Guided by Experience

Susmita Choudhury is a seasoned development professional with three decades of experience spanning programme management, public health, advocacy, and gender justice across South and Central Asia.

At Inclusive Impact Foundation, Susmita brings her formidable breadth of field experience, policy acumen, and a deeply personal conviction that equity, inclusion, and dignity must be the foundation of every community intervention.

Shamsul Akhtar is a social impact leader with three decades of experience across India and Africa, holding a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Visva-Bharati University. His work spans livelihoods, sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition, public health, and governance.

He developed a community-owned model — Small Money, Big Change — for transparent and participatory development, piloted across villages in Africa and India.

At Inclusive Impact Foundation, he brings his passion for dignity-centred, community-led development and a firm belief that lasting change happens only when communities become the architects of their own transformation.