Ashif Shaikh is co-founder Jan Sahas. He has 24-years’ experience on working for safe migration, worker protection, eradication of manual scavenging and forced labour practices and support to survivors violence against women. Ashif is leading the Migrant Resilience Collaborative (MRC) which works with 3.2 million migrant households across 98 districts of 13 states of India. Jan Sahas has rehabilitated 66,000 people from manual scavenging and other forms of forced labour and supported 28,000 survivors of rape and sexual violence. Ashif is part of various committees of NITI Aayog, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and other ministries of Government of India, and has received various national and international awards and fellowships including the Schwab Foundation Social Innovator Award 2020, Ashoka Fellowship, Times of India Social Impact Award and Star Impact Award by Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States. He is on the boards of multiple national and international CSOs and networks.