Sanjana Mohanty
Sanjana Mohanty is a programme and advocacy coordinator at SEWA Bharat, where she leads the organisation’s work on women’s collective enterprises, advocacy, and government partnerships. She was previously with the International Innovation Corps, where she worked with different state governments on sanitation, maternal health, education, and women’s entrepreneurship. Sanjana was also a government consultant with NITI Aayog’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP), and practised as a civil and commercial lawyer before transitioning to the social sector.
Areas of expertise
Women's economic empowerment, women's collectives, programme management, policy and advocacy
Currently working at
SEWA Bharat
Articles by Sanjana Mohanty
November 5, 2025
Building sustainable FPOs: Lessons from India’s cooperatives
By early 2025, 10,000 FPOs had been set up in India under a central government scheme. But a focus on targets risks undermining what makes FPOs truly viable—community ownership, infrastructure, and capacity building.
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