Reema Sathe

Bio

Reema Sathe is a passionate Global South development specialist with over a decade of experience driving transformative change across South Asia and East Africa. Her work centers on advancing economic empowerment, gender equality, and climate resilience for marginalised communities by leveraging innovative grassroots models, technology-driven solutions, and multi-stakeholder partnerships.

As the Founder and Managing Director of Happy Roots, Reema mobilised over 30,000 rural women, farmers, and indigenous tribes across 300 villages in India, fostering sustainable livelihoods through agriculture and forest produce-based entrepreneurship. Through this work, she drove drive systemic change and created more inclusive policies, programs, and markets that provide equitable representation for vulnerable populations.