MEET THE TEAM
The Faces of Our Organization
THE EXECUTIVES
IFFAT IKRAM
Founder and Chief Director
Ever inquisitive about the celestial bodies and always up for social work, Iffat Ikram is a teen human rights activist from India.
She is a published author of the novel 'Love, Ally', and finds peace in reading and is an avid reader of different authors like Benjamin Alire Sáenz, John Green and Rick Riordan. Being a graduate from YLAC's Counter Speech Fellowship programme, she has volunteered with different NGOs and has won 'Rising Star' in her internship with GlobalShala for three months in a row. Currently, She is the editor-in-chief at GirlUp, Ourstory an initiative under the United Nations and is participating in different MUN events and Cultural programs.
In October 2020, she founded Flemeur as a step towards fighting against the injustices of the society and creating a medium to connect youth from across the world.
ADITI KALITA
Human Resources Manager
Aditi Kalita is an aspiring writer, having several of her writing pieces published in magazines,newspapers and online platforms. Starting her writing journey at the mere age of six, she has been exploring with genres and different narrative styles. Along with stories and articles, she tries her hand in contemporary poetry too. She is also a voracious reader and a massive fan of fantasy. She devours books by Murakami and is fond of Books about Haiku. Wishing to leave her name in the literary world, she writes with the vision to inspire and to captivate. Aditi has won a dozen of storytelling Competitions held in her city and strongly believes in her expressive narration. She is also an environment enthusiast and looks forward to joining collective campaigns with the same purpose along with her solo work. Besides, she has immense love for photography and spends her leisure time exploring her skills. She enjoys watching standup comedy and praises the work by Kenny Sebastian, Kaneez Surka, Kanan Gill, Dave Chappelle and others. She is an active feminist and has been contributing in her own little ways to make a change. Aditi is also very passionate about mental health and works towards breaking the stigma attached to it.
PRISHA SARAOGI
Creative Director
Prisha is a positive thinker who likes to look at the creative side of things. She enjoys writing poems and stories which brings a smile and a positivity rush in people's heart. With deep dedication towards art, literature and cinema, she thrives to work towards the well being of the society's mental health. She likes to imagine that her creativity is like a magic wand and she can use it to change things. She believes that everything in life happens for a real good reason. According to her, nothing in life is a challenge or struggle, it's just a lesson in disguise which helps you grow positively.
AKANKSHA TALUKDAR
Director of Logistics
Besides having an unhealthy obsession with true crime documentaries, Akanksha has always been intrigued by the various medieval philosophies on the way of life. The Greco-Roman Stoic belief and the Chinese concept of duality being the most influential for her. When she's not watching cat videos on YouTube, she's most likely reading another thriller. She claims that there is a lot she wants to explore and experience all while learning more about herself and her culture.
THE TEAM LEADERS
LINEYSHA SARMA
Content Writing Team Leader
Novice in the writing sphere, Lineysha considers unrefined thoughts to be a key aspect of writing. Albeit breaking out in cold sweat she can give up her sleep for the adrenaline rush of horror stories. She aspires to find her self between a book in her hand and a clear night sky. Having a successful MUN experience, she is always on the look out to find ways to hone her writing skills and gain more confidence. That being one of the reasons she joined Flemeur. Furthermore, she likes to keep it simple.
ZAKIA BEHLIM
Design and Illustration Team Leader
Zakia is a bright and bubbly girl who likes to befriend people and have deep conversations with them. She likes to ensure that people around her are comfortable and can be rightfully called a 'people person'. An artsy soul with her life revolving around crafts, she started her own business of selling art & craft online, not very long ago. An independent and fierce person, she likes to see the good in people and help them through their struggles.
THE GENERAL TEAM
ISHITA NAG
Social Media Marketer
She likes to paint, sing, dance and listen to songs. She has learnt dancing from the age of 6 to 13. She has been learning art since 2011. She likes to play sports like basketball. She has some dislikes as well; she hates negativity and people with no open mindset. My reason for joining Flemeur is because of it's ideals. These days, people have got so much engaged in their work that they can't take care of their mental health and other factors. We here in flemeur, work in collaboration with other organizations for bringing awareness for mental health. We act as a body which hears to the problems faced by people and bring in solutions by acting as a medium to spread the message.
PURVASHA SHUKLA
General Manager
Purvasha, if asked to describe in three words, would be - Passionate, mature and dedicated. Listening to music and travelling are some of her many hobbies. She strives to help people around her through her understanding and calm nature. She believes that maturity comes with self awareness and life- experiences, and tries to improve herself everyday. Mental health is an extremely important aspect in her opinion and she aspires to work towards it and help others through this platform.
JANNAT N S RAHMAN
Content Writer
An amateur writer and poet, Jannat is also a music enthusiast who loves spending her time playing instruments, exploring new sufi songs and composing performance poetry pieces with her kalimba. She uses poetry to talk about unusual feelings which are usually ignored and tries to make an impact through her own small ways. When she's not being productive, she prefers spending time with her loved ones or documenting life in it's rawest form while having a hearty bowl of hot ramen or a filling plate of biryani which is all that is needed to make her happy. According to her kindness and simplicity can go a long way.