Abhishek Agrawal,
Country Director, Accion India
Abhishek Agrawal is currently heading Accion in India as Country Director and serves on the
board of Swadhaar (MFI) and E-Vindhya Informatics (BPO employing differently-able staff).
Abhishek is Ph.D. in Municipal fiancial reforms and Chartered Accountant (FCA) from ICAI.
He did his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) with a specialization in fiance at Rai
International University. He has been working in social development sector since last 14 years,
and have worked in post conflct, developing & developed countries. He comes with extensive
experience in fiancial management, business planning, social enterprises transformations and
microfiance operations.
Anshu Taneja,
Country Director, VisionSpring
Anshu Taneja is Country Director, VisionSpring. He is an MBA from Saïd Business School,
University of Oxford (United Kingdom), and a science graduate from St. Stephen’s College,
University of Delhi (India). Anshu has several years of experience working across different
countries and sectors in a variety of roles. He is passionate about leveraging business
principles to change the world. His hobbies include tennis, running, movies, and travelling.
Archana Joshi,
Director, Deepak Foundation
Ms. Archana Joshi is the Director of Deepak Foundation. She heads the Corporate Social
Responsibility of Deepak Group of Companies (Deepak Nitrite Limited and Deepak
Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Limited) based in Gujarat. She has 14 years work
experience with ORG Centre for Social Research, a division of Nielsen, an international
consultancy research organization. She has done short courses on Reproductive Health from
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Monitoring & Evaluation from University
of North Carolina. She is a member of the Civil Society Consultancy group of the Population,
Health & Nutrition of the World Bank since 2012.
Bikkrama Daulet Singh,
Associate Director, Central Square Foundation
He joined CSF with training in economics, business and education. Prior to joining CSF,
Bikkrama, a Teach For India (2011) Fellow, worked for two years as an elementary school
teacher in a municipal school in Delhi. He has also worked as a management consultant with
Accenture in India on a variety of projects related to change management, performance
improvement, cost reduction and supply chain.Bikkrama is an MBA from INSEAD and holds
an undergraduate degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political
Science.
Dhiren Modi,
Community Health Physician, SEWA Rural
Dhiren Modi joined SEWA Rural in 2007 while pursuing post graduation degree MD in
Community medicine. Over the past Seven years, he has served in various capacities in the
organization. As a part of Community Health Programme, he managed a “Family Centered
Safe Motherhood and New Born Care Project”. He has represented SEWA Rural at various
districts, state and national level health committees & consultations and also frequently invited
to share SEWA Rural’s experiences at the national and international forums. He is a state
trainer of many trainings like IMNCI, F- IMNCI, Injection Safety etc. He has lead a variety
of community based fild operational research studies and publication of many articles in
scientific and peer reviewed journals.
Jayapadma RV,
Learning Facilitator, LOGIN
Jaya is Learning Facilitator at LOGIN, a South and East Asia centric multi-stakeholder network,
promoting knowledge exchange on practices and processes towards strengthening local
governance. Jaya worked for a decade with community based organisations in Orissa and
Jharkhand, and thereafter has been teaching in the area of sustainable development practice at
academic institutions and NGOs, for the past decade. She is founder member of TREE Society
which imparts business training to rural entrepreneurs, and serves on the Board of the NGOs
– Timbaktu Collective and PRAN. Jaya is an alumnus of IRMA, Anand and St.Xavier’s College,
Kolkata. She is conversant in English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Bangla, Oriya and enjoys reading,
travel and singing.
Kiran Shah,
Managing Director, Co-Head of Operations Division, Goldman Sachs
Kiran is co-head of the Operations Division within Goldman Sachs in Bangalore and is also
responsible for the operations division in the fim’s Mumbai offie. He serves on several fim
committees, including the Bangalore executive committee and the operations division operating
committee. He moved to Bangalore in 2007, having previously worked in Hong Kong and
Mumbai to build the India domestic equities and listed derivatives businesses for the fim. Kiran
joined Goldman Sachs in 2006 and was named managing director in 2008. Prior to joining the
fim, Kiran held senior positions at J.P. Morgan and Bank of America in Mumbai.
