Ameya Kilara directs the South Asian Leadership Initiative at Inter Mediate, a programme focused on the role of leadership in conflict resolution in South Asia, working in partnership with Conciliation Resources and experts at the Harvard Kennedy School. Ameya has facilitated various dialogue initiatives across the Line of Control in Kashmir and an India-Pakistan track two process with former military and intelligence chiefs. She has provided technical support to the UN’s Office of the Special Envoy for Syria. As a solicitor at Linklaters, a leading international law firm, she helped to promote the mediation of commercial disputes. She holds a Master in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. She has received multiple awards for her work including Temasek Foundation-NUS Leadership Enrichment and Regional Networking Award 2008, the Gleitsman Leadership Fellowship at Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership 2016-18 and the Women of the Future Award 2019.

Participant in: November 2021 Fellowship: Climate Change, Gender and Conflict