Sugandha Munshi
Global Shaper
India
A recipient of National Women Achiever Award “Aadhi Abaadi” India, belonging to the state of Bihar, Sugandha Munshi is an advocate of gender equality and women rights in India. She has an intensive experience of more than a decade (12 years) working in the field of gender mainstreaming including research and action. She has completed her International Leadership Program from WYSE UK and is an ambassador for South Asia. With degrees in Political Science, Gender, and Journalism from University of Delhi, she specializes in conceiving, designing, and promoting interventions and policies targeting at Gender issues. She held a position of Global Shaper of World Economic Forum, Geneva for consecutive 6 years and elected Hub Curator for two years. She has been an agenda contributor for women farmers in World Economic Forum. Currently, working as a Senior Specialist in International Rice Research Institute, she closely works with women farmers and partnership advocacy on innovations and policy interventions in agriculture. She has authored and co-authored various international as well as national publications on the work related to agriculture, women farmers and system thinking innovation. She has been on the panel of various national and international dialogues on gender issues. She has also been one of the jury members of United Nation Youth Volunteer Award 2020. She is also a recipient of GP Birla fellowship for women Leaders 2022. Her hobbies include Photography and Poetry writing.