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Sr. Director – Development Ashoka University

ANITA BALA SHARAD

Anita is a Marketing and Business Development professional with over 23 years of experience, 14 of which has been in the Development Sector in the area of Resource Mobilisation which covered both fundraising and communications. Prior to joining the development sector, Anita led  advertising agencies in India and abroad, in Account Management and Strategic Planning. For  her, strategy for brands, and services in the advertising space laid the perfect platform to move into the development space where communication plays a very big role.

Head of Philanthropy, RDA Holdings

ANAGHA PADHYE

Independant Consultant

AMITA PURI

Chief Executive Officer, Tech Mahindra Foundation

CHETAN KAPOOR

Chetan joined the Tech Mahindra Foundation in October 2016 and has conceptualised and helped set up the Foundation’s flagship Skill Development program. He is also a part of the Senior Education Committee of FICCI and has also served as a Consultant for the Tata Trusts. Prior to joining the Foundation, Chetan ran his own resource and consulting company Edulever which he had founded in 2009. Chetan is also the co-founder of Agrasar, a developmental organisation working for Skills, Social Security, and Education in Gurgaon. An early childhood and primary education program that he has started and is closely associated with is Sahpathi. He has worked with the American India Foundation (AIF). Before this, he was the Director of Programs with Pratham where he worked extensively in the field of primary education, heading programs in Delhi and then in North India. Chetan has an MBA in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce

Development Sector Consultant and Mentor

GUNJALI SINGH

Associate Director and Head, The Convergence Foundation; Advisor, Central Square Foundation

PRAVEEN KHANGHTA

Head of Social Sector Capacity Building, ATE Chandra Foundation

POONAM CHOKSI

Advisor/ Growth Partner/ Angel Investor (Freelance)

SHANTANU GHOSH

Shantanu is currently the Chief Advisor of Institutional Giving at Give India, the largest and the most trusted giving platform in India. He also serves in the Advisory Council of Milaan Foundation. He was the CEO for Social Finance India, a not for profit organization, set up with the objective to serve as a catalytic impact investment intermediary for the social sector.  He has also volunteered his time as an advisor and mentor for multiple social organizations. He is  an active angel investor in technology driven disruptive businesses. He decided to move away from a pure commercial career in early 2019 with the realisation that his core motivation had shifted to contributing to broader social goals beyond commercial business objectives. He had helped build, scale up Genpact from a captive to a premier transformation services company. He spent the first half of his career in B2C businesses with Unilever and GE Consumer Finance (both in India) and GE India as a functional finance leader (CFO) and the second half as business leader for global B2B businesses for Genpact.

Associate Director – Advancement Indian School of Business

SNIGDHA RAHA

Head of Development, Teach For India

SARA KHAN