Bhumika has joined Haiyya as Manager – Capacity Building and Network Engagement. She is a trained social worker and researcher from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She comes with experience of working with NGOs, and other government and international agencies on issues pertaining to gender, child rights and mental health. Before taking on the role of a social worker, she was a journalist with Reuters News.
Currently, at Haiyya, she aspires to identify, build and expand the pool of trained changemakers who are driven to bring about social change, grounded in campaigns that are community-led and owned. Beyond work, Bhumika is a theatre performer and an enthusiast. She is also exploring and learning how to use expressive arts as a way of working with different groups of people.