Biography
Mallika Dutt currently serves as Program Director of the Gender Equity and Governance program at the Hewlett Foundation. She inspires leaders to remember their innate interconnectedness and transform their impact. In a world of division and isolation, she invites us to see our shared well-being with people and planet.
As a strategic innovator, Mallika has pioneered effective approaches of social change through the founding of several nonprofits, including Breakthrough and Sakhi for South Asian Women. She has also provided transformational leadership in her roles as a Program Officer for Human Rights and Social Justice at the Ford Foundation’s New Delhi Office, the Director of the Norman Foundation, and the Associate Director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership.
A recipient of multiple awards, she received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2016.