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Every generation speaks of the change that they have witnessed but we are a generation that has witnessed more change than most.
Damayanti Bhattacharya is the CEO of Maker Bhavan Foundation, a US 501(c) 3 public charity with a mission to unlock the transformative potential of engineering education in jumpstarting innovation in India. Damayanti has over 20 years of experience in the Not-for-Profit space, 10 years in leadership positions. Her early career as an activist- academic resulted in over 7 publications focused on areas related to gender, globalisation and sustainable development. Damayanti’s forte is in institution building and she is passionate about education, sustainable development, unconsumption and the arts. Prior to the Foundation, she was the CEO of the IIT Bombay Alumni Association. Damyanti completed her Bachelor in Arts from Presidency College, Calcutta and her Masters and MPhil from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash
Every generation speaks of the change that they have witnessed but we are a generation that has witnessed more change than most.
Recently I noted with quiet pleasure that I finally have a gardener’s hands. Coarse and calloused, with stubborn dirt underneath my chipped, uneven fingernails. A steady reminder of my 62 companions at home clustered together in the balcony and in the three-wide window enclosures that IIT has so thoughtfully provided.
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