Mamta is a trained economist and currently serves as the Executive Director of SHE Changes Climate, an organization committed to promoting gender parity and women's leadership in climate action and policy. With over 27 years of experience in various fields, including environmental intersectionalism for climate justice, Mamta is leading the development of integrating voices of women in the global south in climate change decision-making.
Mamta's achievements include integrating over 800 school dropout children back into the education system, rescuing more than 12,000 children from human trafficking, child sexual abuse, and exploitation, and building the capacities of over 20,000 government stakeholders to provide services efficiently and compassionately. She has also facilitated more than 5,000 women from vulnerable backgrounds in climate vulnerable areas in India to run their own small-scale businesses and provided professional training to over 300 women farmers collective.
She is recognized for her expertise and accomplishments, having been honored by Women Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the top 10 women leaders of 2023 in India. She is an alumni of the prestigious International Visiting Leaders Program of the US government and is currently serving as a member of the advisory council of the Daughters of the Earth and Ambassador of the Women Climate Collective Cohort
of Fondation L’Oréal