CEO of the Global Fund for Women from 1996 until 2010. During Ramdas’ tenure, the Global Fund for Women assets grew from $6 million to $21 million. Grantmaking increased to $8 million per year, and the number of countries in which the Global Fund for Women made grants nearly tripled to over 160 countries. Ramdas also oversaw the Global Fund for Women's first endowment campaign and the creation of the Now or Never Fund to ensure women's participation on critical international issues. Ramdas also served in advisory and/or management roles at MADRE, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Stanford University Program on Social Entrepreneurship. In 2018 Ramdas was named director of Women's Rights Programs for the Open Society Foundations. Honors and awards California Institute of Integral Studies, Haridas and Bina Chaudhuri Award for Distinguished Service, 2009 Duveneck Humanitarian Award, 2008 Social Capitalist Award, Fast Company (magazine), 2007 Women of Great Esteem Award, 2007 Girl's Hero Award, Girls' Middle School, 2007 Woman of Substance Award, African Women's Development Fund, 2005 Juliette Gordon Low Award, Girl Scouts of the USA, 2005 Woman of the Year for the Public Sector, Financial Women's Association, 2004 Leadership for Equity & Diversity (LEAD) Award, Women & Philanthropy, 2004 Bay Area Local Hero, KQED-FM Radio, 2004 21 Leaders for the 21st Century Award, Women's eNews, 2003 See also List of Indian Americans References External links The high court nominee stays true to her school, 2009 Women Can Lead the Way to Recovery, 2009 Leveraging the Power of Race and Gender, February 2008 Kavita Ramdas Defines Entrepreneurship: Video - 21 February 2008 Global Fund for Women biography Princeton biography Mount Holyoke Vista PBS Then and Now, Kavita Ramdas, 2002 A Women's Work, 2002 Why educating girls is not enough: Video, March 2012 Women's Funding Network official site American activists Indian emigrants to the United States Mount Holyoke College alumni 1960s births American Hindus Living people Princeton School of Public and International Affairs alumni American people of Indian descent American businesspeople Businesswomen from Delhi Women scientists from Delhi Henry Crown Fellows 21st-century American women