Praneeta Sukanya Kapur is the Country Advisor for India at American Jewish World Service (AJWS) and is based in New Delhi, India. Praneeta joined AJWS in January 2014, where she works with the team in India to build a robust, grassrooted program portfolio. Building an adolescent girls program in India and overseeing its growth and cohesiveness is a significant part of her work.  

Praneeta has worked with Urmul, a grassroots NGO in the state of Rajasthan, Oxfam (GB), and with The Hunger Project, an organization that works with elected women representatives. She was the Program Manager, India for Gender at Work an international organization working to end discrimination against women and advance cultures of equality. She has an M.A. in Social Work.