Dr. Kalpana Viswanath

May 8

Written By WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Co-founder and CEO of Safetipin and Board member at SLOCAT and ICPC Canada

Dr. Kalpana Viswanath is the Co-founder and CEO of Safetipin, a social enterprise that uses technology and apps to collect data for the safe movement of women in urban spaces. She founded Safetipin in 2013 to combat increasing violence against women and girls in public spaces.

Besides Safetipin, she serves as a board member of the Partnership for Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLOCAT) and the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC), Canada. Dr. Kalpana is a senior advisor and consultant at the Safe Dehli Initiative (Jagori), on the advisory board of UN Habitat, UN Women and the Department of Women and Child Development.

From 2009 until 2012 she researched in Tanzania, Russia, Argentina and India for the Gender Inclusive Cities Project. She started her career at the Jagori Women’s Resource Centre in 2000.

She holds a PhD in sociology with a specialization on Women’s Movement from the University of Dehli.

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