Ramit Singh Chimni

Ramit Singh Chimni started as a proponent of the rights of the marginalized by working towards upliftment of farmers in the northern part of India and has spent over 17 years guiding strategic and policy interventions in the development sector. He co-founded Eight Goals One Foundation (8one), which promotes the eight identified goals of Well-being, Gender Equality, Peace, Environment, Hygiene, Nutrition, Education and Employment.

Ramit developed the “Fairness Paradigm”, which is championed through The F.A.I.R. Project, propagated by 8one and the UNESCO New Delhi Cluster Office. He has been actively involved in establishing the Young Legends’ League (YLL), recognized as India’s first structured football development initiative that coincides with the Baby League Model advocated by the All-India Football Federation.

Ramit has been previously invited by the Ministry of Law and Justice, and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, to extend his counsel on matters of FDI in the legal sector and has provided policy recommendations to the Ministry of Education. He is credited with drafting the bill circulated by the Ministry of Law and Justice for liberalization of the Indian legal profession.

Over the years, he has been regularly invited to share his school of thought on development and sustainability by the Harvard University, the University of Sydney and various fora from Australia, India and Malaysia. Ramit was recently recognized as an “Iconic Leader Creating A Better World for All” by the Women’s Economic Forum.