EGBVF Ending Gender-based Violence Fellowship- Cohort 2.0 | Theme: Strategic Responses Towards Zero Tolerance for Gender-Based Violence | An Online National Autumn School Program | A Three-Month Online Immersive Certificate Training Course | September-November 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning
Fellows List & Details
| EGBVF Ending Gender-based Violence Fellowship: Cohort 2.0 | ||||
| Theme- Strategic Responses Towards Zero Tolerance for Gender-Based Violence | ||||
| An Online International Autumn School Program | ||||
| A Three-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | ||||
| Sept (10, 17, 24), Oct (1, 8, 15, 22, 29), Nov (5, 19 & 26), 2025 | Zoom | 6 – 8 p.m. | ||||
| Classes on Consecutive Wednesday Evenings & Creative Project Presentation | ||||
| IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning | ||||
| Name | Designation | Organisation | Occupation | Location |
| Adrija Chatterjee | Mphil | None | Author. Woman looking to get back into research after a break | India |
| Antara Buzarbaruah | Associate Lead | Samvada Baduku | Working professional | Bangalore |
| Dr Ranjan Solanki | Additional Professor | AIIMS, Nagpur | Teaching Faculty | India |
| Meghana Sri lakshmi Vegi | Incoming PhD Candidate, Jan 2026 | NA | Student | Visakhapatnam |
| Neelanjana Pandey | Technical Advisor-Gender & Education | PopulationCouncil Consulting Pvt. Ltd | Working professional | Noida |
| Pranathi Poreddy | Student | Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University | Student | India |
| Shaiya Binte Mahbub | Senior Lecturer | BRAC University | Teaching Faculty | Outside India |
| Shruti Sharma | Program assistant | IMPRI INDIA | Working professional | India |
| Srishti | Intern | Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad | Student | India |
#IMPRI Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi invites you to #WebPolicyLearning
EGBVF Ending Gender-based Violence Fellowship– Cohort 2.0
Theme: Strategic Responses Towards Zero Tolerance for Gender-Based Violence
An Online National Autumn School Program
A Three-Month Online Immersive Certificate Training Course
September-November 2025
Training, Capacity Building and Interactions & Networking with Leading Experts with Flexibility
Details of the #WebPolicyLearning:
Dates: Sept (10, 17, 24), Oct (1, 8, 15, 22, 29) & Nov (5, 19, 26), 2025
Classes on Consecutive Wednesday Evenings
Time: 6 – 8 pm IST
Platform: Zoom & Creative Project Presentation
Blog, Presentation, ISBN Book Chapter Publication & Networking Opportunities
Event Details: https://www.impriindia.com/event/ending-gender-based-violence-fellowship-cohort-2-0/
Program Experts

Chair: Prof Vibhuti Patel, Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI
Session Experts:
Prof Linda Lane, Former Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Adv Dr Albertina Almeida, Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Goa; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Dr Keerthi Bollineni, President, Vasavya Mahila Mandali, Vijayawada
Asha Kulkarni, General Secretary, Anti Dowry Movement, Mumbai
Adv Dr Shalu Nigam, Visiting Senior Fellow IMPRI; Advocate, Author, and Researcher, Gender and Human Rights
Dr Vahida Nainar, Independent Researcher, Gender & Human Rights Consultant; Senior Fellow, IMPRI.
Adv Audrey D’Mello, Director, Majlis Legal Centre, Mumbai; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Dr Vina Vaswani, Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine Director Centre for Ethics, Program Director, YU-FIC Masters in Research Ethics for India, Yenepoya deemed to be University, Deralakatte, Mangalore; Visiting Professor, IMPRI
Mohamed Altamash Khan, Senior Gender Trainer and Program Manager at Men Against Violence and Abuse
Ms Anuja Gulati, State Program Coordinator, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Dr Amar Jesani, Independent Researcher and Teacher (Bioethics and Public Health); Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI
Dr Sanjida Arora, Senior Research Officer, Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT)
Dr Sangeeta Rege, Former Director, Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT); Visiting Senior Fellow at IMPRI
Dr Padma Deosthali, Senior Director, International Center for Research on Women, ICRW, Asia
Convenors:
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI
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