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Yamini Atmavilas currently serves as Director at Dasra since June 2024. Previously, Yamini held the position of President (Strategy & Research) at The Udaiti Foundation from June 2022 to March 2024 and worked as a Senior Program Officer and Program Officer focused on Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from November 2013 to May 2022. Prior experience includes serving as Associate Professor and Chair of Gender Studies at the Administrative Staff College of India, where Yamini also acted as Director. Additionally, Yamini contributed as a Visiting Fellow with the OECD Development Centre and participated in programs at the Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik and Emory College HR and Operations. Academic qualifications include a Ph.D. in Women’s Studies from Emory University and an M.A. in Women’s Studies from Bangalore University. Research work centers on trade policies, labor rights, and gender relations within the context of India, with significant field experience and publications supporting these areas.
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ACT is a non-profit venture philanthropy platform that was born in 2020 in response to the COVID crisis and is built upon the premise that collective action has the power to achieve social impact at scale. We’re driven by the desire to catalyse social change through action and collaboration across the board – start-up founders, donors, NGO’s, expert advisors, government stakeholders as well as the public at large. Our grants are given as seed capital to incubate and accelerate innovations that have demonstrated ability to address identified social need gaps at scale. In addition to providing funding, we work with our grantees on their strategy as well as operations and help them harness the strength of our collective to make sure they have access to the best-in-class mentorship the industry has to offer.