Chandrika Sahai
Chandrika Sahai is the Coordinator (since 2012) of Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace (PSJP). She supports PSJP’s strategy, network development and administration. Chandrika’s work focuses on transformative change and people led philanthropy. She previously worked with the Dalit Foundation, consulted for the Global Fund for Community Foundations, Foundations for Peace Network and the Aga Khan Foundation, USA. She began her career at the Society for Child Development in New Delhi. Chandrika holds a Masters degree in History from the University of Delhi and lives in Jaipur, India.
Edward Premdas Pinto
Edward Premdas Pinto, Director- Research and Advocacy at Centre for Health and Social Justice, is a Human Rights advocate and Public Health practitioner- scholar, actively engaged in processes and social justice issues of the the communities of Dalit Women, rural unorgranised labourers and other disadvantaged communities for the last 22 years. He is one of the co-initiators of Jagrutha Mahila Sanghatan, the union of Dalit Women in Raichur district, Karnataka. As Advocacy and Research Director at CHSJ he is facilitating the thematic area of Community Action for Health Rights with a special focus on processes of community monitoring and accountability. He has been an active member of People's Health Movement (Jan Swasthya Abhiyan) in India.
Gayatri Buragohain
Gayatri Buragohain (Secretary) is the ex-officio member and Executive Director of FAT. An electronics engineer by education and a passionate advocate of equal participation of women in technology, Gayatri is also the founder of FAT. Here, she combines her technological background with her passion for working on women's rights. For her dedication towards promoting women in technology, she was awarded the Change Agent Award by Anita Borg Institute in 2010. She has earlier also served as the ACM-W (Women’s Council of ACM) Ambassador in India and Executive Director of Foundation for Social Transformation (FST) in Northeast of India.
Minhazz Majumdar
Minhazz Majumdar is a writer and curator of Indian art and co-founder of the Earth & Grass Workshop, an organization promoting arts and crafts as livelihood. Minhazz has served as a development consultant for the government of India and for many Indian NGOs and has extensive experience leading groups through India.
Nayanatara Ranganathan
Nayantara is Programme Manager - Freedom of Expression at the Internet Democracy Project, where she works on issues of surveillance, net neutrality and gender as it relates to the internet. She is interested in the politics and culture of technology.
Pradeep Esteves
Pradeep has been involved in development activities for almost four decades. The first two were at the grassroots, which were, according to him, the best part of his involvement. He continues to be a development activist and wears multiple hats. At present he supports and facilitates change processes, organisational development and takes up research on developmental issues,he is also Director, Context India. He is exploring and promoting social ventures for social impact maximization and he specialises in facilitating change processes in organisations and research on developmental issues. Pradeep is a development activist at heart!
Priyanka
Priyanka is a 20 year old participant of FAT’s Young Women’s Leadership Programme and she joined FAT three years ago. Until a few years ago, she never ventured outside her home and this was not her choice. Today, she is an earning member of her family and works to learn and teach other young women about their rights and technology. She is a recent graduate and hopes to be a feminist leader in the near future.
Rubi
Rubi is 18 and has been with FAT for two years. She wants to do everything that people say only boys can do and is taking small steps to accomplish this dream. She represents the girls and the community that FAT serves on the board.