Sohini Bhattacharya is a senior adviser to Accelerator for Shifting Gender Norms Through Education. A social sector leader with more than 30 years of experience, she is closely associated with the women’s movement in India. Sohini previously served as the CEO of Breakthrough and spent a decade at Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. She is a founding trustee of Read India, and a board member of Dastkar (where she also worked), Kolkata Sanved, and Aakar Social Ventures.
Articles by Sohini Bhattacharya
May 6, 2026
Building real safety nets for India’s artisans
While relief efforts after the fire at Dastkar's Nature Bazaar have been swift, they have depended largely on public charity, highlighting the absence of institutional safeguards for artisans’ livelihoods.
December 23, 2022
Leadership transition 101
A smooth leadership transition is difficult to achieve, but not impossible. Here are a few suggestions to help you with this organisational change.
June 28, 2018
Why we aren’t closing the gender gap at work
The percentage of working women in India has almost halved over the last decade. A number of underlying causes are responsible for this, and they ultimately all stem from the same place.
