Ananya Bhattacharya

Ananya Bhattacharya is an electrical engineer from Jadavpur University and a Commonwealth Scholar with Masters in Sustainable Development from the Staffordshire University, UK.

Ananya is Director and Vice President at banglanatak dot com - a social enterprise headquartered at Kolkata and working across India for pro poor growth using culture based approaches. Promotion of gender rights and sustainable development are key areas of Ananya's work. Ananya participates in international advocacy for integration of culture in developmental planning and policymaking. She has extensive experience in planning, designing and implementing projects for developing cultural enterprise. Ananya leads and manages projects on public education, social and behavior change communication, research and enterprise development. She is a member of the Executive Committee of ICOMOS, India and the Steering Committee of ICH NGO Forum comprising of NGOs accredited to UNESCO 2003 ICH Convention Committee.