Ayesha Marfatia

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Ayesha Marfatia is a development sector professional with seven years of experience across editorial, strategy, and communications verticals at nonprofit organisations. She started her career as part of the founding team at India Development Review (IDR) and later held communications positions at other nonprofits. Her writing has been featured by The Times of India, The Wire, Scroll, The Hindu, and other publications. In addition to editorial and communications expertise, Ayesha has a background of working closely with diverse partners on complex, multi-stakeholder projects. 


Articles by Ayesha Marfatia


three young people making a plan on a notice board

April 25, 2025
Photo essay: Frontline teams bridge the gap between skilling and employment
Learn how frontline workers support gainful employment for India's youth through mobilisation, training, and job placement.
Abbreviations artwork-nonprofit humour

October 18, 2021
Abbreviations for social impact
Tired of using acronyms? Here’s a version of them you might actually enjoy.
ground-up-series-img

March 30, 2021
Stick patrol
Equations on blackboard with frustrated person trying to solve them-nonprofit

March 1, 2021
You do the math
It turns out working in social impact or at nonprofits is almost as ridiculous as the math problems we used to solve in school.
puzzle pieces starting to come together-well-being practices

February 23, 2021
Reflections on our well-being journey through the pandemic
A glimpse into the well-being practices we tried to follow through our time working from home, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Soldiers performing a stunt on a bike

January 25, 2021
Spotted: Nonprofit CEO at Republic Day parade
What would the annual Republic Day festivities look like, from the perspective of the CEO of a nonprofit?
amitabh bachhan sitting on the set of KBC

December 7, 2020
Kaun banega crorepati?
A cheat sheet for social sector KBC.
Two children studying at Unique Child learning Centres in Dhaka

October 1, 2020
“You cannot bypass the power of communities”
Education programmes designed for low-income people often only focus on poverty. They must engage with the sociocultural and political aspects of marginality.
The good place_everything is fine_nonprofit humour

August 10, 2020
A post-pandemic utopia
Imagine everything is back to normal. There is no lockdown, quarantine, or COVID-19. We are finally in The Good Place.
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