About
Ashwini Rajkumar
Founder, Pravaah Insights
Analytical rigor, grounded field experience, and reflective leadership — brought to every engagement.
Background
A decade across research, strategy, and the field.
Her work spans impact consulting, philanthropy, academia, government, and grassroots NGOs, through her employment with Sattva Consulting, Tata Trusts, NGOs among others. Her professional science background which imbibed analytical capabilities, honed her research and operations roles in consulting organisations for the last 6 years.
That range is the point: capability is built where evidence meets people, and where systems meet the day-to-day of delivery.
- SP Jain, Mumbai
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences-Barefoot Academy of Governance
Experience
From field to boardroom.
A path shaped by research at scale, sectoral leadership, and partnerships that move between communities and institutions.
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Current engagement
Ongoing systemic-change work
Currently engaged in a systemic-change program with an established social-sector partner. Details available on request.
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Data science for social impact · 2024–2025
Sectoral leadership
Led a flagship open-source technology fellowship for NGOs and funders, and curated national sectoral dialogues with 35+ CXOs and 1,100+ participants on various urging topics in the social sector.
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Impact consulting & research · 2020–2023
Research at scale
Directed large-scale mixed-method research — pan-India surveys, cross-country studies — with global funders and foundations, domestic foundations, corporates, academia, and industry, across climate, livelihoods, WASH, and future-of-work themes.
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Government & grassroots partnerships
Field to boardroom
A career that began at a grassroots NGO in the villages of Gujarat (with BAIF & SBI Foundation) and grew into advising funders - spanning livelihoods programs with state governments, corporate partners, and rural communities across Andhra Pradesh.
Perspective
Sustainable impact arises from the fusion of inner work
and systemic understanding.
Shaped by a decade of field and research experience alongside reflective practice — yoga, structured dialogue, and an immersive governance-reform program. Clarity, conviction, and compassion in how programs are designed, partnerships are built, and teams are led.
Contact
Tell us what you're working on.
A research question, a program that needs design, or a system that needs to work better — start with a conversation.