Elizabeth Joy
Elizabeth has over 17 years of experience in the development sector, especially in public health. Elizabeth has experience in programme management, capacity building, and stakeholder management in multiple programmes. She is a specialised trainer on HIV/AIDS, gender and sexuality, counselling, and Public-Private Partnership building. Prior to joining KHPT, she was associated with HLFPPT, as a Capacity Building Expert as part of the Technical Support Unit for the State TB Cell, Karnataka. She has also worked with Alliance India, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Cap Foundation, Global Communities, and the International Justice Mission in various capacities. Elizabeth holds a Master’s degree in Social Work with a specialisation in Medical and Psychiatric Social Work from School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya. She has also completed certificate courses from UN Women on ‘International Frameworks for Gender Equality’ and ‘Women’s Economic Empowerment’. She has been awarded the Gold Pin from Gap Inc as “Best Facilitator” for the training on “Raising Women’s Voices” under the P.A.C.E. programme, which committed to helping one million women around the globe to take charge, dream bigger, and unlock opportunities to better their lives and communities.
Shashidharan Katteri
Suresh M
Suresh M has over 32 years of experience at various management levels,and has worked extensively as a freelance Development Consultant. His skills include programme management (including planning, resource mobilization, monitoring and evaluation, mentoring and capacity building of the team), documentation, advocacy, application of participatory rural appraisal techniques and participatory techniques, and strengthening of communities. He has provided consultancy services to NGOs and government organizations for the development of IEC materials on HIV/AIDS , on training, evaluation, translations, transcription, proposal writing, documentation, as well as organizational development.
He has held senior management positions in organizations including Karnataka State Women Development Corporation (KSWDC), working on devadasi rehabilitation and women empowerment, and Sisters for Change (SFC) – London. He has worked with KHPT from 2007-2015 and from 2018 onwards. He is presently with Grama Arogya as Zonal Lead for the Kalyana Karnataka Division.
Bharati Manjunath Bhujannavar
Bharati holds an MSW, M.Phil, PhD, and B.Ed, and has extensive experience in rural development, focusing on education, health, women empowerment, youth empowerment, and inclusive education. She has worked on projects to educate children at risk of child marriage, child labour, and becoming Devadasis, and has combated trafficking of girls for commercial sexual exploitation. Bharati has collaborated with organizations such as CCF (Christian Children Fund), Kassel Education Fund-Germany, Science and Technology Department-GOI, USHA International Pvt Ltd-New Delhi, NASCOM-New Delhi, APD-Bangalore, and various individual donors under the banner of Vimochana Sangha in Athani from 1999 to 2022.
She has served as a Research Associate and fellow with Bal Vikas Academy, Women and Child Development Department, Government of Karnataka, Department of Women Studies and Ambedkar Adhyana Center, Akkamahadevi University, Vijayapura, and Subaltern Studies, Karnataka Sahitya Academy, Bengaluru.
Sunitha B J
Sunitha holds 22 years of experience working at the intersection of psychosocial and Gender in public health. Her expertise extends to programme management and implementation, supportive supervision, mentoring, capacity building, and counselling interventions with a gender lens. She has worked in projects supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Nations Trust Fund, USAID, World Bank, and UNFPA. Her work has been in the areas of HIV prevention and care and support for infected and affected in high-risk populations, including female sex workers, sexual minorities, and persons with Tuberculosis (DR and DS TB). She has also worked on the prevention of violence against women in sex work, prevention of intimate partner violence, ensuring the well-being of adolescent children, and on a nutrition pilot project in the most backward blocks of Karnataka.
She has also provided technical support on HIV preventive and care and support counseling to high-level personnel from Sri Lanka’s HIV prevention program and to Sri Lanka’s queer community.
In her personal capacity, she counsels women, men and their families, and supports people in need of counselling.
She has received the “International Women’s Day Award 2019” from Garden City University, Bengaluru, and awarded the Rex Karamveer Global Fellow 2019 and the Karamveer Chakra Award 2019 instituted by #iCONGO in partnership with the United Nations.
She has received her Master’s in Sociology from Karnataka University, a Diploma in Counselling, and is a certified, Queer Affirmative Counselling Practitioner (QACP).
Liyakhat Peerjade
Liyakhat Peerjade holds an MBA and a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Application. With over 15 years of experience in the development sector, specializing in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), he excels in designing and implementing M&E frameworks, data analysis, and impact assessment for various development projects. Liyakhat’s expertise lies in ensuring the effective tracking of project outcomes and optimizing program performance.