Nayana leads the Programs at Breakthrough. She comes with over two decades of experience in the development sector. She has a Master’s in Social Work from University of Delhi and has worked on rights of Dalits and Tribes in the grassroots in India. Nayana is a passionate gender rights worker who has had the opportunity of working with reputed philanthropies such as IKEA Foundation and Tata Trusts as Grant Manager overseeing multi-state/multi-country grants. She has developed, implemented, managed, monitored, and evaluated programs with focus on marginalised groups in Asia and Africa. She has also been a trainer-facilitator focussing on human rights in an international human rights’ organisation. She has always pushed the boundaries of her formal job-description and walked the extra mile to get most out of each development intervention that she has led.
