Apoorva Oza

Apoorva Oza has extensive experience in rural development and programme management. He joined AKRSP (India) as a Programme Coordinator in 1988 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2001 to 2022. He is currently the Global Programme Lead in Agriculture and Climate Resilience at the Aga Khan Foundation. He is a trustee of several NGOs, including the Society for Women’s Action and Training Initiative (SWATI), WaterAid (India) and Arid Communities and Technologies (ACT). He is also a founding trustee of NGO networks such as Pravah, Sajjata Sangh and Charkha. Apoorva is a mechanical engineer with a diploma in rural management from the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA). He has also completed a course on Strategies for Change: Managing NGOs at Cranfield University, United Kingdom, and a three-month course at Cornell University, USA.