Tejinder Sandhu has over four decades of varied multi-country, multi-sector experience spanning the social development sector in six South-western states of Nigeria, Africa, and the Indian states in the North-east, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand and Maharashtra.

A 17 years stint with the Indian Administrative Service, Government of India focussing on governance and public affairs, especially in rural and urban administration, including social development; and 27 years at UNICEF across sectors have imbued Tejinder with a unique perspective on developmental issues, both at the national and international level.

He has strong experience in developing and nurturing large, transformative partnerships for impact at scale in the government and UN system. He has also worked closely with the academia, NGOs and corporate entities. In addition, he has led the UNICEF partnership for capacity strengthening initiatives of country’s premier civil service training institutes, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration and YASHADA.

Currently, he advises several leading not for profit organisations, including Center for Communication and Change - India, a Johns Hopkins Communication Centre affiliate; and the Catalyst group of social enterprises. He is on the school management committees of DPS schools in Punjab, Bihar and Jharkhand.

He is an independent director at Primove, a Pune based company. He is Director Strategy and Social Enterprises @intersections-an organization, design, transition and leadership development firm.