Amrita, with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Mumbai University and a Master’s in Social
Entrepreneurship from TISS, is a part of the founding team of Apni Shala. Before founding Apni Shala, Amrita worked with the Akanksha Foundation and Aasara Home for Boys.
She has also been trained in personal counselling, Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, Theatre of the Oppressed and is also a trained Library Educator. She was part of the DBS-TISS Social Entrepreneurship Programme from 2013 to 2016 and a WIPRO Seeding Fellow (2017). In 2016, she attended the Diversity-Equity-Inclusion (DEI) Leaders’ Development training with the National SEED Project (Wellesley Center for Women, USA) and has facilitated several Mumbai-based SEED groups since then. She has also facilitated DEI trainings with diverse educators and leaders with organisations such as Nashik Cambridge School and Ummeed Child Development Center. In the past few years, Amrita has been leading HR at Apni Shala and focused on building organisational policies and systems for wellbeing. Having worked in the education and mental health space for over 15 years, she currently is the Director, HR at Apni Shala and also serves as a consultant for Adhyayan Quality Education Services.
