Ikrom Abdullaev is a Manager at the UCA's Graduate School of Development Civil Society Initiative. He coordinates the School for the Advancement of Gender Equality (SAGE) under the Government of Canada-funded Regional Programme, Foundations for Health and Empowerment (F4HE), and Advancing Gender Equality through Civil Society (AGECS). He also provides implementation support in other local and regional CSI's projects

Ikrom has extensive experience working on projects aimed at civil society development, climate resilience and gender issues in Central Asia. Before joining the UCA, he has been worked as a Program Manager at the Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia - Tajikistan.

Ikrom holds a degree in Information Systems in Economics from the Tajikistan University of Technology and an MBA from the Cyprus International University.