Mahika joined PCVC as a Program Associate in 2018. She is passionate about children’s rights. She was awarded a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. She then went on to earn her Masters in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands, where she majored in Social Policy for Development and specialised in Children and Youth Studies. Mahika is responsible for writing proposals and reports for different projects, internal documentation, facilitating and monitoring student placements, and assisting with the organization’s social media pages.  She is also directly involved in the child protection system strengthening project implementation in Bihar.