Diana Vincent

Vincent is described on the Fourth Wave Foundation's website as its founder and founding director. Her work centres on creating what the organisation calls S.A.F.E. — Substance Abuse Free Environments — in schools and communities, and on inclusive education for children with disabilities.

Project VENDA, run from Kochi, works on primary prevention and demand reduction among teenagers and school students, and involves parents, teachers, doctors and heads of institutions. The organisation's evidence-based approach has been featured in a guide for civil society published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs. Vincent has spoken on prevention at Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs events.

In Karnataka the foundation runs 'Schools Where All Belong', also known as Nanagu Shaale, which supports children with disabilities in rural districts through school readiness programmes and home-based education for children with severe and multiple disabilities. Between 2006 and 2023 the project reported improving access to education for more than 60,000 children, and in 2022 the Karnataka education department commissioned the foundation to run a training programme for more than 30,000 participants.

The Fourth Wave Foundation received a Zero Project Award in 2024 for 'Schools Where All Belong'. The organisation also lists the Millennium Alliance Award 2021 from the Ministry of Science and Technology for its education and COVID-19 innovation work, the 2022 National Award for Universal Design from the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People and Mphasis, and a 2022 Digital Equity Accelerator Award from HP Inc. and the HP Foundation.[2][3][4][5]