Kabir Arora (Qabeer Jalandhari) has been serving in his present role since July 2024. Since 2014, he has organised waste pickers, previously holding the role of national coordinator for the Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers and collaborating with Hasiru Dala in Bangalore. From 2018 to 2024, he acted as Asia Pacific coordinator for the International Alliance of Waste Pickers. He is also pursuing a PhD at the University of Witwatersrand, focusing on understanding home as a place of work for waste pickers, supported by the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies. IAWP is supported by WIEGO.
