Sohini is an intrepid entrepreneur with 30 years experience in the social sector, a large part of it working on programmes related to women. She is passionate about gender equity and culture change, institution building, and leadership. Currently she is the CEO of Breakthrough, building sustainable scale on norm change to prevent gender based violence. Sohini joined Breakthrough in 2010 as a consultant to build the fundraising vertical in the organisation and joined fulltime as a Vice President, Resource Mobilisation, in 2014. She became the CEO in 2017 and for the first 3 years she ran both Breakthrough India and Lets Breakthrough in USA as the President & CEO through the crucial years of a founder transition. In 2021, she decided to focus on India and scale.Prior to joining Breakthrough, Sohini advised the Asia Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) on their India launch and worked in Ashoka Innovators for the Public for 10 years where she helped build the ecosystem for social entrepreneurship in South Asia. Sohini has also co-founded a Gender Resource Centre and worked with indigenous artisans across India for a long time. She is a board member of ARROW and an advisory board member of Ignite Philanthropy and a Trustee of Read India.Sohini is a Ashoka University/CSIP/HBS Fellow, batch of 2019 and has a Master's in Literature from Jadavpur University. When she is not working she loves to write, travel and cook. Specialties: Team player. Well-networked. Fundraiser. Strong writing skills. Strong leadership skills, Good mentor, Consistent communicator.