Rajesh Thokle

Rajesh Thokale has led Pratham’s youth program since 2005 and spearheads all aspects of our 100 vocational training centers across the 16 states in India. He is co-founder of Sanchar InfoTech, an affiliate organization of Pratham Education Foundation and has been associated with Pratham since its inception in 1994. He also handles the responsibility of all Pratham’s civil works and construction activities. Rajesh completed his engineering degree from Sardar Patel College of Engineering specializing in civil engineering.

Medha Uniyal

"Medha Uniyal has been co-leading the vocational training and entrepreneurship programs at Pratham since 2017 and earlier headed the Program Development Team. Medha is a graduate from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and in the past has has been involved with several grassroots organizations in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Her writings about labour, migration, women and development appear in publications like The Guardian, Outlook, World Economic Forum, Indian Express, among others."

Rohit Shinde

Rohit has been working with Pratham for more than 5 years, as the Head of Hospitality & Automotive programs. He has completed his diploma in Hotel Management and PGDBA in HR and started his career as a Chef in various five star Hotels in Mumbai, before deciding to shift to the social sector. Previously he worked for 7 years in Kotak Education Foundation and Yuva respectively prior to joining Pratham. In his spare time, he loves playing with his daughter and cooking for her.

Anita Gangurde

Anita Gangurde has been associated with Pratham since its inception in 1994. She joined as a Balwadi teacher at the young age of 20 before moving onto other programs. Anita worked as the Western Zonal in-charge at Niramaya Health Foundation (also under Pratham) for 8 years before joining Pratham Institute in 2007, as the Head for the Healthcare Program. Currently, she is also overseeing the Tailoring Training and Entrepreneurship Program. Anita loves singing and acting, and has received many accolades for the same.

Sanjay Shinde

Sanjay Shinde has been associated with Pratham since 2005. He comes with considerable amount experience in the social sector and has worked in organizations like REAP and India Bulls Foundation. Currently, Sanjay coordinates the Emerging Entrepreneurs Program running across 4 states and oversees the certification process for all students that pass out of our Training programs. He has completed his BSW from Nirmala Niketen College of social work, Mumbai. Sanjay loves reading all sorts of books and listening to music when he’s not working.

Rani Sharma

Rani Sharma has been associated with Pratham since its inception in 1994. She is a Sociology Graduate. Rani joined as a Balwadi teacher at the young age of 15, and actively working with us ever since. Rani has been associated with and led various programs under Pratham, such as Healthcare, Education and Vocational Training. For the past 7 years, Rani has been serving in the capacity of the Head for the Beauty Training and Entrepreneurship Program (BTEP) and has generated 1000 successful entrepreneurs, PAN India. She has implemented many innovative pilot projects one such being, starting the first batch of transgender in the BTEP. Most recently, Rani joined the Migrant Support Program, 2017. ​ ​Rani has always been very proud of her association with Pratham​ as through Pratham she has been able to impact the lives of thousand of other women and has had the privilege to learn under significant leaders and at the same time train leaders under her. Her mother in law is her major pillar of support.​

Sachin Chandorkar

Sachin, a BCom graduate from Mumbai University started working in Pratham since 1997 for educational programs as position of mobilizer in Mumbai. He gradually grew in Pratham with various opportunities. In 2002 he grabbed the opportunity of Fellowship Program supported by the University of Twente, Netherland. He has worked with corporate Companies and NGOs between of 2008 to 2012. He Joined Pratham again in 2013, Currently he leads Mobilization and the Construction program. He is hard-working and dedicated to timelines, ready to take up any challenge given to him and tries to complete his tasks with utter dedication and perfection.

Sanjay Lokhande

Sanjay Lokhande joined as a part of the implementation team in 2010, and currently heads the Mobilization team and Construction Program. He comes with 5 years of experience at Coro for literacy in Community work, 7 years of experience at Sampark in Advocacy related work, 7 years of experience at Vikas Sahyog Prathishthan in youth development programs.

Sunita Bansode

Sunita has been working with Pratham for the past five years , she heads the Outreach Team presently. Previously she has worked as an Accountant with a Mumbai based hospital, she has also worked with CORO and Stri Mukti Sanaghatana. Sunita has gained experience working as a counselor at a mahila mandal based in Navi Mumbai. She completed her B.Com degree from Mumbai University in 1993 and her post graduation in Social Entrepreneurship in 2010. She enjoys cooking, listening to music and spending time with her family.

