Soumitra Mandal is a Partner at Sattva Consulting and will be leading our engagements with Foundations, Multilaterals, Corporates and the Government.

Soumitra comes with more than two decades of experience in diverse and complex sectors, including social sector innovation, impact in under-developed regions of India, global infrastructure development and advanced telecommunications. He is a former senior Civil Servant having spearheaded high-impact initiatives of the Government of India in the Social Development Sector, notably the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP), positively impacting 160 million people, and the world’s largest biometric-based Direct Benefit Transfer, benefiting over 8 billion recipients.

By leveraging his experience in Public Policy, Foreign Policy and Telecom Policy, he has consistently excelled in multi-stakeholder environments, collaborating with philanthropic organisations, foreign diplomats, international aid agencies, and all levels of public administration in India.