Naseem Shaikh
Chief Executive Officer Swayam Shikshan Prayog
Bio
Ms. Naseem Shaikh, CEO of Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), brings over three decades of experience in advancing grassroots women’s leadership, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods. Since the 1993 Latur earthquake, she has championed women as leaders of community recovery, development and decision-making.
Naseem has played a key role in advancing SSP’s Women’s Collective Leadership Framework (WCLF), promoting women led climate-resilient agriculture, agroecology, water conservation the One-Acre Model to strengthen women farmers’ livelihoods. Through Women’s Initiatives in Learning and Leading (WILL), she advances women’s leadership in entrepreneurship, agricultural value chains and clean energy enterprises, connecting grassroots women with Government flagship programs, skills, resources and markets.
An active leader in the Huairou Commission, Naseem contributes to global dialogues on locally led adaptation, land rights, food systems and climate change, bringing grassroots perspectives into policy and practice. Her expertise spans programme strategy, institutional development and community-led resilience.
She holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, and is committed to SSP’s vision of self-education for empowerment.