Mousumi Chowdhury, a passionate grass roots activist, is the former Director of BITA and at present Board Member as long been working with the organization on diversified areas including Culture and Development, Gender based Violence and Women Empowerment, Human Rights Promotion. Currently she has extended her expertise on Violent Extremism especially Youth engagement in promoting peace and nonviolence. She leads and supports BITA team in implementing the conceptual framework of BITA through intervening number of innovative initiatives. She has been awarded for a number of fellowships, grants to participating in international training and courses. Chowdhury was fortunate to be honoured as Key Speaker at Afro-Asain Institute of Gottingen University Germany on Women Empowerment Policies of Bangladesh. Being an IVLP (International Visitor’s Leadership Program) Alumni of US Department of States she engages with multi stakeholders on Human Rights Advocacy and Awareness program at home and abroad.