Priyanka is a seasoned human rights activist working in international development across child protection, education, labour rights, and gender, with a particular interest in cross-cutting issues of justice and sustainability. She joined Athena Infonomics in March 2025 as a Director of our Human Rights vertical. She provides a wide range of services and solutions to non-profits, philanthropies, and the private sector to develop impactful projects and new program initiatives.

Priyanka brings multi-disciplinary expertise in international and national public policy advisory, project design and management, and qualitative (behavioural) research. Her work has spanned across South and South East Asia, Africa, Americas and Europe. Her experience includes work with UN agencies, non-profits, private sector, and national governments.

She is a doctoral candidate pursuing research on mental health impacts of sexual violence against children and holds a masters’ degree in Psychology from Delhi University. She is an International Visitors Leadership Program Fellow (US State Department) and Dutch Visitors Program Fellow (Dutch Government).