Shifali Thakkur serves as the Chief of Staff at Samagra, where she leads the organization’s central functions including Organization Development, Outreach, and Recruitment. She has been with Samagra since 2019, beginning her journey as a Consultant with the Saksham Haryana team, working to improve learning outcomes for over 1.4 million students in government schools across the state.

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Prior to Samagra, she has worked with Teach for India for 5+ years and after a brief stint at Sattva Consulting in 2021, Shifali returned to Samagra in 2022 to lead key organizational building initiatives. She holds a Master’s degree in Education from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Amity University, Noida.