Meet our Chevening Gurukul Fellows 2024-2025
This flagship fellowship addresses issues faced by leaders in all fields and explores changing ideas and practices of leadership, looking at the implications of globalisation for Indian leaders. It attracts young high-flyers and mid-career professional leaders from diverse backgrounds.
Ekta Viiveck Varma
Ekta Viiveck Verma is a social activist & entrepreneur, dedicated to combating domestic violence & abuse in India. Ekta works across India through her NGO, Invisible Scars Foundation to support survivors of DVA. Ekta’s mission is to support 50000 survivors of domestic violence & abuse in the next 5 years.
Amit Kumar Choubey
Amit Choubey is a techno-socio-policy entrepreneur hailing from Bihar, India. He works on developing policy & execution models, impacting more than 30 million marginalised people.
M Imkongla Jamir
M Imkongla Jamir is a senior civil servant from the Indian Administrative Service, previously serving as joint secretary & principal staff officer and deputy commissioner of Karwar. She is currently the resident commissioner of Karnataka in New Delhi.
Bisoya Loitongbam
Bisoya is the director of the 10BedICU project. She has experience designing & implementing multi-sectoral innovative projects focusing on FI, WEE, and healthcare. She has worked for ICICI, MoRD, UNDP, Premji Foundation, E&Y and GIZ.
Ajeya Bandyopadhyay
Ajaya leads the advisory for IFC/World Bank Group's private sector activities focusing on decarbonizing manufacturing, agribusiness and services sectors in South Asia. His key focus is to engage in early-stage project development and supporting those through mobilising climate finance at scale and policy reforms.