Dr Sehar Iqbal is an independent researcher working at the intersection between research and grassroot development. For her work on reducing infant deaths in the Kashmir valley she received the Women's Scholarship at the University of Oxford, where she is currently researching solutions for delivering quality education to children of nomadic communities in Jammu and Kashmir. She is a founding Fellow of the India Pakistan Regional Young Leaders Initiative (IPRYLI) administered by the Asia Society, Rockefeller Foundation.