Ankur Garg

Ankur Garg leads EAII Advisors, Evidence Action’s technical partner in India, overseeing our impactful programs including Deworm the World, Equal Vitamin Access, and Safe Water Now across the region.

He has a track record of successfully scaling strategic initiatives in partnership with the government, civil society, media, and private sector companies.

Before joining this role, Ankur served as Country Director leading strategy, partnerships, and programs for the India and Indonesia country offices of BBC Media Action, the BBC’s international development charity. In an earlier role as Head of WASH Program, he provided technical assistance to the flagship Swachh Bharat Mission, the world’s largest behavior change movement providing access to safe sanitation for over 500 million people across India. Early in his career, Ankur worked with UK FCDO to manage multiple programs supporting large scale clean energy transition and climate smart policies across South Asia. He holds a Master’s degree in Technology Policy from the University of Cambridge where he was a Chevening Scholar. And serves on the advisory board of ClimArts, a platform for climate action.