Dinesh Borse

Dinesh has been working with Pratham since 2007. He is from Maharashtra, but relocated to Chhattisgarh. He started working with Read India Program of Pratham, currently he leads the Chhattisgarh team as a State Head and Odisa team as a State Mentor. He holds Graduation (B.Com.) in Financial and Rural Development from Mumbai University. He likes to travel and spend time with his friends.

Hanumant Budhulwar

Hanumant started his Pratham journey in 2005 as a volunteer. He then got the opportunity to work with Read India program as a District Coordinator and further with ASER . He has been working for the past few years as a state leader for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Originally from Gadchiroli , he holds a B.A from Nagpur University. In his free time he likes to play cricket and go swimming.

Ajit Solanki

Ajit Solanki holds a Masters & M.Phil in Social Work, Ajit has been associated with Pratham for the past 10 years. Having exposure to Human Resource section of various industries, He finally moved to Jaunpur to join JPAL & Pratham joint Research Project on Information campaign and Community Mobilization.Ajit worked as state head of Pratham Uttar Pradesh and designed, implemented & monitored Pratham’s Read India & Urban Program in the various districts of Uttar Pradesh. Ajit currently works as state head of UP, Bihar & Jharkhand for development & growth of skilling program of Pratham Institute. He initiated Govt partnerships with UP & Jharkhand Skill Development Mission.

Sudhir Vaidya

Sudhir has been working at Pratham since 2004 , he first started off as a volunteer and then became the division head for the Read India Program in 2006. He then joined ASER in 2008 as an associate after which he joined Pratham Institute since 2012 , first as a Centre Head in Bhopal and currently as the State leader for Madhya Pradesh. He holds a Master in Social Work and he loves to play cricket in his spare time

Jagruti Raval

A perfectionist by nature, Jagruti Raval joined Pratham Institute in 2011. Jagruti heads the placements team for Construction & Electrical, Automotive and Healthcare Skilling programs. She is a graduate in Commerce and Economics from SIES College and has completed her journalism from Somaiya Institute of Management & Research Center and is currently pursuing her LLB from Asmita College of Law.Jagruti loves "interactions" and actively engages fellow employees in different fun activities.

Shivaji Kadam

He started his career in Pratham in 1993 and side by side persued Diploma in Social Entrepreneurship Management from SIES College, Navi Mumbai. For few years, he worked in ‘Vedanta Foundation’ as ‘West Regional Head(Asst.)’ to collect more exposure and experience in this field and rejoined ‘Pratham’ in 2013. Currently active as Parham Alumni Association ( PAL) program Coordinator and serving for the needs of post placement students. Recollecting the memories from his joining days in ‘Pratham’ as ‘office assistant’, he was introduced in by Madhav sir as a ‘Team Member’, who was equally important as others. These had always worked as in inspiration and motivation in his life, for giving equal opportunity to everyone and climb the ladder of success in life goals. He is always keen in learning new things and adapting through the situation and welcoming the innovative ideas and changes.

Hemani Guhagarkar

Hemani Guhagarkar joined the Pratham Family in December 2013 and she co-leads the Hospitality Program and is also responsible for setting up the Quality Control & Audit Team.Hemani comes with 8 years experience in the hospitality industry and an in-depth knowledge of the hotel business. She is a Hotel Management Graduate from IHM –Mumbai and has done her Post Graduation In PR & Marketing. She started her career working with The Hyatt Regency Mumbai in the front office department and eventually moved on to sales. She has also worked with several other reputed hotel chains subsequently . Hemani is an energetic, ambitious person and she loves reading books, going on long walks and listening to music in her spare time.

Amruta Damle

Amruta Damle Heads the Hospitality Placement Division at Pratham. She has completed her diploma in Hotel Management & a degree of Business Administration from the University of Manipal. After pursuing her degree, she worked at Global Vision Cancer Care NGO for 3 years as a Branch Manager.

Kalindi Soni

A super workaholic and on the toes every second, Kalindi Soni, known as the “MIS Queen” of Pratham Institute joined PI in the year 2013. Kalindi hales from the orange city Nagpur and is a graduate in Biostatistics from Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad. She has done her masters in Statistics form Nagpur University. Kalindi loves to writing articles and watching creative video. An outgoing, fun person, she likes to gift handmade gifts to fellow employees.

Shreekant Deshmukh

Popularly known as Shree, Shrikant Deshmukh hales from a small village from Maharashtra. During his graduation, he learnt about Pratham and started off as a volunteer. Since 2008, Shree has been associated with various programs of Pratham and currently heads the PSTC Program. Shree loves to travel, meet new people. With Pratham, he got the opportunities to travel and know the ground realities rural India. He believes in growing together and learning from each other. His favorite pass time is playing cricket and photography.

