Dr Verma is the leading figure in implementing and integrating intersectionality in higher education and public sector systems, policy and programmes both nationally and internationally. He is a strategic leader in co-creating and implementing equity, diversity, inclusion, and intersectionality initiatives into meaningful applications across programme, policy, systems change, people and culture functions.

Using a range of impact and evaluation methods, Dr Verma empowers institutions to advocate for inclusion. He has the tenacious ability to transform complexity into meaningful insights that enable national and international intersectionality, impact and inclusion programmes and policy to create sustainable change. Additionally, experienced in scaling to forming partnerships and increase development opportunities for institutions.

Dr Verma is a confident public and keynote speaker with the ability to engage, and connect with diverse audiences including staff, media and partners across the world. As an innovator, he is a relational and ethical thought leader that embraces systems thinking, complexity and creative design for social change tackling critical challenges facing marginalised communities.

Some institutions Dr Verma has collaborated with include the University of Wolverhampton, Radboud University, University of Galway, Higher Education Authority (Ireland), Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland), University of Oxford, De Montfort University, Leeds Trinity University, University of Cumbria, University College Birmingham, Birmingham City University, University of East Anglia, UK Black Pride, London South Bank University, Open University, Engineers Professors Council, UX Libs, Royal Holloway (University of London), Cambridge University, University of Glasgow, University College London, London School of Economics, University of Birmingham, AMOSSHE, University of Northampton, Royal Academy of Engineering, Advance HE, University of Buckingham, Queen Mary’s University of London, University of Edinburgh, Guild HE, Office for Students, UKRI, Research England, University of Surrey, University of Brighton, University of Sussex.

“If we aren’t intersectional, some of us, the most vulnerable, are going to fall through the cracks” – Kimberlé Crenshaw