Kiran is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Cost and
Works Accountants of India, and the UK Institute of Risk Management. He graduated from the
University of Bombay in 1989.
Manjula Sriram,
Manager – Volunteering and Community Services
Manjula Sriram is currently a part of the community services team at Tata Sustainability Group
(TSG), with the key responsibility of managing the Tata Group volunteering program,Tata Engage.
Prior to joining TSG, she worked as a strategy consultant with Tata Strategic Management Group,
addressing top-of-the-mind concerns of CXOs. She has diverse experience across Strategy
formulation, Portfolio diversifiation & review, Organization redesign, Strategic sourcing and
Supply chain optimization. While at Tata Strategic, she helped develop a collective CSR agenda
for the Tata Group and helped dimension the Tata skill development initiative – Tata STRIVE.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Information technology from SNDT University and a Master’s
degree in business administration from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.
Manmohan Singh,
Executive Director, Kaivalya Education Foundation
Manmohan is a Program Director and Founding Member of Kaivalya Education Foundation
(KEF) and Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership (PFEL). Manmohan oversees KEF/
PFEL’s Government Advocacy, District Transformation Program (a new program), and
Operation (Mumbai). He has over 15 years of experience in design and execution of small
and large programs/interventions to improve public health and public education in India.
He has also been actively engaged in developing young leaders through Gandhi Fellowship
Program. Manmohan has previously worked with WHO, Unicef, Pratham, MSF. He has a
PGDM in Conflct Analysis and Peace-building from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Manmohan
has been called for several regional and national conference, seminar, summit and conventions
as speaker/panelists.
Namita Dalmia,
Associate Director, Central Square Foundation
Namita leads Central Square Foundation’s work in the area of technology for school
education. She also co-manages venture strategy and development for the organization.
Her background includes technology, business and education. Previously, she worked with
a California based education technology company Education Elements, where she helped
design the flgship product for Blended Learning schools. In India, she worked on various
education policy projects for two years as part of the National Knowledge Commission, an
advisory body under the Prime Minister’s Offie. Her other experiences include working
on a breakthrough technology at Intel Technologies and co-founding a pan-India non-profi
organisation Pankhudi Foundation. Namita has an MBA degree from Stanford University and a
B.Tech and M.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay.
Nitin Gachhayat,
Co-founder, Drishtee
Nitin Gachhayat is a social entrepreneur and co-founder of Drishtee. Drishtee started in
2000 delivering e-Governance services to the villagers. Drishtee now works on improving
rural livelihood and delivering essential products and services in 5000 villages of India.
Drishtee has won numerous awards. Nitin leads the teams for developing relevant services
for rural India and technology intervention for its effiient delivery. He has written articles
and paper including a coauthored paper on “Rural Business through ICT” which has been
published by Institute of Rural Management Anand. He completed his basic education from
Orissa and MBA from New Delhi.
PR Ganapathy,
President, Villgro
As President of Villgro, one of India’s oldest and most respected social enterprise incubators,
PR Ganapathy inspires, funds and mentors social entrepreneurs. He also works on building
the social enterprise ecosystem, through organizations like ANDE. He is a pro bono Senior
Advisor to Teach for India.He earlier co-founded a venture-funded startup and held leadership
positions at small and large corporations (Infosys, Tata Group) in India and the US.
Pranshu Singhal,
Head –Sustainability, Microsoft Mobile Devices
Pranshu is the Head of Sustainability Microsoft Mobile Devices (erstwhile Nokia) for India
since Aug 2008. He leads the strategic planning and execution on sustainability, and designs
sustainability offerings. Pranshu joined Nokia Corporation in Oct 2004 with the fist role as a
Project Lead for a European Commission’s IPP project based in Finland, followed by a role as
Environmental Manager for APAC and China based in Singapore before moving to India in 2008.
He has a Bachelors in Environmental Engineering from India and a Masters in Environmental
Management and Policy from IIIEE, Sweden. He is a strong advocate of sustainable lifestyles and
consumption, and use of mobile technology for sustainable development. He has designed one
of the world’s largest take-back and recycling program for mobile phones in India, the Create to
Inspire Youth Fellowship and the Create to Inspire School Program.
