call to Action Against Poverty, a network of over 11,000 civil society organisations. Amitabh is one of the leading experts of people-centered advocacy and chairs the board of Navsarjan. He is the vice board chair of CIVICUS and also sits on the board of other organisations like Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), Mobile Crèche, VANI, YUVA, Global Fund for Community Foundation (GFCF).

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For our 8th session we had Neeraj Jain, Country Director India & Director South Asia, PATH.   He oversees the strategic and programmatic engagement and financial operations for a matrix of global and in-country programs implemented across PATH’s offices in India. He manages PATH’s innovative work across different public health verticals like TB/HIV, neglected tropical diseases, maternal and newborn health, nutrition and immunization has the maximum impact. Neeraj is a member of CII’s Nutrition and Public Health Committee and has over 30 years of leadership experience across Asia and Europe.

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For our next session, we had Chetna Sinha is the Founder-Chairperson of the Mann Deshi Bank and Mann Deshi Foundation.  Chetna Gala Sinha is an activist, farmer and banker. She is the recipient of the Nari Shakti Puraskar, India’s highest civilian award for women who work in the area of women’s empowerment. She is a member of the BRICS women's business alliance. She has served as a Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum in Davos (2018), Switzerland and as a Co-Chair of Financial Inclusion at the W20 Summit (2018) in Argentina.

Chetna founded the Mann Deshi Foundation in 1996 in Mhaswad, a drought- stricken area of Maharashtra, with the aim of economically and socially empowering rural women. In1997, she set up the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank-India’s first bank for and by rural women.  Mann Deshi has supported over half a million women and aims to reach one million women by 2024.