Ekta Viiveck Verma

Ekta is a social impact leader, changemaker, and survivor advocate committed to centring Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) in India’s gender-based violence discourse. In 2016, following her personal experience with emotional abuse, she started a small online support group that has since evolved into the Invisible Scars Foundation (ISF)—a Section 8 nonprofit working across India.

She is also a certified PoSH professional, serving on the Internal Committees of several corporates and start-ups, with deep expertise in implementation, training, and investigation of workplace sexual harassment cases.

Under her leadership, ISF has directly supported more than 30,000 survivors across 98 cities and 13 countries, and indirectly impacted over 50,000 women. Its three-pillar model—Survivor Support, Awareness & Capacity Building, and Policy Advocacy—delivers counselling, first response, and systemic interventions. Flagship initiatives include: Project Humraahi with Infosys Foundation – Survivor Support & Capacity Building, Raahat Crisis Centre with Fernandez Hospital – Hospital-based Crisis Centre, Project Nidar – Implementation partner for Urban Company’s Workplace Domestic Violence Policy, Project Nyaay with IAMC – Training non-legal professionals as Certified Family Mediators, Project Samanvaay – Statewise Domestic Violence Stakeholder Summits across Telangana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu and Project Jaagrukta – Awareness and sensitisation programmes, including on workplace domestic violence policy implementation and dating violence

Ekta’s pioneering work has earned wide recognition. She is a Chevening Gurukul Fellow at the University of Oxford (2024) and the recipient of several national and international honours, including the Amazing Indians Award (2025), Women of Impact Award (2024), Women of Worth Award (2021), and Nari Niyogin Award (2020). She was also recognised by Facebook as a “Person to Know” in 2021.

A sought-after speaker and advocate, Ekta continues to advance systemic change and survivor-centric policies, working towards a safer and more equitable world.