Ayeshna Kalyan

Ayeshna works with rural communities in Haryana, North India on exploring solutions for quality teaching-learning in schools, advocating equal access to opportunities for all genders through leadership and skill-building and working with rural youth on self-led development. Prior to co-founding her non-profit, Varitra Foundation in 2018, Ayeshna worked as a CSR professional with Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai - an experience that marked her passage to ‘the other side’. Ayeshna completed her graduation in mass media from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai & her Masters in Development Studies from SOAS University of London. Ayeshna loves cold coffees, rewatching old films and rereading old books.