
Nikhil Aziz is Executive Director of Grassroots International. Formerly Associate Director at Political Research Associates (PRA) in Somerville, Massachusetts, he has spent many years analyzing the workings of social movements. At PRA, he led a team that studied the conservative movement and the political Right in the United States, and for his doctoral dissertation and graduate work, he researched popular movements and human rights groups, focusing on India’s National Alliance of People’s Movements, an alliance of progressive movements for human rights and social and economic justice. He has spoken and written widely about human rights and international development.