S M Sehgal Foundation
Barsha Das is an experienced professional currently serving as Assistant Program Lead at S M Sehgal Foundation since September 2022, leading integrated projects for Nestle India Pvt. Ltd. Prior experience includes a Human Resources Intern role at Just Agriculture-the magazine from February 2022 to April 2024, and a position as Sericulture Technical Assistant at the Directorate of Sericulture, Government of Assam from November 2020 to September 2022, where responsibilities involved coordinating with stakeholders to enhance Muga production. Barsha also contributed as a Researcher at Insight Brandcom Pvt. Ltd. and as a Research Investigator at Sutra Consulting Private Limited, focusing on cost-benefit analysis funded by the World Bank under the Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project. Barsha holds a Master of Science in Agriculture and a Bachelor of Science in Sericulture, both from Assam Agricultural University.
S M Sehgal Foundation
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S M Sehgal Foundation (“Sehgal Foundation”) is a public, charitable trust registered in India since 1999. Every person across rural India deserves to lead a more secure, prosperous, and dignified life. With that vision in mind, our mission is to strengthen community-led development initiatives to achieve positive social, economic, and environmental change across rural India. With support from donors and partners, Sehgal Foundation designs and promotes rural development interventions that create opportunities, build resilience, and provide solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in India’s poorest communities. The foundation team works together with rural communities to create sustainable programs for managing water resources, increasing agricultural productivity, and strengthening rural governance. The team’s emphasis on gender equality and women’s empowerment is driven by the realization that human rights are central to developing every person’s potential. As an emerging knowledge leader on rural development issues in India, the foundation team engages in participatory research, impact assessment, interactive dialogue, and community media to take informed actions and achieve sustainable results. The team collects, assesses, and reports qualitative and quantitative data across an array of development outcomes, building an archive of evidence-based research that incorporates the voices and views of rural communities and demonstrates the results.