Sireesha Baddukonda is the Head of Capacity Building and Government Partnerships at BRLF. In this role, she leads the organisation’s capacity-building and government partnership functions, driving the design and implementation of a comprehensive capacity-building architecture, including frameworks, modules, and execution plans, aligned with BRLF’s mandate. She oversees capacity-building initiatives across internal teams, partner organisations, community institutions, and frontline functionaries, ensuring quality, relevance, and scale, while building and managing diverse resource pools to enable sustained learning and capability development. Additionally, Sireesha anchors strategic engagement with central and state government ministries and departments, fostering convergence and alignment to strengthen the implementation of flagship programs and schemes in tribal areas, in line with BRLF’s mission of bridging the gap between government systems and communities, thereby ensuring that flagship schemes effectively reach tribal communities.