Bigsna Gill

Bigsna is a development practitioner from India and brings more than a decade of social impact experience in the ‘poverty, climate action and sustainable development’ realms. Her work at the grass roots has focused on building inclusive, clean-tech solutions that prioritize energy access, food and water security, resilient livelihoods and gender equity in marginalized and vulnerable rural communities. She also has significant experience in policy analysis and action research on rural electrification, gender and energy, and clean cooking. Before transitioning to the social sector, she ran an independent writing firm and worked for several years in banking. Bigsna holds a B.A. in economics and a post graduate diploma in forestry management. She is an animal lover, reader, podcast addict, traveller, sports enthusiast and enjoys creative pursuits like photography and DIY projects. After Princeton, she hopes to influence universal approaches towards sustainable development and build scalable people-centric solutions at the intersections of human prosperity and environmental sustainability.