Balvinder Singh

Balvinder Singh joined Pratham in January 2002. He completed his graduation from Ramjas College, Delhi University and his MBA in Finance from Punjab University. He has more than 12 years of experience in accounting, administrative & logistics in corporate & non-profit organization. He has vast experience in Financial Process & Internal Control Procedures, Cross Functional Integration for MIS, Auditing & Compliance and Liaison with Financial Institutions and General Administration.

Romal Sinha

Romal Sinha has been working in Pratham since 2014, where he started with Pratham Institute Regional placement coordinator for Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand. Presently he is placement head for Hospitality vertical at Pratham Vocation Training Program. Romal has completed his MBA in Marketing from Chandragupt Insitute of Management Patna (CIMP) in year 2013. He has also worked as Program Officer of Uttar Pradesh at SATHI (Society for children in difficult situation) in the year 2013. SATHI works on rescuing and reuniting separated children with their family. He have Good experience of Team handling and data analysis. He believes in working with full efficiency to achieve the long term goal. He loves playing Cricket and Table tennis. He also likes to travel to new places.

Rahul Yadav

Rahul Yadav is the Assistant Placement Head for Hospitality. In the past , he has worked with Drishtee Development & Communication (Noida) and IKYA Human Capital Solutions (Bangalore) as a Regional Placement Coordinator. He is a Science Graduate from Agra University and Post Graduate in Management from IITTM (Gwalior). Rahul likes exploring new places and getting to know more about the social and cultural aspects of different destinations. He also enjoys dancing and cooking in his free time.

Puneet Poojari

Puneeth Poojary, Kannada by birth and Maharashtrian by heart, has been working with Pratham since 2016, as a program associate for healthcare. Mainly focussing on implementation and operations of the centers, he also reviews human resources and troubleshoots for center personell for the healthcare program. Puneeth holds a Bachelor's degree in Sports Management and is a certified fitness consultant. A sports and fitness enthusiast puneeth regularly takes fitness workshops and organises sports events. A proud member of the Rotaract fraternity, puneeth serves the community on duty and off duty. Apart from reading, joking and video games, exchanging valuable thoughts and ideas is his favourite pass time.

Shivanand Hadpad

Shivanand joined Pratham in 2015. He holds a BE Electrical degree from BMIT, Solapur.Currently, he is working as the Academic Head in Electrical Program since July 2016. He works closely with the overall team on content development & syllabus upgradation. He has worked as an Electrical Site Engineer in Vishwa Group in 2015-16. In his spare time he likes to read books, cook & play cricket.

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Srinivas Nimmalapudi

Neeta Govalkar

Neeta Kocharekar has been working in Pratham since 2003. She started working as Data operator cum Office assistant with Pratham Education Foundation till 2011 . Neeta Completed her Graduation in Commerce and has also done a Diploma in Computer . Before Joining with Pratham she also worked as an Audit Assistant with an accounting firm. After a three year break she joined the beauty program in 2015 where she currently works as a Data Manager.

Savita Bansode

"Savita Joined Pratham LOTB in 2013, worked as Asst.Trainer, Digital content of 6th, 7th and 8th std, use to train the teachers and principals for activity based learning sessions. She is currently working with Beauty Team as Program Coordinator for PAN India Training Centers. Operational support to state teams in terms of planning, monitoring and implementation, conducting analysis and preparing reports to manage relationships with the donor. Previous experience in ICICI Bank in 2002 as Tele-caller and MIS specialist. Vodafone Collection as Team Manager for Soft Recovery & MIS Reliance Life Insurance as Sales Manager for Ad visors recruitment and business generation. Her hobies are Cooking and Dancing"

Siddhanth Kulshreshtha

​​ Siddhant Kulshreshtha has been working in Pratham since May, 2015. He manages the Migrant Support Program in Delhi NCR and also monitors the Beauty Program for North India Region. He led the Delivery Boys Program for vocational training in Delhi. Siddhant has completed his MBA in HR & Marketing. He started his career as an Assistant Manager at Axis Bank after which he decided to shift to the social sector. He loves travelling and exploring places.