Raj Ivaturi,
COO, Literacy India
Raj Ivaturi is the COO of Literacy India. As Literacy India’s chief operating offier, Raj is charged
to build the operating organization, defie and execute organization and people strategy,
assist LI’s board of trustees in annual business planning, budgeting, fund raising and monitoring/
tracking process.Prior to LI Raj worked with Deloitte US fims in India for over 11 years, where
he grew Deloitte’s CSR program from ground up and drove mission in the community through
strategic partnerships, and signature programs, through a sustainable engagement model. An
architect by education, Raj has over fiteen years of experience spanning various filds including
corporate responsibility and sustainability, community investments, employee engagement,
communications, design, event management and project management.
Rakesh Supkar,
Associate Program Director, TechnoServe India
Rakesh is a development professional with 16 years of experience across India, Nepal, and
Bangladesh. He focuses on helping smallholders capture increased value from the agri-value
chain and fostering entrepreneurship. Prior to TechnoServe, Rakesh worked with Catalyst
Management Services Bangalore, where he helped establish the Livelihood Resource Centre
‘Vrutti’; and with CARE Odisha where he focused on livelihood restoration, health and
nutrition projects. Rakesh is an Engineering graduate from NIT Surat. He has a Masters in
Development Studies (majoring in Rural livelihoods, and minor in Environment) from the ISS
in The Hague, and MBA in Rural Management from IRMA
Rohit Bhatia,
Managing Director, Aspire
Rohit is the Managing Director of Aspire. Rohit has 20 years of management experience in
consumer industries. After 2 years of Audits with SBB (Ernst & Young affiiate); Rohit spent 12
years in Finance, Planning, Business Development and Supply Chain at Yum! Brands, erstwhile
Pepsico Restaurants (KFC/Pizza Hut); 6 years in entrepreneurial roles of which 4 years were
in two start-ups: GIRC and Aspire, where he worked closely with the CEOs for fund-raising
and business-building. Most recently before rejoining Aspire, he spent 2 years at Macmillan
Education working closely with the CEO to drive restructuring and deliver a turn-around.
Rohit is very passionate about strong processes and delivery. Rohit has a Bachelor’s degree
from Shri Ram College of Commerce and is a qualifid Chartered Accountant.
Sachin Golwalkar,
CEO, United Way of Delhi
Sachin Golwalkar comes with 16+ years of experience and has served in a Senior
Management Capacity on two of India’s leading child focused organizations – ChildFund
International and Plan International\India. He held Program Leadership positions and managed
large and diverse program portfolios (education, child protection, health, livelihood, disaster
response etc.) spread across several States of India and working with various stakeholders.
He is currently the CEO of United Way of Delhi (UWD), which is a chapter of United Way
Worldwide with presence in 41 countries with 1800 local affiiates.
Suzanne Singh,
Chairperson, Pratham Books
Suzanne Singh has been the Chairperson of Pratham Books since January 2014 and prior
to that was its Managing Trustee for several years. She has been actively engaged with
building the organization since it was founded in 2004 to create a new paradigm in children’s
publishing that creates high quality and affordable multilingual books to democratize the joy of
reading. She spent several years in the corporate sector before moving full time into the social
sector and also serves on the Boards of Akshara Foundation and United Way Bengaluru.
She passionately believes that equity and access to educational resources will provide a level
playing fild for all children.
Vivek Prakash,
General Manager-CSR, Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd
Vivek Prakash has been the General Manager, CSR at Jubilant Life Sciences since May 2006. A
post graduate in Labour and Social Welfare acquired his knowledge in social initiatives from
over some 20 years of experience in the manufacturing industry. Vivek’s key priority is to
initiate activities and create a sustainable framework which is aligned with the objectives of
MDG. Vivek is instrumental in developing CSR projects into a Self Sustained Social Ventures
either through developing community ownership model or developing revenue model to
meet the operational expenditure. Vivek’s background allows him to extend his expertise
to CII Northern Council in the capacity of a Co-Chairman of CSR Committee, mentor
committee of CIIE, promoted by IIM Ahmedabad etc.
