Sachi Satapathy, a seasoned international development leader with over 21 years of experience, served as Director of AFDC Global (New Delhi) from 2020 to December 2025, successfully leading 48 high-impact projects across 29 countries, securing multi-million-dollar funding, and building strategic partnerships with UN agencies, USAID, UNICEF, European Commission, GIZ, WHO, and major NGOs. Specializing in monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL), multi-country research, strategic fundraising, and capacity building—he has trained over 450 professionals from 50+ organizations and delivered transformative evaluations on public health, women's economic empowerment, child protection, AI in education (with extensive Africa focus via GCE/GIZ), labour, sustainable agriculture, and tobacco control, directly informing policy and amplified through prolific publications, including books, peer-reviewed articles, and op-eds in outlets across India, Asia, and Africa.
Now available for consulting assignments in research, evaluation, program design, training, and technical support—particularly in Africa and the Global South—organizations seeking evidence-based, culturally attuned expertise to empower marginalized communities and advance SDGs are invited to engage his services at
