Mr. Satyendra Kumar

Satyendra Kumar, a first Generation Development Professional and experiential educator for 20 years of national & international experiences on working towards promoting social equity and inclusion for children and youth from Dalit, Adivasi, Muslim, Nomadic and De-Notified tribes. Having graduated from JNU and TISS and training in human rights education at UNHRC in Geneva, he has been co-founder and ex-board member of CSEI, Founder and currently National Convenor of National Youth Equity Forum (NYEF) - a membership based collective of over 8000 children and youth working towards nurturing first generation youth to become “role models” among the communities, to lead and advocate for socially inclusive societies within the spirit of constitutional values, global call as SDGs to Leave No One Behind ! He has been Acumen Fellow for 2019, CSIP Ashoka Research Fellow 2020, Social Entrepreneur Fellow at IIIT Hyderabad 2021, Senior Fellow of American India Foundation 2023, and have been co-founder,  board members of various youth centric organisations/initiatives and collective such as Bihar Development Collective (BDC), Fight Inequality Alliance (FIA) India etc.