Summary
Joy Ghosh is a seasoned technology leader with over a decade of experience designing and delivering complex tech solutions for INGOs and UN organisations, currently leading global tech strategy and teams at Akvo from Amsterdam. She blends sector expertise in WaSH and smallholder agriculture with hands-on solution design, having led multiple farmer information systems and co-authored applied research on smartphone soil nutrient testing. Comfortable operating across Africa, South and South East Asia and the Pacific, she translates field realities into pragmatic digital products and value propositions for partners. Her background in enterprise solution architecture from IBM underpins a structured approach to scaling multidisciplinary teams and tech interventions. Joy’s uncommon combination of electronics engineering training, field deployment experience, and passion for the intersection of smallholder agriculture, technology and economics makes her adept at turning complex sector challenges into actionable, impact-driven solutions.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.Tech, Electronics, B.Tech, Electronics at Indian School of Mines
Hindi, Bengali, English