Sahana Sehgal has a diverse background working in community engagement, strategic communications, policy advocacy, not-for-profit management, and grants management. Over the past decade, she has focused her efforts on people and communities – both in Australia and India. Her work has brought her in contact with sectors across community broadcasting, migration and settlement, and education reform.
Originally from India, Sahana has an undergraduate degree in Communications and moved to Australia to pursue a degree in International Relations from the Australian National University. Sahana currently works at the Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania. She is a member of the Glenorchy City Council, Access and Inclusion Special Committee, and a member of the Content Grants Advisory Committee, Community Broadcasting Foundation. She is also pursuing her PhD at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy (University of Canberra), where she is investigating the enablers and barriers to intercultural engagement amongst ethnic minority groups in Australia. In her free time, Sahana is an avid reader and writer of poetry and short stories.