Johnson Topno

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Johnson Topno is the executive director at Phia Foundation and holds an MBA in Rural Management from XISS, Ranchi. He specialises in partnership programme management, monitoring, and evaluation. During the COVID-19 lockdown, he led the establishment of the State Migrant Control Room in Jharkhand, aiding over 1 million migrants. Previously, he served as state manager for the PACS-DFID programme and worked with FES for 10+ years, spearheading initiatives in Andhra Pradesh.


Areas of expertise

Public Policy and migration


Currently working at

Phia Foundation


Articles by Johnson Topno


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জানুয়ারি 10, 2025
The road to safety and security for migrant workers
The migrant crisis during the Covid-19 lockdown was a wake-up call for policy makers that certain long-term and systemic practices and approaches need to be adopted for internal migration in the country
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