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Tonusree Basu

Tonusree Basu is the Deputy Director of Thematic Policy Areas at the Open Government Partnership. She has consulted on international open government projects, including with Transparency for Development at the Harvard Kennedy School, UN Women, and the World Bank. Basu was part of the coalition leading India’s grassroots Right to Information campaign and serves on the founding Board of Satark Nagrik Sangathan (Citizens Vigilance Coalition) India, that promotes citizen participation in engaging marginalised communities. Previously, she managed the media and civic engagement programme of India’s independent parliamentary research initiative, PRS Legislative Research, where she helped launch the Legislative Assistants to Members of Parliament fellowship. She also managed a global policy network, in collaboration with the U.K. Cabinet Office and World Economic Forum on social impact investing coming out of the G8 in 2013. She holds an MSc in Politics and Communication from the London School of Economics and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, where she was a Public Service Fellow. Basu holds a diploma in conflict management, is a trained Odissi dancer, and is based in London, U.K..

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