Varsha Pillai has over 19 years of experience in the media and Communications domain both in the profit and not for profit sector. In the Development communications space, she specialised in media and public policy advocacy initiatives. Her sustained interest in research continues as she was selected as a NFAI (National Film Archives of India) research fellow in 2009, followed by a Netherlands Fellowship in 2017. In 2019 she was selected among 10 young leaders globally for the Winterschool for Thinktankers in Geneva as part of the Think Tank Initiative Fellowship. More recently in August 2022, Varsha was selected as a Changemaker by Change.Org India 2022. She is also currently pursuing her PhD on Gender Advocacy and heads Narrative Building and Communications at Dream a Dream, India.