Jafar Ali Zaidi

Jafar Ali Zaidi is a Senior Operations Associate at Athena Infonomics since December 2024, with a robust background in operations, contracts, and project coordination. Prior to this role, Jafar was a Contracts and Pricing Associate and Project Coordinator at Q2 Impact from February 2022 to December 2024, and served as a Consultant at Saarthi Education for a brief period in late 2021. Jafar's experience also includes working as a Senior Project Associate at Outline India, and holding managerial and research roles at Vihara Innovation Network. Earlier career development occurred at Bachpan Bachao Andolan - India as a Project Officer. Jafar holds a Master’s degree in Development from Azim Premji University and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Aligarh Muslim University.