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.

Azeez Gupta

Azeez Gupta has been co-leading Pratham’s vocational training program since 2014. He was formerly a management consultant with McKinsey and Company in their Delhi office. He holds a Bachelor in Technology (B. Tech) degree in Production and Industrial Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. Azeez is a development sector geek and passionate about creating long-term social impact in India. His other passions are sports and books. Azeez is going to Harvard Business School in the Fall of 2017, he hopes to come back and continue the job that he loves in India’s education sector.

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.

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.

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.

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.​

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.

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.

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.

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.

Suhrita Ganguly

Suhrita has pursued a Bachelor of Arts, Honours degree in Sociology from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, 2013 after which she went on to pursue her Masters from Delhi School of Economics, 2015. On completing her Master's, Suhrita joined Pratham's Delivery Boy Program in Delhi in the capacity of a Program manager. With an aim to work with women, she eventually shifted to the Beauty Training and Entrepreneurship Program (BTEP) and is now leading it. Suhrita is an avid reader, trained Kathak dancer and loves to travel.

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.

Savita Bansode

Savita joined Pratham’s Learn Out Of the Box program in 2013 where she worked as an in Digital Content as an assistant trainer for teachers in middle school.Currently she is working with Beauty team as a Master Trainer for Life skills and Content. Closely monitoring and guiding, trainers from all 18 States and working on standardizing the content for the centres.She has previously worked in sales and business generation for ICICI and Reliance. Savita’s hobbies include cooking and dancing

Mr.Samir Nabar

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.

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.

Nidhi Thachankary

Nidhi Thachankary is the Hospitality Head of Pratham Ventures; an initiative by the Pratham Institute working toward developing sustainable models in vocational training. She leads our Hotel+Academic centre model and our two hotels - PACE Hotel Aurangabad and PACE Resort Khajuraho.A specialist in the hospitality Industry and an MBA graduate of the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; Nidhi joined us after two years of working with her family's company, Royal Group of Companies in Kochi, Kerala and another two years working with Hilton Worldwide, UAE in Learning & Development, Marketing and Finance.

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.

Romal Sinha

Romal Sinha works as LNPL (Learn Now Pay Later) Head for hospitality vertical. He holds an MBA degree and he worked for SATHI (Society for Children in Difficult Situation) as Program officer in Uttar Pradesh before joining Pratham in 2014 as post placement co-ordinator for for hospitality vertical. Romal enjoys playing cricket in his free time.

Ekta Gujral

Ekta Gujral has been working as a Programme Associate for the Healthcare vertical since January 2016. She handles external communication, implementation and donor relations. She has completed her masters in Sociology from Delhi School of Economics and has done her graduation from Miranda House , University of Delhi. She is originally from Dehradoon and is an avid reader who also loves bird watching , gardening and likes to bake occasionally.

Puneet Poojari

Puneet has been working as a program associate for the healthcare program. He primarily works on the implementation of the program, by standardizing processe and guiding the cetners across India for better performance. He is currently pursuing education in sports management, and is a volunteer for Rotaract since the past four years years, currently serving as the president at Rotaract Club of Mumbai Mulund South for 2016-2017. He has previously worked in a sports education company - Proforce, as an intern. He is a dedicated sports enthusiast who continues to be a fitness consultant for many.

Sanjay Shinde

Sanjay Shinde has been associated with Pratham since 2005. He comes with considerable amount of 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, he also leads the Electrical vertical. He has completed his BSW from Nirmala Niketen College of social work, Mumbai. Sanjay loves reading books and listening to music when he’s not working.

Nikhil Lokhande

Nikhil Lokhande works as an Associate for the Electrical Program. He joined Pratham in 2015 as Program associate in the Healthcare Program. He has graduated in Accounting and Finance from Kelkar V. G. Vaze College (Mumbai University) and he is currently pursuing his Masters in Social Work (IGNOU). He is a volunteer with Rotaract as District Rotaract Representative. His hobbies include playing Kabaddi and maintaining his aquarium.

Kshirodinee Pritee Sahu

Kshirodinee Pritee Sahu, has been working in Pratham since August 2015. Currently, she manages the Donor relations and communications for the partners of Pratham and is a part of the Program Development Team. She was formerly associated and involved in projects focussing on children, youth and women in both Non- Governmental and Government organizations. Kshirodinee holds a Master of Arts (M.A) Degree in Development from Azim Premji University, Bengaluru which had exposed her to understand the core realities at the grass-root level. She is passionate about dance and is a trained classical Odissi dancer.

Mr.Nitin Amburle

Nitin started out as the Content and Training head for the Computer Hardware and Networking course with Pratham. Today, he heads the Automotive Training Program that runs in various states across the country. Nitin has completed his Diploma in Industrial Electronics from Bharti Vidyapeeth College, Khargar. He loves to engage in all sorts of outdoorsy activities and loves playing sports, especially cricket.

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.

