Our Team
Rakesh
Partnership Manager
I believe that Education is power and early child education is first step for little champs to get that power.
Anjali
Program Lead - Affordable Private Schools
Every child deserves to get a quality early childhood education which will form the basis of their lifelong journey.
Naveen
Director - Affordable Private Schools
Every child’s unique journey is dependent on their experiences. I believe all we have to do is, work towards enriching their experiences and let them explore.
Rakesh
Operations Manager - Affordable Private Schools
Every child’s unique journey is dependent on their experiences. I believe all we have to do is, work towards enriching their experiences and let them explore.
Raghavendra
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Operations Manager - Government Projects
Early years are the most critical years for lifelong development and hence it is essential to address the gap in access to quality Early Childhood Education.
Rohinie
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Program Manager - Affordable Private Schools
The impact of early childhood experiences goes beyond the classroom and it is important that we create a environment for children to observe and learn.
Meenakshi
Associate - Product Development and Communications
Only young children would draw a purple tree without any inhibitions. Whether their next drawing is a pink sea or not depends on how we respond to their creativity!
Sheetal
Program Manager - The CLAP Project
A child's journey of learning and exploration must be a joyful one. If we give them the right kind of opportunities at an early age, they can enjoy the process of learning forever!
Advisors
Ujwal Thakar
Chairman of the Board - Educate Girls
Ujwal Thakar, a banker for 28 years, has held key senior management positions at several leading banks including Standard Chartered Bank, BNP Paribas and Times bank. In 2002, he entered the social sector as CEO of Pratham, India's largest NGO in the elementary education space, putting to use his expertise in raising and managing funds, strategizing and project execution. He also served as CEO of GiveIndia.
Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja
Managing Director at Central Square Foundation
Shaveta has been part of the founding team at CSF, and co-leads CSF's strategy, operations and strategic partnerships. She leads CSF’s work on FLN (Foundational Literacy & Numeracy) across State engagement & Classroom Instruction, Grant-making, and also oversees CSF’s organisational development. Her corporate background includes work at The Boston Consulting Group and Citibank. She has also been a visiting faculty member in the Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour disciplines at business schools. Her primary areas of interest are systems adoption at scale and leadership & organisational behaviour, and she is certified in the psychometric tools MBTI, FIRO-B and FIRO-Business.
Ravi Sreedharan
Founder and Director - Indian School of Development Management
Ravi Sreedharan has worked in the corporate world for 24 years. Most of his professional engagement has been with the MNC Bank – HSBC over various locations such as Dubai, Hong Kong, Jakarta and Cairo. In his current role, Ravi is the founder and director at the Indian School of Development Management(ISDM) which aims to facilitate the creation of a cadre of professional leaders and managers for the development sector who will make a significant difference to the impact, scale and sustainability of organisations working for the betterment of society and especially improving the quality of life of the underserved. He is an Engineer from IIT-BHU (1985) and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad (1988).
Samuel Selvakumar
Ex - CEO Regional Director of Vodafone
Sam transitioned from Corporate India after an illustrious career spanning 26 years with Xerox, 3M and Hutch having last served as CEO regional director of Vodafone for almost a decade in Bangalore. His second innings over the last ten years has been a dual career marked by innovation, generosity and significance in Corporate Advisory and Primary Education. Having established an Elementary school in 2010 and established the family foundation serving the underserved woman and children in the city. As Corporate Advisor, Sam works with four different businesses in the technology, cloud and platform businesses and has recently assumed the responsibility of Co-founder in the platform business.
Mangal
Chief Executive Officer
Excellent Early Childhood education is like a strong foundation to a building. The stronger it is, the better it will hold all that comes after it.
Swetha
Director - Product Development & Government Projects
Children see magic because they look for it. The least we can do is join them in the search...Give them great learning environments and the magic will unfold!
Guhan
Director
I believe the most important investment we can make today is in our children and their childhood!
Namratha
Lead - Teacher Professional Development
Children learn best when they are left to explore on their own. We need to actively tweak their environments and ensure they have the opportunity to make quality experiences.
Anupriya
Program Lead - Affordable Private Schools
Investing in early childhood education ensures that all children get a strong start in life. This builds the foundation for success in school and life.
Sneha
Lead - Curriculum Development
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark. Make a difference each day and provide children with the ultimate beginning for life.
Ramya
Program Lead - Affordable Private Schools
Children are little wonders, looking for wonders in this world. Let us create those wonders around them and make their childhood wonderful.
Uthara
Program Lead - Government Projects
Quality ECE is important as it allows children to create themselves through purposeful activity during the most important years of learning.
