Mrs H. Bedi commands an outstanding experience in community development, gender, microfinance and disaster management. She has been a field representative for OXFAM for 29 yrs and supervised and/or evaluated projects for various Indian and international development partners, including IFAD and WFP, and has also worked as a trainer, among other for the University of Queensland, Australia. She is the Managing trustee of Development Support Team in Pune, an NGO-MFI that promotes SHGs in and around Pune. She serves on several professional boards for Indian Development organisations including VANI as well as the international associations for Community Development, Scotland. Since 2008, she is the Chair of the board of directors of Sa- Dhan, the association of community development finance institutions of India.