Vinita Gursahani Singh founded We, The People Abhiyan in 2010, a non-profit promoting active citizenship in India.

She has facilitated hundreds of trainings and workshops, empowering people with deep marginalisations, toward solutioning problems in their communities, using the constitutional and legal framework.

Vinita conceptualised and executed significant projects with governments on embedding active citizenship in education.

She is a speaker at numerous public events, TEDx, educational forums, and radio, galvanising thought on the role of citizens in work-in-progress democracies like our own.

Since 1991, as volunteer, social entrepreneur, and consultant, Vinita has worked on a range of social development areas: rural livelihoods, women empowerment, youth empowerment, fair trade, ethical trade, right to information, and governance.

She holds a Bachelors in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and two Masters—one in Management Studies from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai and the other in Social Policy from the London School of Economics.

She is a firm believer in pluralism, freedom and equity. She is a forests lover and a forever traveller.