Radhika Samaradivakara

Radhika pursued Bachelor of Arts, Honours degree in Sociology from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, 2011. After which she worked on the field with various non-profit and non-governmental organizations for 2 years in Kolkata – all mainly dealing with child rights and education, focusing on street and slum children of Kolkata. In 2014 she went on to pursue Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW) at Columbia University, New York. After completing her Master’s, Radhika returned to practice social work in India and joined Pratham’s Migrant Support Program in August 2016. Radhika is a professionally trained Kathak dancer and has performed all over India.Radhika is also passionate about football and was in the women’s football team in school and college.

Shivanand Hadpad

Shivanand joined Pratham Institute in 2015 as a trainer. Currently he is working as the Academic Head in the Electrical program. He works closely with the overall team on content development & syllabus upgradation. He had worked as an Electrical site engineer in Vishwa Group. He holds a BE Electrical degree from BMIT, Solapur.In his spare time he likes to cook and play cricket.

Medha Uniyal

Medha Uniyal has been working in Pratham since January, 2015. She leads the Program Development team for vocational training – involving overall responsibilities of impact evaluation and new innovations. She was formerly a journalist and continues writing about Pratham’s work in publications like The Guardian, Outlook, Indian Express, among others. Medha studied Mass Media at St. Xavier’s Mumbai and during her time at college, worked with several grassroots organizations in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and also taught underprivileged students while working with a Mumbai-based NGO.

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.

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.

Priyanaka Roche

Priyanka Roche is an Economics, B.A. graduate from St.Xaviers College, Mumbai. She is involved in Fundraising and Partnership Management for Pratham Institute. She previously worked as a Trainer - Corporate Linkages at TechnoServe India on a Youth Employability Program in Mumbai. She spends her free time expanding her music playlist, dancing jive and running.

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.

Sadhan Dutta

Sadhan Dutta currently looking after the newly constituted HR and Personnel Dept at PEF since August 2016.Prior to this he was the English Language and Communication Skills Trainer at Pace center Chembur for three years.He is qualified as a Textile Chemist and have worked as a Quality Manager and Technical Manager in Textile Research Associations and also in a global consumer testing company in their laboratories at Mumbai and Gurugram..He is bibliophile and an avid reader of any book or publication which interests me.He likes to surf the Internet and read travel,food,science and personal finance articles and blogs.

Bhavna Arihant

Bhavna Arihant currently working in HR and Personnel Dept at PEF since November 2016. She is in Accounts Depts since June, 2006 to April 2016. Her qualification is B.Com. She like reading motivational books and inpirational stories of successful people. She also likes teaching.

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.

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.

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.

Shailendra Singh

Shailendra first joined Pratham in 2011, when he was appointed as a Program Officer for community mobilization in a rural block of Udaipur, Rajasthan. After pursuing his post graduation in Rural development, he was appointed as a state leader for Rajasthan and has been so till date. He enjoys writing about Student experiences at pratham and likes to play cricket and table tennins.

Pallavi Patil

Pallavi Patil is a part of the Entrepreneurship Development Program at Pratham. This practice is working towards encouraging ex-students to start their own enterprise through guidance, hand-holding, financial support and incubation support in the future. She is an Engineer and holds an MBA from Pune University. In her 12years 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.

Priti Bhurke

Priti has worked across various programs in Pratham , where she has been a counselor in the placement team, has developed systems for certification, been a part of the monitoring team for the Learn Now Pay Later (LNPL) scheme. She is currently working in Entrepreneurship Development where she develops content for budding entrepreneurs. Before joining Pratham , she used to work at Yuva Prathishthan as a Project Coordinator She holds a B.A in Economics) and has done her post graduation diplomas in Rural and Urban Management and her certification in REBT counselling. She is planning to do her Master’s in Psychology in the near future.

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

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.

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.

Shivani Arte

Shivani has been working with Pratham since 2015 , initially she started off as the program coordinator for the Healthcare program where she was focussing on implementation and process standardisation. Currently she works in Program Development on Donor management and Fundraising. She has done her Masters in Development studies from Azim Premji University. She is very passionate about the development sector , especially livelihoods. She loves to paint , doodle and travel in her 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.

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.

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.

Disha Pandey

Ms. Disha Pandey co-leads the Program Development Team of the Pratham vocational skills vertical. She heads fundraising and donor liaison. She is a Sociology post-graduate and has taught in a lower-income private school in Delhi for over a year. She enjoys reading and travelling.

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.

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.

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

Dinesh Borse

Dinesh Borse completed his B.Com from Mumbai University in Financial and Rural Development. He has been working in Pratham since 2007 , where he initially started as a volunteer for the Read India Program. He is from Maharashtra , but relocated to Chhattisgarh and has also worked with UNICEF in the past. He has been the center head for nearly seven vocational training centers and currently serves as the state leader for Chhattisgarh. He likes to travel to new places and spend time with his friends in his free time.

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

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

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.

Avinash Anand

Avinash Anand has been a part of Pratham since August, 2016. He leads the Program Operations team for vocational training – involving overall responsibilities of operations, advocacy and program development in the state of Jharkhand. He was formerly working with the BASIXS, TISS and NSDA. He has completed a Masters degree from Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai in 2013. During his college days, he worked with several people led movements across the country in Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh associated with the issue of land displacement and human trafficking which has been recognized by several state governments.

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.

Srinivas Nimmalapudi