Annita Ranjan is a trained psychologist and topper from University of Delhi. She has completed her Ph.D. on ‘Impact of MGNREGA on overall modernity of Rural Women’. She has been involved in research and rural field work in sectors of education, rural development activism, women empowerment, human rights and water issues for last ten years. She also worked for the rights of under-privileged children, college and school students, disadvantaged groups, women Self help groups and for children in need of care and protection staying in the Remand/Observation home in Dumka, East Singhbhum Deoghar, Pakur, Ranchi, Garhwa and Hazaribagh districts of Jharkhand.
Her research paper was widely appreciated when she presented on ‘Participatory Governance’ in an International workshop organised by FSLGA (Federation of Sri Lankan Local Government Authorities), Colombo, Sri Lanka. She was earlier selected to represent India in USA under Group Study Exchange Programme.
She is also trained in Human Rights from Indian Institute of Human Rights, New Delhi. She stays with her family in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
