Ananya Chhaochharia is a Senior Associate at The Asia Group, where she works with the firm’s South Asia Team and also assists clients with interests in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Ananya’s expertise lies in unpacking complex issues in the tech and energy sector. She is also the founder of a non-profit organization, ‘Paint it Red’, in India which focuses on menstrual equity by providing comprehensive body literacy to underserved communities. Her organization has impacted 30,000 menstruators in India. Ananya’s social impact efforts have received several accolades including grant awards from Harvard. She also serves as the co-founder of a youth movement in India which aims to build leadership and policy expertise of young professionals. She also writes extensively on gender equity and politics, with many published works under her name. Ananya holds a Master of Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University. She was awarded the prestigious Gleitsman Fellowship at the Center for Public Leadership to pursue her studies, and the Adrian Cheng Fellowship at the Social Innovation and Change Initiative. She also holds two post-graduate degrees in international relations, and human rights law. A dog mom, Ananya is a horseback rider and an avid reader.