Ajit Sahi is an Indian-American civil rights activist and journalist with over 35 years of experience in the fields of human rights, civil and political liberties, religious freedom and investigative journalism. He serves as the Advocacy Director of the Indian American Muslim Council. He also leads and coordinates a large coalition of civil rights organizations, which include faith-based organisations, including Christian, Hindu and Muslim organizations, as well as non-faith based organizations. He has been at the forefront of building an overarching narrative about the situation of minorities in India. He is a recipient of the Voice of Courage Award from Muslim Public Affairs Council in 2022, the inaugural Swami Agnivesh Award from Hindus for Human Rights in 2021, and the Pluralist Award from Center for Pluralism at the IRF Summit in June 2022.