Arti Dhar

Co-Founder

Farmers for Forests · India & United States

Present

Farmers for Forests (F4F) is committed to protecting and increasing India's forest cover to fight the climate crisis at scale. We do that by financially incentivizing farmers to convert degraded and abandoned farmland into biodiverse and long-surviving food forests. We also use innovative drone technology and AI models to ensure anybody from anywhere can track our forest survival rates and forest health.

Senior Manager

Climate Impact Partners · United States

Senior Consultant

Social Finance India

Three projects: The India Education Outcomes Fund (IEOF) is seeking to channel $1Billion of investment to improve educational outcomes by supporting initiatives across India. It is the first fund of its kind in education. The India Impact Fund (IIF) will unlock long-term affordable debt to finance intermediaries and impact enterprises in a variety of sectors, including renewable energy, financial inclusion, and healthcare. Worked in collaboration with UNDP to launch SDG Finance Facility, that will channel private capital at scale to SDG-related projects in India as well as aid the growth of SDG-aligned financing.

Summer Associate

The Global Impact Investing Network · Greater New York City Area

Senior Associate, Financial Inclusion

Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) · India

Managed two large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) projects in partnership with the Gates Foundation and State Government of Madhya Pradesh in India aimed to engage rural women with the formal banking system. Also developed a mobile-phone based Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) that would provide real time information to rural women beneficiaries about their financial activity and government benefits.

M&E Consultant

CARE · Sri Lanka

Associate Director

CCS Fundraising · San Francisco Bay Area

Consultant (Project Coordinator)

Cornell Global Solutions

. Managed a 22-member Cornell consulting team in collecting and analyzing data to recommend solutions to help our client, National Research University in Moscow, achieve their goals of improving their branding and improve the philanthropic culture at HSE. . Designed the Community Service Learning programs for students at the University. . Co-wrote the final report and presented the findings and recommendations to the staff and faculty of HSE.

Fellow

Bosnia Initiatives for Local Development (BILD)

. Implemented a two month multi-ethnic summer educational program in the post-conflict cities of Tuzla and Doboj in Bosnia and Herzegovina. . Interviewed, selected and taught over 200 students courses in ESL and Social Media for Social Change to empower Bosnian youth and build bridges among students. . Developed and implemented community service project that brought together youth from Tuzla and Doboj, two cities on opposite sides during the Bosnian War. . Conducted a qualitative analysis and co-wrote the evaluation report of the program for the funders, including the British Embassy, Norwegian government and the Soros Foundation.