Ashraf Patel

At the heart of Ashraf’s journey is has been the framing and design of the inside-out, self to society and the 5th Space leadership frameworks.

She has had the privilege of working with hundreds of youth leaders and facilitators, unlocking the collective potential of communities to drive social transformation.

As co founder and in strategic leadership roles with Pravah and ComMutiny, she has contributed significantly to shaping the adolescent and youth development field in the country for over three decades.

More recently, Ashraf has dedicated her attention to nurturing collectivisation, playing a foundational role in the setup of the vartaleap Coalition, with the mission Every Youth a Jagrik, Every Space Nurturing Jagriks.

She has also co-facilitated the incubation process of 3 emerging collectives: The India ECD Collective, Sampoorna 2.0, SEL Collaborative, and The Life Skills Collaborative 2.0. With Adaptatva, a consulting firm that accompanies culture transformation and collectivisation processes in the development sector, she is mentoring a number of impactful organisations and collectives and offers a leadership journey, ‘Par-Us-Par ’, for spurring interdependence, collaboration, networks and coalitions

An Ashoka Fellow, a Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur, a
Jubilant Bhartia SEOY Fellow and a Distinguished Alumna of XLRI, she also volunteers for a number of grassroots initiatives.