Jyotsnamayee Padhan joined Gram Vikas as a Field Expert in January 2022. Before joining Gram Vikas, she worked for six months as a Coordinator in one of the UNDP projects in 2021. She also worked as a Sikshya Prerak in Swakhyara Bharat Project for six years and as a Link Worker in ActionAid for one year. She completed her Bachelor of Arts from Rajendra College, Balangir, in 2017 and her Intermediate in Arts from Loisingha College, Loisingha, in 2003. She passed the Matriculation exam in 2000 from Sarkari Uchha Prathamika Vidyalaya, Nagaon(B), Balangir.