Ingrid Srinath has served as the founding Director of the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy at Ashoka
University, the first academic centre in South Asia to focus on these themes. A graduate of the Indian Institute of
Management, Kolkata, Ingrid has held executive positions at Child Rights and You, CIVICUS: World Alliance for
Citizen Participation, CHILDLINE India Foundation, and Hivos India. She has served on the advisory boards of
the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Development Cooperation Forum, the World
Economic Forum, the Young Lives project at Oxford University, Alliance magazine, Hasirudala, Danamojo and
the Prajnya Trust and on the boards of WINGS, the INGO Accountability Charter, The Rules, Public Interest
Registry and Majlis Law. A passionate advocate for human rights, social justice and civil society, she received the
Distinguished Award Alumna for services to business and society from her alma mater, IIM Calcutta.