Director and CEOBarefoot College Tilonia
I joined as Director and CEO of the Barefoot College in June, 2023 after 25 years of working in the area of social accountability, transparency, monitoring and evaluation and governance with a specific emphasis on social audits. I hold a Master's Degree in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay with a specialization in Urban and Rural Community Development and a Diploma in Human Rights from the ISHR, Columbia University, New York. I began working with a grassroots movement Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, Rajasthan in 1998 and was part of the movement for the Right to Information and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. After 7 years of working with MKSS, i joined the Government of Andhra Pradesh to set up the first independent social audit society. I worked with the GoAP and Telangana for 18 years and for 13 years i headed the Social Audit Society. I have also worked internationally as a Technical Assistance Provider in Social Audits