Our Team

Destiny Productions relies on the work of the survivors. Without them, nothing would get produced! But for their privacy and security we cannot disclose their names and photographs.

Destiny Productions Management Team is currently headed by:

Smarita Sengupta, Co-Founder and Co-Director  

A Bengali native, Smarita is a social worker with a focus on business development. She worked for seven years with Apne Aap Women Worldwide, and currently consults them on the Income Generation Program and School Sponsorship Program. Smarita holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from Calcutta University and a Certificate of Marketing Management from Small Industries Service Institute. She started her career with the Italian Consulate in Kolkata, but left after 6 months to join an Event Management company. After 7 years as their Manager, this company changed into a nonprofit organization, Apne Aap Women Worldwide, and Smarita volunteered for 6 months. She soon realized that social work and anti-trafficking programs were her destiny, and worked for them for 5 years. She focused on using business as a means to empower the women, and started the Income Generation Program. Smarita started Destiny Productions to employ the survivors and high-risk women, and continues to consult Apne Aap on their economic livelihood programs.  

Becky Bavinger, Co-Founder and Co-Director

Raised in Florida, Becky has adjusted well to living in India. She graduated from Georgetown University with degrees in Political Science and Russian. She also attended St. Petersburg State University in Russia and worked there for "Doctors of the World," an NGO providing medical and social services to abandoned and high-risk youth. During college, Becky founded Students Stopping the Trafficking of People and interned with US Fund for UNICEF and Vital Voices Global Partnership. After graduation, she joined the TEN family as the Student Events Director and later the Awareness Events Director. Becky has conducted site visits for TEN in India, Nepal, Thailand, Ukraine and Russia and then moved to Kolkata in October, 2007. She has one daughter, Kajol, through the school sponsorship program, a very supportive family waiting in Florida, and a passion for women's empowerment.