Tanvi Jaluka was the program coordinator for the Gender and Development team, supporting the work of Mayra Buvinic and Charles Kenny. Previously, Jaluka spent time in the Netherlands working with the Center for Frugal Innovations in Africa to conduct research on women’s economic empowerment in Malawi. She also has a background in social justice activism at the Vassar College Women’s Center where she mobilized programming around gender and LGBTQ+ rights. Jaluka earned her BA in International Studies and Economics from Vassar College, focusing much of her undergraduate research on women’s financial inclusion in South Asia. She is fluent in Hindi.