Aarti Mohan is a Co-founder and Partner at Sattva. She currently heads the Practice areas of Gender and Responsible Supply Chains, working with diverse ecosystems across business and development, to deliver impact on the ground. 

Over her 15+ years in the impact sector, Aarti has had the opportunity to bring several large-scale initiatives to life in partnership with global and domestic philanthropies, non-profits, and governments, across India and geographies in Africa and Asia. She has made notable contributions in the areas of women’s economic empowerment, digital transformation, agriculture, healthcare, and water. 

Aarti’s worldview is rooted in the belief that markets should work for and with everyone, and that building inclusive business models and supply chains is equally good for business AND society,  which is why she pushes for sustainable pathways in business.

Passionate about curating action-oriented spaces for business, government, and society to come together, she has led flagship research projects bringing data and evidence towards informed decision-making and established multiple ecosystem engagements.

Her gender-focused work includes advising philanthropies on Gender Equality portfolios and leading initiatives around women’s entrepreneurship, women in agriculture and women groups. She has partnered with organisations such as USAID, Mastercard Foundation, JP Morgan Philanthropy, UN-Women, the World Bank, SEWA, IDH, Shell Foundation and Frontier Markets,  in designing and helping bring their missions to life. Aarti has also contributed to policy engagements, addressing gender & work and gender & health in India. 

Aarti holds a degree in Computer Engineering from BITS Pilani and is an alumna of the Management Programme for Women Entrepreneurs (MPWE) at IIM Bangalore, and the GS10K women’s programme.