Leadership
Masab Shamsi – Director, Operations brings to Agrasar over a decade of experience in project management, program design, and process re-engineering in the social sector. His expertise lies in building and strengthening operational systems and creating stakeholder partnerships that drive real and lasting change.In his most recent role as National Head at Safe in India Foundation, he played a pivotal part in establishing the operational framework and scaling the organization’s impact. He led the national expansion of Worker Assistance Centres (WACs), broadening the scope of social security services from injured workers to all ESIC-registered workers and their families. We welcome Masab as Director of Operations into the Agrasar Family and under his leadership and strategic direction, we are confident that Agrasar will expand, strengthen and deepen its work in the communities and create lasting change.
Shashi Kumar – Program Manager Shashi ji as he is fondly addressed by the Agrasar Team, Leads the Agrasar Pravasi Programme and is deeply committed to empowering migrant workers and their families through impactful programmes and partnerships to create an enabling environment for them to realize their full potential. Shashi is an experienced social sector professional with over nine years of expertise in Government Partnerships, Programme Management, Advocacy, Legal Support and Leading Social Security Schemes.
Hiya-Co-Lead Strategy & Communications
A post graduate in Development Studies, Hiya helps provide strategic direction ,oversees Research, and manages documentation of Agrasar’s work and its effective communication with partners. Hiya is driven by the motto of ‘Trusting the Process’ and she plays an instrumental role helping us reflect on what we do and how we go about doing it.
Hiya loves creation and ideation. Co-creation and Co-ideation with the team is what she does for the organisation as a whole as well as programs. A postgraduate in Development Studies, and being a straight talker, she often makes us reflect upon how we do what we do and add value to the organisation. Her motto – Trust the Process.
“Neelam didi” is how she is known in communities. She has a knack of making deep connections with workers and their families. This helps us in involving them at equal level while designing responses to social problems. She has done her masters in women and child development and loves teaching children.
Neeraj (Chief Financial Officer) Leads the Finance function at Agrasar and oversees all aspects of financial management, reporting, and compliance. He is also our ‘go to’ person for any kind of trouble shooting and problem solving. He wears multiple hats and is a multi-tasker and also an amazing dancer.
Ravi along with Nita leads the team of Community Mobilizers and Volunteers in Agrasar and has amazing people management skills. He has been working with Agrasar for over five years now and provides a sense of direction and inspiration to our teams working in the community.
Nita along with Ravi leads the team of Community Mobilizers and Volunteers in Agrasar and has amazing people management skills. Over the 5 years that she has worked with Agrasar, Nita has impressed us with her cheerful personality, grit and hard work with which she motivates our teams in the community.
Associates
We have a team of more than 100 community associates and volunteers (Agrasar Saathis) who work dedicatedly in the communities They generally come from the same milieu and therefore have deepest levels of empathy and understanding with migrant workers and their families.