Yogita Salvi

Yogita Salvi completed her Master in Social Work from Karve Institute, Pune. She has joined Pratham as a part of the Entrepreneurship Development Program in 2007 at Satara, after this she shifted to Mumbai and started working with Pratham Institute Placement Team. Currently involved in the Employment Awareness Program. She comes up with 3 years of Activism experience at Girangaon Rojgar Hakk Samiti organization working for Right's of Cotton mill worker's, She also works at Balprafulta Child Right's Organization on project Talash at Mumbai. With the experience of her journalism field, she loves to write on various social issues, her passion is Traveling and she likes Photography.

Upender Singh

Upender Singh has been associated with Pratham since October, 2015. Currently, he leads the Government relationships and development for Pratham, from its Delhi office. Formerly he was a journalist and in past has been associated with different media outlets like NDTV, Press Trust of India (PTI) and All India Football Federation (AIFF) in different capacities. Educationally, along with Graduation and Post - Graduation in Journalism and Mass Communication from Delhi University, he has also completed Masters in Development from Azim Premji University. During his tenure with media organizations, he was associated with various social groups like MKSS and others. ​ He​ is also a​n​ avid documentary maker and a traveler​ and ​ha​s​ produced and directed various documentaries on various social issues of prime importance like "Police Reforms", "Traditional ways of Water Conservation in Arid Region of the Country" etc.

Sadhan Dutta

Currently managing HR at PACE Vocational Skilling Programs since the past two years. Also, looking after General Admin at Kurla H.O. and as a mentor to PACE Vocational Skilling Centers based in Chembur and nearby locations (Panvel area)

Pallavi Patil

"Pallavi Patil leads the Entrepreneurship Development Practice (EDP) for PACE along with Rohit and Praful. She has been instrumental in putting together a strategic roadmap for enabling grassroots entrepreneurship using Pratham's deep-rooted knowledge of working with the underprivileged. EDP is working towards encouraging ex-students and others from rural India to start their own enterprise through training, guidance, hand-holding, financial support and incubation support in the future. She is an Engineer and MBA from Pune University. In her 15years of work experience she has managed a consulting practice in PwC, built software and managed test teams in TCS, worked as an entrepreneur in the USA and volunteered her time towards finding jobs for 'benefit seekers' at the Croydon Council in UK. She is an avid traveller and enjoys the outdoors with her son and husband in her free time. "

Ruta Mane

Ruta Mane has been working in Pratham since 2005. she started working as an accountant for Pratham’s education Programs. She has completed her B.Com and has also done a diploma in Computers. She is also a certified Master Trainer in Beauty through the Godrej Saloni program. In the past she has also worked with other NGO’s that worked with Government Schools. She started working for the Beauty program in 2013 where she is currently co-leading the Entrepreneurship program which has till date created 1000 entrepreneurs in over eleven states.

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Anisha Kaushik

Anisha Kaushik , did her Bachelors in Physiotherapy but then decided to pursue her passion for the social sector. She has always been interested in Skill development and was a part of various such projects in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Curently she is working as a Program Associate for Placements. Anisha also likes to read , loves pets and is an adventure sports enthusiast

Tejas Borge

Since 2016 Tejas Borge working in Pratham Education Foundation as a PAL Program Associate. Presently he is taking care of PAL related all work with events and activities in PAN India Level. Previously working as a Admin- HR Manager in SEPPL company. He holds Bachelor Degree. He loves playing Cricket and Tennis. About Hobby, he like to Sing, to do Mimicry and Acting. He do's Theatre Act and playing character role in TV Serials and Short Films.

Sachin Suresh Kambire

Sachin Kambire joined Pratham in the year 2014 as a Data entry operator. Presently, he being a part of the Placement team looks after the data monitoring processes as well handels the operations of the team projects centrally .His learning attitude and love for computers and technology plus an experience of almost 8 years have helped him muster a fair amount of knowledge in this technical field. He also has an inclination towards providing training's and conducting sessions which his work provides seldomly and look forward to be involved in management related field. He loves to play cricket and read books in his spare time.

Nishant Baghel

Nishant is a serial entrepreneur in love with digital technology. He joined Pratham in 2015 in the vocational training wing to set up innovative sustainable ventures. He believes in profitability for social ventures and aims for the same at Pratham. Currently he leads the Digital Initiatives unit at Pratham. A computer science engineer by education, Nishant has been involved with various tech-for-good initiatives since college. He is working on ways to scale reach and reduce cost of digital learning. A native of Kandhwar village in Madhya Pradesh, Nishant understands the learning abilities of Indian kids and advocates developing intuitive learning tools for this population.

