Namit Agarwal

Head of Social, World Benchmarking Alliance

Namit Agarwal is the Head of Social at the World Benchmarking Alliance, where he leads WBA's work on the Social Benchmark, Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, and Gender Benchmark. His work focuses on generating data-driven engagement and corporate action on social issues and drive accountability. With over 15 years of experience, Namit has worked at the intersection of research, grassroots engagement, and policy advocacy through his previous roles at organisations such as Oxfam and CARE. He has engaged extensively with companies, investors, and civil society to advance responsible business practices and strengthen human rights due diligence. Namit also contributes to several global and national platforms: he serves on the Board of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, is part of the Steering Committee of the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD), a core group member of India’s National Human Rights Commission on Business and Human Rights, an Advisory Committee member of Fair Finance Asia, and a member of the Editorial Board of Business and Human Rights Journal.