Kalpana Sankar
Kalpana Sankar
Overview
Dr Kalpana Sankar has been with the organization since 2004, being one of its co-founders. She is also the Managing Director of BelStar, the microfinance arm of Hand in Hand India.She has been involved in the self-help group movement for 19 years and has specialized in participatory assessment, gender differentiated impact and monitoring tools.She has also been Consultant with the South African government and supported poverty reduction, job creation and microfinance programmes in Afghanistan and Brazil. Dr Sankar has authored publications on child labour, microfinance and self-help groups. She has completed the IOD's 'Masterclass for Directors' leading to Certified Corporate Directorship.