Lopa Shah
Lopa Shah is the founder and managing director of ELICIT Foundation, a social organisation for education in conflict-impacted territories. She has built her skills over 12 years of experience in initiating social change through design thinking and applied theatre arts, in collaboration with private and community schools and nonprofits. Lopa is an Acumen India Fellow 2020, Caux Scholars Asia Plateau Scholar 2022, and Forbes Fellow 2023.
Areas of expertise
Education pedagogy, systems design, facilitation
Currently working at
ELICIT Foundation
Articles by Lopa Shah
June 25, 2025
Leading with empathy: Building trust in a conflict zone
To navigate community engagement in politically sensitive areas, development practitioners must ground their work in humility, empathy, and an ability to listen.
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