Triveni Acharya

Triveni Balkrishna Acharya is President of the Rescue Foundation, an NGO devoted to the rescue and rehabilitation of victims of human trafficking and the sex industry in South Asia. Having begun her career as a journalist in Mumbai, she took over the helm of the Rescue Foundation after the death of her husband, the organisation’s founder, in 2005. She has been awarded the Stree Shakti (Woman’s Power) by Sonia Gandhi and Women of Peace award by the Women's Peacepower Foundation for her outstanding work with some of society’s most vulnerable and marginalised people. The Rescue Foundation is Himalaya Film & Cultural Festival’s associated charity.