Dr Sarath Davala

Sarath is a sociologist and is the Co-Director of the WorkFREE project. He is also the President of Basic Income Earth Network, a global organisation of academics and activists promoting conversation about basic income, and with affiliates in about 45 countries. He co-founded the India Network for Basic Income and Mission Possible 2030 – both organisations working on basic income-related issues. From 1993 to 2000, he was an Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Between 2010 and 2014, he was the Research Director of the Madhya Pradesh Basic Income Pilot Project. He is the co-author of the book ‘Basic Income: A Transformative Policy for India’.