Leader – Sajid

SAJID ALI

Chief Operating Officer, Tech Mahindra Foundation

Sajid Ali is a senior social sector professional with expertise in designing, implementing, evaluation of sustainable CSR programs in the area of Skilling, Education, Health, Nutrition, Agriculture, and Microfinance. Prior to being appointed as the COO, he headed all the Skill Development and Education – Direct Implementation Programs (DIP) for the Tech Mahindra Foundation.

He helps develop Operational Processes, Research & Monitoring Frameworks to address transparency and diligence in the boardroom and across the Programs. The Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) unit works on baseline assessments, annual surveys, and market scans to evaluate the effectiveness of CSR programs. Besides, he is also the Presiding Officer of the Child Protection and Safeguarding committee. Prior to Tech Mahindra Foundation, Sajid worked with Danone, Edulever Consulting Company and SKS Microfinance Ltd.

A known figure in the Development space, he has been honoured as the ‘Young Leader in Individual Capacity’ by Mahatma Award in 2022. Before that, he has been recognised by the World CSR Congress as the top 50 most impactful global professionals listed in social innovation in 2016 and completed the Nudge Global Leadership Programme, Amsterdam in 2016. He is also a member of the Regional Council on CSR, FICCI and North India Convention on Higher Education, FICCI. Moreover, he is the Mentor for The Land Accelerator Programme, 2020 (South Asia), initiated by the World Resource Institute.

Sajid is an alumnus of the Institute of Rural Management, Anand and has undertaken a B.Sc. (Agriculture) from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar in the year 2007. He enjoys reading, researching and music in his leisure time.