Deepali Bagati: Biography
Deepali Bagati, Ph.D.
Director, Research
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Deepali Bagati, Ph.D., oversees research on workplace challenges for women of color and develops solutions for building more effective and inclusive work environments. Dr. Bagati co-leads the Women of Color in Professional Services series and leads the Women of Color Issue Specialty Team. Most recently, she authored Women of Color in U.S. Securities Firms. As a member of the Catalyst Award Evaluation Committee, Dr. Bagati is a strategic advisor for the evaluation of global initiatives, and as a member of Catalyst’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council, she is an internal advisor on diversity and inclusion for Catalyst staff. She is a frequent speaker on topics such as women’s leadership and advancement, women of color, and diversity and inclusion strategies.
Before joining Catalyst, Dr. Bagati was the Program Director at South Asian Youth Action (SAYA!), a community-based organization in New York City, where she created a monitoring and evaluation system capturing program outcomes. She has been an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Yeshiva University. In addition, Dr. Bagati has experience in the nonprofit sector in New Delhi, India, where she worked on program development and policy advocacy for women’s empowerment and advancement. She received her Ph.D. in Social Work and Social Research from Bryn Mawr College, with her dissertation focusing on the impact of microcredit loans on gender relations at the household level for low-income women in New Delhi. Dr. Bagati earned a M.A. in Social Work and a B.A. in Economics, with honors, from Delhi University, New Delhi, India.