Sudha has a Masters degree in Sociology from Mysore University; a diploma in community based rehabilitation of the disabled in India; diploma in Social Leadership and Rural Development from Searsolin Xavier University, Philippines and has competed an international course in Development Communication from International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Philippines.
She has more than 20 years of experience in social action and development sector in India, which includes the areas of mobilization, capacity building, training, advocacy, organizational development, strategic planning and implementation. She has extensively worked with urban and rural NGOs working on the issues of differently abled, women, children, health & nutrition, education, environment, ecological agriculture, local governance in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Presently she is working as community outreach coordinator under the Right to Food Programme. She is passionate about the holistic empowerment of the marginalized rural and urban communities and action research in several dimensions of vulnerable people’s struggles, rights and responsibilities, peace and non-violence. She has been associated with several national and international civil society networks and people’s movements. She is advisory committee member of Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability (FOGGS) and Alliance for Responsible & Sustainable Societies (Alliance-Respons); scientific committee member of International Forum of Social & Solidarity Economy Entrepreneurs; International Gandhian Initiative for Non-violence and Peace (IGINP); member of South Asia Peace Alliance; South Asian Dialogues on Ecological Democracy; People’s Movement for land, water and forest rights (Ekta Parishad); external member of Sexual Harassment Committee of Wildlife Conservation Society-India.