Vikrant is CEO of Sphere India. He comes with 24 years of versatile professional experience having worked across sectors with Government, UN, NGOs, Corporates, Academia and Armed Forces. He is a passionate humanitarian and have been on the front line of most disasters in India and the region over nearly two decades. He also been very active on Global and national policy forums and represents on several inter agency forums and board of many organisations. He comes with a multi-disciplinary background in Engineering, Public Administration, Organisation Behaviour and Law. He is a Certified Project Management Professional from PMI, Black Belt Six Sigma, Master Trainer on CHS, Sphere and other such standards. He is an experienced facilitator for consensus building and is passionate about building multi stakeholder collaberations for larger impact.

Humanitarian and Disaster Risk Management Professional leveraging 15 years experience including 11 years as functional head for Project Management, Advocacy, Capacity Building in the field of Emergency Preparedness and Response in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Kenya. Cutting edge experience of managing Multi-Sectoral Projects on Relief, Response, Rehabilitation, Gender in DRR, Psychosocial Support in Emergencies, SRH in Emergencies, Health Emergency Preparedness for Response, Social Development, Natural Resource Management, School Safety, Education & WASH in Emergencies with organizations like Action Aid, International Committee of the Red Cross(ICRC), United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA), World Health Organisation(WHO), IPPF, Sphere India & its member agencies, Pragya etc. Presently working with Sphere India, as a Senior Manager, Dr. Henna has earlier worked as a Thematic Lead-Capacity and Knowledge Management and has been instrumental in establishing partnerships and garnered support from Government both at National and State Level (NDMA, MoHFW, SDMA, NHM, DPH, WCD, Social Welfare Department), UN Agencies (UNFPA/WHO/UNICEF), Sphere Member Agencies, NGO Networks for capacity building and disaster preparedness actions in India. She has imparted knowledge and skills on Sphere Minimum Standards and Protection Principles post emergencies, managed emergency programmes, humanitarian response standards, coordination with partners and developed partnerships, working with Humanitarian Clusters. Having served as a Focal Point for Health and Protection Committee, she has advocated for protecting the rights of the most vulnerable women and children and integrating women and child friendly services and policies in the assessment processes in the aftermath of disasters and emergencies in India.

Mr. Saikhom Kennedy is a Humanitarian and development professional with over 10 years of experience covering extensive hands-on exposure to areas like strengthening inter-agency coordination, GO-NGO coordination, facilitation of Inter-Agency Groups, carrying out Joint Rapid Needs Assessment (JRNA) during multiple emergencies situations across India at field level, preparation of state and districts disaster management plan, an accredited and certified Master trainer of Age and Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Action & Standards (ADCAP), and Sphere standards, GIS mapping for DRR implementation programme at the community level, project, and fund management including office administration works in various projects funded by UN agencies, INGOs and NGOs, especially in the humanitarian sector, nexus/development and DRR. His scope of work also includes advocating for the State Government and other stakeholders on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Emergency Settings and other emergency management work.