BOARD MEMBERS
Anusha Chowdhury
Co-founder & President
Swapon Kumar Dey
Vice Chairman
Muammer Mubarak
General Secretary
Mohammad Ashique Salehin
Treasurer
Md. Thahamid All Mahabub Khan Alin
Joint Secretary
Salma Fariha Masuda
Executive Member
Md. Saikot Islam
Executive Member
Ahmed Tanveen
Executive Member
TEAMMATES
OUR EXPERTS
SANKHULANI DAKA
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
Sankhulani is dynamic young civic leader who has gone through a rigorous training in civic leadership with YALI Southern Africa. Being an inclusive leader and someone who appreciates diversity, Sankhulani has excelled in all his leadership roles. He is a pharmacist by profession and a professional counselor with a Master of science in clinical counselling degree from the University of Zambia in collaboration with Zimbabwe Open University. Daka is the co-founder and CEO of Let’s Talk Mental Health. Daka co-founded Let’s Talk Mental Health as a platform that helps people going through mental health struggles, this was after he had a fair share of his mental health struggles and not having an easy route to finding help. He is passionate about health and is part of the Commonwealth Youth Health Network under Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to ensure easy access of health services to the minorities and the disadvantaged in the Commonwealth Countries. Sankhulani is also the current country ambassador of the Southern Africa Network for Biosciences as they work closely with science based solutions to curb the effects of climate change. He is the Lived Experience Advisor for the Being Initiative hosted by Grand Challenges Canada and also part of the steering committee for Orygen.
ANUSHA CHOWDHURY
CO-FOUNDER & PRESIDENT
Anusha Chowdhury is an award winning mental health advocate, entrepreneur and an author. Holding a bachelor degree in business administration from North South University Bangladesh. Completed Positive Psychology course from Harvard Medical School (online) & Entrepreneurship Essentials from Harvard Business School (online).
She works at the intersection of Leadership, Mental Health and Education. She is the co-founder & president of Let’s Talk Mental Health, a non profit that works to promote mental health awareness, provide holistic care, equipping individuals with knowledge, support for mental wellness through education. She is also the author of a mental health and self help book named “In Search Of a Fearless Life’’.
Her impact driven leader track: Z Zurich Scholar 2024, Diana Award Judge 2024, One Young World Ambassador 2024, Diana Award Recipient 2022, First Bangladeshi to be featured in Harvard business school Instagram social media highlights. National Joy Bangla Youth Award Achiever in Bangladesh 2022, 50 influential Global Leaders Award holder by UAE Royal family 2021, Next Generation Leader Award by SAARC in Nepal 2021, Youth panelist speaker at ActionAid Bangladesh 2024. Fellow of Govt Org. Centre of Research & Information Bangladesh. Fellow at Plan International Bangladesh. Fellow of let’s talk with policy maker of Bangladesh notably Prime Minster & ICT advisor. Panelist at world suicide prevention day webinar by BRAC’s “amra notun network”. Speaker at women’s era business summit 2022 by Daraz. Speaker at Beyond21 by Bangladesh high Tech park. Speaker at 4am TV USA wellness workshop. Judge of Bangladesh’s Women’s Inspirational Awards-2022. Delegate in first economic diplomacy week by ministry of foreign affairs Bangladesh.
Her work has been featured in prominent dailies around the world : Daily Star, Khaleej times, Yahoo Finance, Prothom alo, IBTimes Singapore, Influencive, LAweekly, The Business Standard, London daily post and many more.
Her aspiration is to reduce youth suicide rate in Bangladesh by promoting positive parenting and training school & university teachers basic mental health guide.