About Priya Varadarajan

Priya holds deep empathy and connects with the vulnerable, particularly with women and girls who are survivors of gender-based violence and abuse. For the last 10 years, she has been running an organisation of her own in Bangalore, called Durga, through which she supports women and girls in fighting sexual harassment in public spaces. Durga has been celebrated for their work as pioneers in fixing panic alarms in BMTC buses in Bangalore, and were invited by the AAP Government to replicate the project in Delhi. Priya also works with the Azim Premji Philanthropy as the lead for Gender Justice and Disabilities issues. A Chartered Accountant by Profession, Priya has spent the first few years of her career at Deloitte, EY and Infosys. An avid reader of the different waves of Feminism, student of a Masters in Gender and Women Studies, Tedx Speaker and traveller, Priya tries to learn Carnatic music (intermittently) in her spare time. She feels she is able to follow every dream purely because of her dedicated fitness walks and exercise and the Universal Energy – Reiki!