Waqar Puri - Disability Rights Fund

Waqar Puri is a Project Manager at STEP, the Special Talent Exchange Programme, based in Pakistan. He is also a core member of Transforming Communities for Inclusion Asia Pacific (TCI AP) advocating for the inclusion of persons with psychosocial disabilities in the Asia region and is a member of the ICT Accessibility Group member for Pakistan Telecommunications Authorities (PTA). Waqar is the founder of the first ever rights based network of persons with psychosocial disabilities in Pakistan. He is an Accessibility Consultant for the IAAP & Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES), is part of Technical Working Group for Elrha’s Humanitarian Innovation Fund, and is a BRIDGE Alumni from the BRIDGE CRPD-SDGs Trainings Initiative. Waqar is a member of the Pakistan US Alumni Network. Waqar graduated with a BSc Hons in Economics, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore.