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Ashif Shaikh

Chief Executive OfficerJan Sahas USA, Inc.

Biography

Asif Shaikh is founder People’s Courage International, Migrants Resilience Collaborative and Jan Sahas. Asif founded Jan Sahas his own lived experience and have helped millions of migrant workers, survivors of sexual abuse, trafficking, forced labour and manual scavengers. In 2020, Asif launched the Migrant Resilience Collaborative (MRC), MRC is a grassroots-led multi-stakeholder collaborative of non-profits, philanthropic, government and private sector actors focused on ensuring safety, security, and mobility for 10 million migrant families. Currently Asif is working with People’s Courage International (PCI). PCI is supporting climate dopration and just transition initiatives across South and Southeast Asia. He was awarded the Harvard Kennedy School's Gleitsman International Award in 2022, Social Innovator of the Year in 2020 Schwab Foundation (World Economic Forum), Ashoka Fellow in 2016, Times of India Social Impact Award and Star Impact Award by 42nd president of the United States.