A graduate of the London School of Economics and a Stanford Ignite Fellow, Pavithra Selvam is a Participatory Communications expert with a specialist focus on Digital Media.

Her portfolio includes Communications work for some of the biggest brands in the world such as the UN, Greenpeace, BBC, Lenovo, Coke, Nestle, AbbVie, Amgen, Roche, Novartis, AOL etc. to name a few.

From working with repatriated refugee children in Kabul to helping a global healthcare company launch their cutting edge cancer drug in London, Pavithra has worked in a variety of fields including International Development, Tech, Journalism, Healthcare and Cinema.

In her spare-time she enjoys cooking, calligraphy, painting and playing the keyboard.

Pavithra currently lives in Amsterdam with her husband Srisai Sivakumar and two cats, Sugar and Snuggle.