Liby Thomas Johnson

Biography

Liby T Johnson is the Executive Director of Gram Vikas, Odisha. He has led large-scale, impactful efforts over nearly three decades in the community development sector in India with civil society and governments. His experience spans diverse sectors as water, natural resources, migration, livelihoods, local governance, disaster management, and institution development. As the chief functionary of Gram Vikas, he is responsible for leading the organisation’s work in its fifth decade aiming to influence the life of six million persons by enabling water and livelihoods security. He contributes regularly to policy discussions at the State and National levels on water, sanitation, migration, enterprise development and disaster resilience. He is an alumnus of the Institute of Rural Management Anand, India.