Shivani Arte

Shivani has been working with Pratham since 2015. She was introduced to Pratham as an intern in 2014 and since then has been affiliated with Pratham's cause. She started off as a Program Coordinator for the Healthcare program focusing on operations, strategy and communications. Currently she leads the Donor Management team for the Vocational Training programs. She holds her Master's in Development Studies from Azim Premji University with a specialization in Livelihoods. She aims to work towards creating pathways for sustainable and decent livelihoods for the youth in India and be able to tell Pratham's story through her efforts.

Saurabh Valecha

Saurabh is working in the Program Development Team for vocational training and looks after the overall Finances, Revenue Tracking and Learn Now Pay Later(LNPL) model. He has a keen interest in travelling and is a football fanatic. Prior to joining the organisation in July 2016, Saurabh worked for Oil and Gas Service company, Schlumberger for 3 years. He has done his B.Tech from IIT Kanpur.

Ankit Rathod

Ankit has been working with Pratham since January 2017 and is a part of 'Program Development Team’ at Pratham Institute. He is currently is looking after Employment Awareness Course (EAC) program, manages donor & government relations in Maharashtra and new donor funding. He holds Master of Management Studies (MMS) degree with specialisation in Marketing and is a commerce graduate from Mumbai University. Prior to working with Pratham, Ankit worked as Program Manager with Planet Finance India, where he was managing a national level project of ‘Uploading SHG Member Data Into Credit Bureaus’ aimed at driving policy change to mandate banks to report their SHG member data into the credit bureaus. At SSA Business Solutions, he led the business development for 4 years, helped SSA diversify its customer portfolio and took the initiative to improve internal business development process.

Praveen Verma

Praveen has completed his B.Tech (Hons) in Metallurgy & Materials Engineering from NIT Jamshedpur, before working for 3.5 years with JSW Steel Ltd. Praveen’s journey with Pratham began in February 2016.He then joined Entrepreneurship Development Program in Construction owing to his passion for business. He also supports the Construction team in process improvement and NSDC aligned content development.

Namita Nagvekar

Namita Nagvekar leads the accounting team at Pratham,she joined Pratham in 2011.A graduate from Mumbai University , she has done her Post Graduation in Financial Management from IGNOU. Working with Pratham makes her feel like she is contributing positively to society

Sanjivani Landge

Sanjivani has been working in Pratham since 2009, where she initially joined as an Accountant. Since April 2015 she has been working as a Financial Controller for Pratham Institute. She is responsible for tracking & updating all types of revenue across various databases. She has completed her graduation in B.A. (Economics) & a B.Ed. in Marathi & History. After graduation she trained as a beautician and worked at a salon for five years. After that she joined Mumbai University and was working in an administrative role and has also worked at HDFC as a sales executive. Sanjivani likes to listen to music , reading novels and travelling in her spare time.

Jiten Ghelani

Taufique Naik

Taufique Naik joined Pratham Infotech in 2009 as a team leader in program which aimed Computer literacy for school children. After a year of experience, he then moved to Pratham Institute as a Computer Trainer at Aurangabad Hospitality Center till 2012. Working for two years at Hospitality center, he developed interest and tried his luck in Hotel Industry, Saudi Arabia in Housekeeping Dept. Returning back to India after two years he again joined Pratham Institute as Data associate in the MIS Department. His work includes data monitoring for all centers and report generation for different donors on Salesforce and Power BI. As his profile demands, he have hands on in Microsoft Excel and good understanding of data. He carries out his responsibility with utter dedication. His spare time is engaged in singing, playing cricket and travelling.

Prem Yadav

Prem being a co-founder of Pratham Infotech Foundation, he joined Pratham in 1994 and was a part of the core team that laid the foundations on which the organization has been built. Having worked as the Chief accountant for Pratham, in 1998, Prem helped set up 15 computer labs in municipal schools of different wards of Mumbai, with the help of ICICI bank. The initiative called Pratham InfoTech Foundation, which was co-founded by him with his team today reaches 1.75 lacs children from disadvantaged sections of society in 400 schools across 09 states of India.Having been earned a B.A. degree in Sociology from Pune, Prem Yadav did his Master of Resource Mobilization & Management from S. P.Jain Institute of Management, Mumbai. Besides contributing to many educational publications, especially on Computer related learning, he has been the Area Coordinator, CORO (Committee of Resource Organization for Literacy), Treasurer, Suvidha Co-operative, which was set up to operate the Integrated Waste Management Project; and is currently the Director of CAL & IT Training Program and a Trustee at Pratham InfoTech Foundation. Prem Yadav is a recipient of the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship - USA in 2010 and also TED speaker in World Economic Forum at Perm Region in Russia.

