Safecity Team

ElsaMarie D’silva is the Founder and CEO and leads the team. She is an experienced aviation professional who made a career switch about 2 years back to the social space in order to improve the lives of women, youth and senior citizens through awareness, interaction and education. Safecity is the first of her social projects. She is also a trained counsellor in both the directive and non directive methods of counselling. She is an Aspen New Voices Fellow, a Vital Voices Lead Fellow, a mentee at the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women in Business and an alumnus of the Swedish Institute. She won the Female Entrepreneur Award by European Angel Investor 2013, Dusan Stojanovic in July 2015. ElsaMarie co-founded Safecity with Saloni Malhotra and Surya Velamuri.

Elsa's preferred pronouns are she/her/hers.

A writer, film director, a gender activist and a yoga acharya, Supreet has transitioned from 15 years of corporate experience to being an award-winning filmmaker & running an NGO. A partner at Red Dot Foundation, Safecity, she overlooks the functioning of the organization and specifically handles the operations, marketing as well as creating campaigns to engage women and men in solutions and designing partnerships globally. She is a certified personal counsellor and conducts workshops creating awareness about sexual violence with children, communities and corporates. A Vital Voices VV Lead fellow, she was recently awarded the Social Innovator Leadership award by Biz Divas and is currently working on her first feature film.

Tania is the Head of Training and Youth Engagement. She is a skilled professional, adept at working operationally and strategically to deliver business goals through leadership and motivation. She has 18 years of varied experience, most of which has been with Human Resources, in all aspects of people management along with excellent customer service skills. Her forte lies in building people capability and managing teams. In her last assignment, she headed a team of 35 staff to support the Human Resource, Recruitment and training requirement from on boarding to exit. Her past experience has been with the Service and Hospitality Industry. She looks forward to making a difference in the lives of women and children and making public spaces safer and equally accessible to all.

Harish Iyer is an equal rights campaigner and one of the most active voices for the rights of LGBTIQ and children. He has been listed in the world pride power list as one of the 100 most influential LGBT people in the world along with the likes of Ellen Degeneres, Sir Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry, Elton John etc. He is the author of a book called I AM COMING OUT which chronicles the lives of LGBT persons in India. He is a member of the core committee for LGBT rights of National Human Rights Commission. He has received an award from Bharat Petroleum Cooperation Limited for his work in Women Empowerment and has also been awarded the Zindagi Live Award for his work with survivors of child sexual abuse. Professionally, Harish has worked closely with several non-profits, and has over one and half decades of experience in experiential marketing. Ask him what he loves in life and pat would come his reply -I love animals more than humans. I would prefer my life going to the dogs anyday.

Ashwini Syed is the Head of HR and Operations and has been conducting workshops for adults, youth and children with Safecity in Maharashtra. Prior to this, she worked with Jet Airways for 15 years where she trained Pilots and Cabin crew on Safety and Emergency Procedures, Dangerous Goods Regulations, Human Factors and Situational Awareness. She also trained ground personnel on Ramp and AirSide safety. She is a mother of 2 young children and is passionate about gender equality and sensitivity.

Ashwini's preferred pronouns are she/her/hers.

Renita is a Mass Media graduate. She is currently working with Safecity as the Communications Officer. She handles the Safecity Blog and all the communications within the team and liaises with other organisations. Watching movies, reading books and listening to music are a part of her staple diet. Being creative, she enjoys art and craft and makes personalised gifts. She believes in being herself and making a difference one step at a time. Passionate about making the world a better, just and happier place, she pens down some of her thoughts on her blog- ren-creations.blogspot.in.

Renita's preferred pronouns are she/her/hers.

Vihang is the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Safecity. Currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Mumbai University, he derives happiness from being passionately curious. His work is to assess the value of all Safecity's activity and periodically derive analytical conclusions to check if the organization is headed in the correct direction. He also assists the Data Science team on training new volunteers. He believes in the here and now and it is what motivates him to push harder and produce quality work in a way that brings social upliftment. He enjoys travelling and takes a deep interest in Hindu Mythology. He is often spotted just wondering about questions of the universe when not into some analytical jargon.

Vihang's preferred pronouns are he/him/his.

Naina Jha is the Program and Outreach Officer at Patna. She is a PR professional working with Greymatters Communications. She has worked with hospitals, advertising and PR agencies and has been working with ICWA to educate slum kids since 2005. Recently, she conducted a 4 day workshop for children from the slums teaching them English through dance and drama, organised by Access, Patna. She has also worked as a freelancer with Gender Resource Centre, Patna. She loves working for the uplifting of slum children and gender sensitisation and wishes to make this society a better place to live in. A movie buff, she loves music, painting, dancing, playing and cooking. She is a budding writer, avid learner, traveller, and a happy soul. A sociology graduate who holds a masters degree in human resources, she has a few more degrees up her sleeves but most importantly she is a mother to a beatific little angel.

Naina's preferred pronouns are she/her/hers.

Vanshika is working as Youth Outreach Officer along with Safecity in Delhi region. She is pursuing her Bachelor's in English Literature from Delhi University and is involved in various organisations and cells that work on gender-based issues. She loves watching movies and is always surfing YouTube if not reading. Big fan of singing and dancing and all the other forms of art, she is passionate to learn everything and is always disappointed with the fact that she has only 24 hours in a day. She wishes to inspire people around her to bring change in world and be kind to others. She prefers to become the deaf frog around people who don't encourage her. Emma Watson a.k.a. Hermione has been her constant source of inspiration to deal with anyone who underestimates her.

Vanshika's preferred pronouns are she/her/hers.

Priya Tiwari is the Volunteer Outreach Officer. A history graduate from Mumbai, her association with Safecity began with her project as a Women's Studies student at Jai Hind College, Mumbai. She wants to look at history from a feminist standpoint. Apart from History, she loves reading Urdu poems. According to her, the world can be a better place if people could love like Jaun Elia, rebel like Faiz Ahmed Faiz and be as witty as Mirza Ghalib. Also, she is an absolute pro at travelling in Mumbai Locals. She thinks illiteracy is the root cause of a lot of problem and she wants to work towards it. She plans on finishing her M.A. in History and becoming a teacher.

Priya's preferred pronouns are she/her/hers.

Harshit Gera is the Digital Communications and Partnerships Officer. Harshit is a year 2016 graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in Geophysics. He's currently associated with a boutique management consulting firm and has worked with clients from financial services industry across geographies. Business and Indian sweets are the topics on which he can have a discussion at anytime of the day. Outside work he can be spotted playing Squash or running on a treadmill.

Harshit's preferred pronouns are he/him/his.

Nicole Joseph-Chin is a Caribbean based Social Entrepreneur, educator and innovator, using Breast Health as a catalyst to social change, impact and sustainability. Social Enterprise - Ms. Brafit, was founded in 2002 and now provides a diverse range of solutions that span education, consulting and retail products. Nicole firmly attests to how Women's Health, Adolescent Health and Breast Health all contribute to healthy cities, societies and economies. Nicole finds, creates and provides solutions to enhance esteem, build confidence and empower women, girls and families, ensuring that healthy breasts are the catalysts to a healthy world, sustainable food source for the newborn and healthier populations.

Nicole's preferred pronouns are she/her/hers.