Hasina Kharbhih Ashoka Fellow, Aspen AGLN Fellow, Founder and Managing Director of Impulse Social Enterprises, and Founder Chair of Board of Impulse NGO Network Founder Journey With Purpose (Impulse Empower Incubation Hub).

For 35 years now, Hasina has been working to provide sustainable livelihood in a safe environment for women and children. What started out as a mission in her home state of Meghalaya, India, has today evolved into a global program that aims to put an end to human trafficking and exploitation worldwide.

Her work stands on two pillars: the first is Impulse NGO Network, which was conceptualized in 1987 and is a significant force against unsafe migration and human trafficking today; the second pillar is Impulse Social Enterprises which aims to promote resilience market to local artisans and create sustainable livelihood that helps prevent unsafe migration, which often leads to human trafficking.

Kharbhih created the nationally and internationally acknowledged Impulse Model (formerly known as The Meghalaya Model) a holistic method to address cross-border migration and human trafficking. On the basis of the Model, key stakeholders from the public and private sectors work in collaboration and strengthen each other’s work by incorporating some fundamental components. Impulse Model has led to INGON receiving accolades such as the Japanese Award For Most Innovative Development Project category under its Global Development Awards and Medals Competition in 2012 from the Japanese Social Development Fund for the Government of Japan under the World Bank which has also supported the organisation to scale out its work in Myanmar since 2013, Nepal and Bangladesh, Thailand. She is a trainer, Motivational Speaker, Writer and Poet, and has published many books and articles.

Kharbhih has gained multi-sector expertise, including leadership and Institutional Management, human rights, livelihood and rural development, anti-human trafficking, cross-border migration, gender-based violence, child rights, HIV/AIDS education, and intervention on substance abuse and adolescent health. She is a Motivational Speaker at various Nationally and Internationally, at various forum both private and Public Forum. She is widely covered by the media, both print and electronic, nationally and internationally. Learn more here: https://www.hasinakharbhih.com/in-the-news// https://www.hasinakharbhih.com/videos/