Dhivya Sivaramakrishnan

Dhivya took the road less travelled and joined ICICI Fellows Leadership Programme post her graduation focused on experiential learning through development projects with rural-based NGOs. She worked with Aajeevika Bureau to empower de-facto women headed migrant households in tribal areas of Southern Rajasthan by living with the locals in a small village. This was truly a defining moment in her life! Moving back to Chennai, she worked at Dvara Trust (Previously known as IFMR) on financial inclusion where she was responsible to improve wealth management strategies through digital services for low-income households (across various functions) who did not have access to formal financial institutions.

Having picked up varied skills, Dhivya now joins Dimagi as a Field Manager to broaden her horizon on ICT4D. With keen interest in Design Thinking and behavior change approach, she is excited (hoping) to also explore the possibilities of using some of these in her work going forward.