Arty is a Post Graduate in Economics from Patna University. She has over 12 years of experience in various organizations. She has worked at the grass roots with PRADAN with tribal women from Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh on various themes such as, livelihood, health, gender issues. Arty has worked as the Program Manager for Landesa  inBihar where she worked for ensuring land rights of land less families. She was engaged with NITI Aayog for the policies on tenancy in the state so that women share croppers can be benefitted.

Kanika has over 19 years of experience in the youth development sector. At ComMutiny, Kanika supports the facilitation of the community of collective of over 85+ org. spread across 18 states. She is a part of the core team that facilitates the vartaLeap Coalition. She is entrusted to build partnerships and alliances towards amplifying the 5th Space approach to youth-centric development. Under her leadership, the #Saathnirbhar campaign has also been recognized by the World Economic Forum’’s COVID Response Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs.