Madhuri Mukherjee
Executive Director
As the Executive Director for IWWAGE, New Delhi, India, Dr. Madhuri Mukherjee leads IWWAGE’s efforts to generate, leverage, and synthesize evidence on women’s economic empowerment.
Madhuri has more than two decades of experience in the development sector, spanning areas such as research, program implementation and management, policy advocacy, and developing technical frameworks for implementation, in India and South Asia, focusing primarily around gender issues.
She has worked extensively with a wide range of donors including Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), DFID, UNICEF, National Commission for Women, and the Government of India.
Prior to joining IWWAGE, she was the country representative for UW International Training and Education Centre for Health, an affiliated partner organization of the University of Washington, Seattle and was responsible for setting up of the India office and expansion of interventions across the country.
Madhuri has held diverse positions with organizations such as Oxfam GB, Young Lives-Save the Children UK, ChildFund India, and Room to Read – Asia Regional Office.
She has a doctorate in Development Communication from the Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia and holds a Master’s degree in Sociology. She is also a UGC-NET Fellow.