Smitin Brid

Smitin Brid is Principal of Pratham-IGNOU Community College (registered with IGNOU) and spearheading various training programs in the sectors of education (Pre-primary, Primary and Secondary), ICT and Vocational and Soft Skills. He is also Head of the Assessment and Certification division of Pratham Institute. Smitin holds a Masters degree in Public Administration, and has been working for the Universalization of Basic Education since 1996.

Manisha Date

Manisha joined Pratham in March 2011. She heads our internal capacity building team. She is responsible for designing and conducting Pratham’s Leadership Development Programme. She also works on the content development and training of trainers for programs like the Foundation Course for Employability. Manisha holds a Doctorate in Management and a Masters in Economics. She has worked in the field of education and training for the last eighteen years.

Saurabh Deshpande

Saurabh joined Pratham in 2010. Currently he leads the academic content team of vocational training's as Head of Content. He is responsible for content development, up-gradation of training method, designing and conducting training program for academic trainers. Saurabh holds a Masters Degree in Library & Information Science, Graduation in Hotel & Tourism Management, also he is Junior Researcher (Studying in M.Phil. - Library & Information Science). He has worked in the field of hospitality industry, education and training for the last 14 years.

Sarita Jadhav

Sarita first joined Pratham in 1999 as a ‘balsakhi’ where she worked in Urban Communities as a trainer. She was then promoted to a Master Trainer. She first started working in skilling in the hospitality program , where she was working in Mobilization as a Regional Coordinator. She then started developing content for soft skills across verticals , and started training the trainers for holistic development. She has completed her graduation from Nashik University. She now leads the implementation for the Migration community project, while also developing soft skills content for students and trainers alike. In her spare time she likes to sing and paint

Anant Mani

"Anant has a diverse experience of 10 years in corporate and social sector. He is an MBA and have worked in banking sector for 3 years. Before Pratham, he did a ‘Teach for India’ fellowship where he taught primary school students for 2 years in a Government school in West Delhi. In Pratham, Anant leads Government/ NSDC relations team. He also supports state operations of UP, Bihar and Jharkhand. Currently, he is also involved with few other programs trying to scale high impact models and create in-house innovative solutions for operational improvements. Anant is zealously passionate about creating self-sustainable model in education/ livelihood space."

Annette Francis

Annette has been working with Pratham since February 2018. She has completed her Masters in Education from the University of Edinburgh, and has worked in a teaching capacity with organisations - Young Engineers and Tutor Doctor - based in Scotland. While she was acquiring her Bachelors in Information Technology from SRM University, Chennai, she volunteered as a teacher with Make A Difference for three years. Currently, she works on Research and Innovation projects in Pratham.

Riddhima Kedia

Riddhima is part of the Program Development Team at Pratham. She is a Manager for Donor Management and Fundraising. She is also involved with Communications and a project to support rural migrants in urban cities in India. Prior to joining Pratham, Riddhima worked with Teach India and Dagar NGO which works towards prisoner rehabilitation. Riddhima has graduated with a degree in law (LL.B) from Government Law College Mumbai. She obtained the first rank for law at Mumbai University, was awarded the Nivedita Nathani award for Leadership and Academic Excellence, and also served as the President of the Student body. She has had experience at top law firms in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court, and the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission. She has served on the Editorial Board of ILSA Quarterly, India Law Journal, and GLC Law Review. Outside of her professional role Riddhima enjoys baking, art, and is a certified scuba-diver.

Pranita Katkar

"Role -Cash inflow and Fund Management with handling few donor reports.Past - Financial Analyst having 3+ years of experience in major aspect of accounting and financial management to produce excellent financial reporting, budget forecasting, resource management and team building skills. Interest : Trading & Managing Mutual Fund Portfolio. Hobby - reading listening music"

Sharon Jacob

Sharon joined Pratham Institute in May 2018, as part of Program development team, handling Fundraising and Donor Management. Her work focuses primarily on handling existing donor relation and apply for fundraising opportunities. She has done her master's in Social Work from Nirmala Niketan. She enjoys doing craft work and cooking.

Shubhangi Rao

Shubhangi is with Pratham since July 2018 and is part of the Program Development team. She is a Chartered Secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Delhi and has worked in the Mutual Fund Industry for nearly a decade. She enjoys volunteering during her spare time and gives time to help children with learning difficulties and also loves listening to music and travelling with her family.