Our Team

We are a team of impact practitioners who help purpose-driven organizations build capacity, scale their work, and measure what matters. 

With extensive experience across India, we work on diverse projects - from amplifying women’s rights advocacy in Rajasthan to fostering dialogue on gender barriers in agriculture. We are versatile, collaborative, and deeply committed to your success.

Meet the team and explore our areas of expertise below.

 

Priyanka Sarkar

Priyanka Sarkar

Chief Executive Officer

Priyanka leads our communications and partnerships work, bringing over 20 years of experience in helping organizations amplify their impact and build meaningful collaborations.

She specializes in communication strategy, corporate partnerships, donor management, and program implementation. Her work spans NGOs, corporates, and bilateral agencies, with particular expertise in developing statewide and national communication strategies for leading INGOs and international donor agencies.

Recent work includes creating campaigns that drive engagement, developing comprehensive communication materials, and managing digital transformations for organizations across India. She's passionate about helping purpose-driven organizations tell their stories in ways that inspire action and build lasting movements.

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Annie Johnny

Annie Johnny

Communications

Annie leads our communications work, bringing extensive experience as a content strategist, writer, and editor.

Starting her career as a reporter with organizations including ANI, The Sunday Guardian, ABP News, and NDTV, she transitioned to strategic communications and content development. She manages everything from editorial strategy and documentation to AV production, scriptwriting, and voiceover work.

Annie has a Master's in Arts and Aesthetics from Jawaharlal Nehru University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism. She's driven by the power of storytelling to create social change and believes in communications that cut through the noise.

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Debdatta Purkayastha

Debdatta Purkayastha

Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL)

Debdatta leads our MERL practice with over 14 years of experience in monitoring, evaluation, research, and resource mobilization.

She specializes in mixed-methods research and brings deep expertise in both qualitative and quantitative data analysis. Her work spans grassroots organizations like Mumbai Mobile Creches to feminist funding organizations such as South Asia Women Foundation India.

Debdatta was part of an international learning collaboration to co-create a Feminist Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (F-MEAL) model. She's passionate about making evaluation meaningful, participatory, and useful for the organizations she works with. She holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Calcutta.

Looking to measure your impact? Contact us

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Poornima Jha

Poornima Jha

Research Associate

Poornima brings over five years of experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Research (MERL).

She specializes in gender research, social wellbeing, and education, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. She is skilled in conducting focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and managing studies with adolescents and young women.

Poornima turns research findings into actionable insights and compelling communications for social change. She holds a Master's in East Asian Studies and a certification in Business Analytics. As an IUIF fellow, she collaborated with Ideosync Media Combine & UNESCO and has worked with organizations including Breakthrough India and the Relational Wellbeing Collaboration (RWBC).

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Specialist Consultants

Our network of specialist consultants brings additional expertise to projects as needed.