Plus One: A New Team Member for Keystone Institute India

We are pleased to announce that Bindu Sengar has joined the team at Keystone Institute India (KII). Bindu comes to her new role as KII Administrative Coordinator with great enthusiasm and capacity for this work. In this position she will provide key administrative support to our education and consultation activities. She began her full-time position with us on February 26.

Bindu has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in English Literature, and is working on her post-graduate diploma in business analytics. She has years of experience in the development sector. Her most recent job was at Oxfam India where she began with a position managing the front office in the Lucknow regional office, after which she was promoted to Programme Associate at the Oxfam national office in New Delhi. Here she was responsible for helping to plan and execute various advocacy programmes focused on education, health, gender, and economic justice. She was also deeply involved with capacity building of staff and partners, event management, hosting and coordinating national and international in-house meetings, monitoring and evaluation of grants projects, and supported a multidisciplinary team of programme management professionals. Prior to this, Bindu was in charge of front office operations at the Taj Residency Hotel in Lucknow, one of a renowned chain of five-star luxury hotels, and earlier, was a customer care executive managing the head office operations for a company in the aviation industry.

While the work of administrative coordination should be familiar and comfortable next step for Bindu, community inclusion and disability rights is a totally new focus for her. But this sort of “stretch” is something that she is excited about. “I did a lot of research on Keystone before I took this job. The Mission and Vision of Keystone are inspiring to me,” Bindu shared. “And I am looking forward to helping us build strong connections and a foundation for this work throughout India.”

Her skills and experience will be a great asset to KII. As Administrative Coordinator, Bindu will be responsible for all aspects of office management, coordinating a host of training events and meetings across the country, and liaising between in-country staff, international consultants, trainers, allied agency staff, and others community partners. She will play a pivotal role in establishing and maintaining a base for our India central office in New Delhi. Bindu will support our Institute Director, Betsy Neuville, in the organization of all program activities and will work in close coordination with Project Manager, Genevieve Fitzgibbon.

“Bindu is a welcome addition to our team, and brings a wonderful new perspective and a ‘can do’ approach,” said Betsy Neuville. “She has already gone above and beyond to give our initiative a strong start, and we are proud that she has brought her diverse experience and education to our work.”

Bindu can be reached at: bsengar@keystonehumanservices.org.

We are delighted to have her on board!