Dr. Trupti Jhaveri – the leader, architect, and guide of Samvedna’s vision and growth since 2009; is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and the Chairperson of Centre for Women Centred Social Work, School of Social Work at TISS – Mumbai. She also serves as the director of Resource Centre for Violence against Women, and as the Director of Special Cells for Women. In addition to serving as the Chairperson of Samvedna, she serves as the Chairperson of VIKALP, and Humsafar. An important voice in the fight against violence against women, Dr. Jhaveri’s illustrious career keeps to inspire many. Along with leading Samvedna from the front, Dr. Jhaveri also guides the team with the Livelihood initiatives.
Ms Divya Parmar pursued her Masters in Social Work from the Bhopal School of Social Sciences. She has worked with DEBATE and Sudhaar, and has been associated with Samvedna since. She has a keen interest in issues related to criminology and justice.
Dr Veerendra Mishra, the founding member of Samvedna, is a renowned expert on human trafficking. With over 18 years of experience as a law enforcement officer, Dr Mishra completed his PhD on “Changing Image of Police: An Empirical Study”, in 2004. A recipient of the prestigious Hubert Humphrey Fellowship, he has also extensively studied the workings of local and international police bodies in addition to authoring a book titled Community Policing: Misnomer. He edited another book, Human Trafficking: The Stakeholders’ Perspective. Presently the Director of the National Service Scheme, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Government of India, he guides Samvedna with the youth-related programmes.
Mr Prashant Dubey is a professional social worker and works with Awaaz Samiti, a child rights organization. He was also awarded the prestigious Young India Leaders award for exposing the extent of Child Malnutrition in the state of Madhya Pradesh using the Right to Information Act. He also received the best RTI User Award in the Citizen category for the same. Mr Dubey is a member of Samvedna’s board, and mentors the advocacy initiatives of our organization.
Mr Yogesh Patel has over two decades of experience in positions of leadership in the IT industry. He has a MBA, MHA from University of Houston-Clear Lake & Certification in Finance from Rice University. He has worked with Samvedna leadership team in India and helped Samvedna obtain accreditation enabling US-based donors to get tax deductions on their donations. His insights on matters of finance are highly valued by Samvedna!
Ajay completed his Bachelors from Jiwaji University, Gwalior. He has been a part of Samvedna for 6 years now. Prior to Samvedna, he worked with ActionAid on Project BHOR that addressed caste-based Commercial Sexual Exploitation of the Bedia and Bacchara communities in Madhya Pradesh. Ajay leads all the programmes in the Vidisha cluster along with managing Samvedna’s Advocacy, Livelihood, and Youth-related initiatives. A hard-core fieldworker, the fastest way to make Ajay disappear is by requesting him to sit in the office for more than 2 hours!
Mrinalini completed her Master’s in Social Work from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidhyalaya, Indore. After working in Mumbai for a year, she joined Samvedna in Bhopal in 2018. She adores children and is passionate towards ensuring a bright future for all the kids associated with Samvedna. Along with leading all the programmes in the Narsingarh cluster, she manages Samvedna’s Educational, Legal and Financial, and Women-centred programs. Mrinalini is our warrior, conquering Bhopal one street at a time on her scooty.
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