Iradda

Women Empowerment · India · Founded 2025

Where intention
becomes action.

Iradda is a women's empowerment NGO based in India. We take gender policy research and turn it into things women can actually use: mentors, workshops, networks, and access to opportunities they wouldn't otherwise see.

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Founded 2025

Based Delhi

Working Globally

A founding chapter

Co-founders

2025

Founding Year

Delhi

Home Base

NITI

Research Roots

About

Most policy never reaches
the women it's about.

Research on gender equality in India keeps getting better. The women it's written for almost never see it. It stays inside policy reports and conferences, then quietly disappears.

Insight that doesn't reach people is just paper.

Iradda was started by an engineer and a policy researcher to fix that. Ishika interned at NITI Aayog (the Prime Minister's Office of India). Vishesh studies engineering at RMIT in Melbourne. Together we're building the missing layer: the place where research actually becomes useful.

Our Mission

Closing the distance
between what's known
and what's done.

There has never been more research on what would help Indian women. Most of it never reaches them. We're building the framework that does.

Mentorship

Real introductions between women earlier on the path and women further along it. One conversation at a time, slowly building a network you can actually use.

A network you can use →

Skills

Workshops and resources built around what women actually ask for: career, money, communication, confidence. Things you can take into the room with you.

Tools for the path →

Policy to Practice

Everything we do is grounded in research from NITI Aayog and similar institutions. We don't guess what works. We start with what the data already says.

Built on evidence →

What we believe

Most of the gender policy research written about Indian women never reaches Indian women. The bridge between research and lived experience is mostly missing. So we're building it.

Vishesh Kumar & Ishika Chaudhary Co-founders, 2025

Founders

Two of us.
One shared belief.

An engineer thinking in systems, a policy researcher carrying institutional knowledge into the world. Iradda is what we're building together.

Vishesh Kumar

Co-founder · Operations & Strategy

Mechanical Engineering student at RMIT University, Melbourne. Builds the operational backbone of Iradda. Brings a systems mindset to the work and keeps the machinery moving.

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Ishika Chaudhary

Co-founder · Policy & Research

Policy researcher who interned at NITI Aayog (the Prime Minister's Office of India). Brings institutional knowledge of gender policy and translates it into frameworks that actually reach women.

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Join Us

There's room here.

Iradda is in its founding stage. We're looking for mentors, mentees, partners, and people who want to follow what we're building.

Become a Mentor

Share what you've learned with women earlier on the path. One conversation can shift a trajectory.

If you're further along →

Join as a Mentee

Get access to mentors, community, and skill-building designed for the path you're actually on.

If you're starting out →

Partner With Us

If your organisation shares our values, let's build something. Open to collaborations and sponsorships.

For organisations →

Get in Touch → Every message gets read by one of us.

Say Hello

Let's talk.

Want to get involved, ask a question, or just learn more about what we're doing? Write to us.

Direct Contact

Reach us
directly.

We're a small founding team. Every message gets read by one of us.

Email visheshkumar.vik@gmail.com

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LinkedIn Vishesh Kumar

Co-founder

LinkedIn Ishika Chaudhary