Lokashish Saha

Lokashish aka Loka, is the Sr. Consultant Programmes and is overseeing programmes and facilitating youth development initiatives along with strongly holding advocacy & fundraising portfolios. A development professional with experience of over 18 years across thematic such as gender, livelihood, child rights, youth development, and citizenship action across leading agencies in India like Vikram Sarabhai center, ASK, Pravah, and CRY- Child Rights, He has also worked with Pravah, heading the SMILE Programme and eventually the Youth Intervention initiative. He is a postgraduate in Rural Management from the Indian Institute of Rural Management, Jaipur. He is a believer, voyager, and learner of 5th space who is interested in philosophy, traveling, exploring, poetry and peace. He can often be seen having a quiet discussion with somebody in some corner of the office. One of his favorite quotes is “yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world, today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”