Rajkumar Bidla, from India, is a Programme Officer in the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Youth Affairs Division.
Rajkumar is responsible for the strategic intervention area, Youth Enterprise and Sustainable Livelihoods.
He is also responsible for conceptualising and facilitating several training programmes including “Advocacy for Dalit,” which addresses marginalised and disadvantaged groups in India and the “Rights, Convergence of Reproductive, Child & Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS programme”.
He has a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree in Social Work from Indian Universities.
Rajkumar has more than 21 years of development work experience in juvenile justice, prison welfare, treatment and rehabilitation of the disabled, reproductive and child health, population education, adolescents and sexual health.
“ Our job is so important because we get to help empower young people; some of whom will go on to become world and community leaders.’’