Speakers

Ingrid Srinath

Ingrid Srinath has been a passionate advocate for human rights, social justice and civil society in India and around the world for over 25 years. Ingrid served as Secretary General of CIVICUS from 2008 to 2012.

Most recently, she was the Founder Director of the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP) at Ashoka University, India’s first academic centre for the study of those topics. She has also served as CEO of Child Rights and You (CRY), Executive Director at CHILDLINE India, CEO at HIVOS India, and currently serves on the boards of the Resource Alliance (Board Chair), Co-impact Philanthropic Funds (Vice Chair), Majlis Law and the Bangalore Museum of Art and Photography as well as the Governing Council of the Bombay Stock Exchange’s new Social Stock Exchange. In 2020, Ingrid received the Distinguished Alumna Award from her alma mater, the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata. She was awarded honorary membership of Phi Alpha Alpha, the global honour society for Public Affairs and Administration in 2024.