Together, we
  • Have extensive expertise in the education sector as teachers, consultants and researchers.
  • Have postgraduate degrees ranging across Education, Public Policy, Development Studies, Media and Management.
  • Know 8 different languages and have lived in over 25 cities across India and abroad.
Core Team
Damini Krishnan
Damini Krishnan
Associate, Curriculum and Classroom Instructions

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them”- Maya Angelou

Divya Murali
Divya Murali
Senior Manager, Project Management, Tamil Nadu Foundational Learning Mission

Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.

Helena Thres
Helena Thres
Senior Associate, Strategic Partnerships and Engagement

It is not about just providing opportunities, its about ensuring that they are equitable! Equity over Equality!

Ishwarya Sankar
Ishwarya Sankar
Senior Manager, Training and Programme Delivery, Tamil Nadu Foundational Learning Mission

Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connections and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be. – Rita Pierson

Juliana Catherine Veronica
Juliana Catherine Veronica
Associate, Project Management, Tamil Nadu Foundational Learning Mission

“Never lose hope, my heart, miracles dwell in the invisible” – Rumi

Mathangi PN
Mathangi PN
Senior Manager, Curriculum Design and Learning

Believe you can and you’re already halfway there.

Merlia Shaukath
Merlia Shaukath
CEO & Founder

“We may encounter many defeats but we must never be defeated” – Maya Angelou

B. Oliver
B. Oliver
Head of Field Operations

“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress women have achieved” – Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Porvika Balasubramanian
Porvika Balasubramanian
Associate, Training and Programme Delivery

“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” – Maya Angelou

Pratibha P Menon
Pratibha P Menon
Senior Manger, Focus District and District Transformation

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style” – Maya Angelou

Rebecca Swittens
Rebecca Swittens
Senior Specialist, Training and Programme Delivery

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

Roopesh Kumar
Roopesh Kumar
Senior Associate, Organisational Development

Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle. – Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

V Saranya
V Saranya
Associate, EMIS, Tamil Nadu Foundational Learning Mission

Accept no one’s decision of your life. Define Yourself.

Sharada Dhevi Sriram
Sharada Dhevi Sriram
Senior Associate, Project Management, Tamil Nadu STEAM Schools

“You not only have a right to be an individual.You have a responsibility.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Skandaa Ramani
Skandaa Ramani
Associate, Data for Governance

“Be water, my friend.” – Bruce Lee

Sneha Sankar
Sneha Sankar
Specialist, Training and Program Delivery

“When we identify where our privilege intersects with somebody else’s oppression, we’ll find our opportunities to make real change.” ― Ijeoma Oluo

Sreepriya Jaisankar
Sreepriya Jaisankar
Associate, Content Development & Capacity Building

“If we all did the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” – Thomas Edison

Srivathsan Ramaswamy
Srivathsan Ramaswamy
Co-founder

“When something is important enough, you do it even if odds are not in your favour” – Elon Musk

Sumanya Anand Velamur
Sumanya Anand Velamur
Senior Manager, Research and Innovation

“Educate, Agitate, Organize” – B.R. Ambedkar

Vaseekaran Ramachandran
Vaseekaran Ramachandran
IT Lead

Technology is best when it brings people together.

Vijayalakshmi Mohan
Vijayalakshmi Mohan
Co-founder

“திருவினை வென்று வாழ்” (Do your duty, do not expect favourable results) – Mahakavi Subramania Bharati

Vishal V
Vishal V
Senior Manager, Tamil Nadu STEAM Schools

“Education is an act of love, and therefore an act of courage” – Paulo Freire

Vishnupriya.T
Vishnupriya.T
Senior Associate, Human Capital Management

“An investment in Knowledge pays the Best Interest” – Benjamin Franklin

Sugandi Krishnan
Sugandi Krishnan
Senior Manager, People & Culture

“Never give up. You only get one life. Go for it!” Richard E. Grant

Gokul Kumar
Gokul Kumar
Product Manager, Enjoy English

Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferrals of information. – Paulo Freire

Mirra R
Mirra R
Associate,Sandbox Schools

It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up

Vijay Ranjan V
Vijay Ranjan V
Senior Associate, Project Management - Library

Educate, Organize, Agitate – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

Hamisha. D
Hamisha. D
Associate - Content Development and Capacity Building

You have to dream before your dreams can come true – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Pugalendhi Vijayakumar
Pugalendhi Vijayakumar
Specialist, Holistic Education, Steam Model Schools

எண்ணிய முடிதல் வேண்டும், நல்லவே எண்ணல் வேண்டும்; திண்ணிய நெஞ்சம் வேண்டும், தெறிந்தநல் லறிவு வேண்டும் – பாரதியார்

Sinduri Sappanipillai
Sinduri Sappanipillai
Senior Executive - Communications, Fundraising and Design

“A Cuckoo should never dance and a Peacock should not try to sing! (Acknowledge all the troubles and failures in our lives.)” – Sudha Murty

Naveen Kumar
Naveen Kumar
Senior Specialist, Content Development and Capacity Building

Whoever teaches learns in the act of teaching, and whoever learns teaches in the act of learning. – Paulo Freire

RG Sudharson
RG Sudharson
Senior Specialist - Strategic Communications, IEC

Freedom is what we do with what is done to us- Jean Paul Sartre

Veronica P
Veronica P
Associate, Research and Innovation

“True life is lived when tiny changes occur” – Leo Tolstoy

Kannan Kasthurirajan
Kannan Kasthurirajan
IT Director

Be driven by your passion, Live your dreams and the life be always of your choice

Puviarasan S
Puviarasan S
Manager - School transformation

“Journey over destination” “செல்லும் பயணமே நாம் அடைவது, இறுதியில் கைப்பற்றுவது அல்ல.”

Swetha A
Swetha A
Specialist, Content Development and Capacity Building

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is wasted.

Ramprasath N
Ramprasath N
Project Associate

Make mistakes and learn from it , Never repeat so that we don’t have to regret in the future.

Adrita Roy
Adrita Roy
Specialist-MEL

“When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example”- Roxane Gay

Chilambarasan
Chilambarasan
Senior Manager, District Project Management Unit

“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”

Daniel Yabez Jothidoss. T
Daniel Yabez Jothidoss. T
Sr. Associate - Project Management, Assessment Cells
Trustees
Merlia Shaukath (Mahboob Merlia)
Merlia Shaukath (Mahboob Merlia)
Founder of Trust, CEO Madhi Foundation
Meenakshi Ramesh
Meenakshi Ramesh
Trustee
Gokul Chandrasekaran
Gokul Chandrasekaran
Trustee
Tanseer Jabbar
Tanseer Jabbar
Trustee
Advisory Board
R Seshasayee
R Seshasayee
FMR. Chairman, Board of Directors, Infosys Ltd.
Ranganath N.K
Ranganath N.K
FMR. MD/CEO Grundfos Pumps India Pvt. Ltd.
Meenakshi Ramesh
Meenakshi Ramesh
Executive Director, United Way Chennai
Radha Vasudevan
Radha Vasudevan
Correspondent, Vidyanikethan Higher Secondary School
Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja
Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja
Managing Director, Central Square Foundation
Kavita Rajagopalan
Kavita Rajagopalan
Programme Director, Global Schools Forum
Gayatri Nair Lobo
Gayatri Nair Lobo
Chief Operating Officer, ATE Chandra Foundation
Advisory Council
Srini Swaminathan
Srini Swaminathan
FMR. City Director - Teach For India
C.K.Ranganathan
C.K.Ranganathan
Founder Chairman, CavinKare
Mala Rajpal
Mala Rajpal
Founder, Left Right SG, