Durgadas Menon

Durgadas oversees the dissemination of 3ie's communication and marketing products and is responsible for strengthening and expanding our external events. He works closely with the Strategic Communications Office to institutionalize an improved dissemination capacity for the grantmaking processes.  

Before joining 3ie, Durgadas worked as a dissemination officer for a European Commission-funded project on mental-health policy and advocacy. Prior to that, he was a television journalist based in India for over five years. He has also worked as a consultant filmmaker on a project funded jointly by the UNDP and Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India.

He holds an MA in Global Media and Postnational Communication from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a BSc in Visual Communication from Loyola College, University of Madras.

In his spare time, Durgadas continues to volunteer for the global mental health movement, coordinating the efforts of NGOs working in mental health advocacy. His personal interests include playing tennis and honing his cartooning and caricaturing skills.