OUR VISION
WHY
OUR APPROACH
OUR STORY
Thriving networks of active women citizens vested in self governance, who inspire action by being present wherever decisions are made.
OUR TEAM
Uthara Narayanan
Director
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Uthara is also co-founder and Chief Changemaker of Buzz Women, a mobile academy providing doorstep training in finance, entrepreneurship and personal leadership skills to low-income women which has changed the lives of lakhs of women across Karnataka. She was even awarded the Acumen fellowship early on in her journey with Buzz. Prior to founding Buzz, Uthara has had quite a bit of experience in the development sector having worked at Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy. She has also co-authored the following publications among others, “Paisa For Panchayats- Tracking Fiscal Devolution To Local Governments”. A lifelong feminist, Uthara is a firm believer in the possibilities and goodness of the world which in turn has inspired Buzz to form a close-knit community of change makers that holds true the phrase “Empowered women, empower women”.
Gayatri Sriram
Director
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Gayatri is a development consultant and leadership coach who has worked to build and strengthen leadership in diverse organisations around the globe. Her focus area has centred around gender & equity in economic and public participation. Her work with non-profits such as the International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Diseases, Buzz Women, NavyaDisha Trust along with several businesses such as Robert Bosch Engineering, Cisco Systems India, L & T has given her a unique perspective on people and behavioural change processes. Her most recent success in large scale people change process, is the architecting and scripting of the Spoorthi community leadership program at Buzz Women. Gayatri has an MBA from the University of Houston and is a Gallup Certified Strengths coach. She loves language, music, art & design and supports organisations working towards sustainable solutions in her spare time.
Shakunthala R B
Program Associate
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Shakunthala joined as a Program Associate at Avantika Foundation in April 2022. She has completed her Master’s degree in social work. She has experience in various fields, like protecting the rights of trans genders, child protection, women empowerment, and many other social development activities. She has 4 years of experience in the child protection field at SATHI and her hobbies are reading books and watching the news.
Ranjitha KG
Field Associate
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Ranjitha joined as a Field Associate at Avantika Foundation in Oct 2021. She has completed her BCom from Govt First Grade Collage Turuvekere, and she is very curious to learn new languages. Her father and mother work as farmers in her family. She is the only one who has completed her undergraduate education. Her hobbies are reading books and riding bikes.
We conducted a process feedback survey
To make our design more democratic
We asked 24 out of 33 women who attended our program consistently for their feedback on the duration, content, time, engagement level and difficulty level of our sessions.
