Expertise in: Human Rights and Social Justice

Smriti is a human rights advocate and seasoned campaigns and communications professional with expertise in human rights, international development law and advocacy, and social justice. Currently serving as the Regional Director – South Asia for Amnesty International, she previously held roles including Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns and Communications and Media and Advocacy- Manager (India) at Amnesty International. Smriti also worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), where she managed campaigns and communications and led MSF’s pioneering COVID-19 emergency intervention in India as Deputy Project Coordinator. Before working in the development sector, Smriti was a senior legal journalist with India’s leading media publications like The Times of India and the Pioneer, among others. She is a Commonwealth Scholar and EUVP Fellow, holding an LLM in International Development Law and Human Rights from the University of Warwick, complemented by an LLB degree and BA in Journalism degree from Delhi University.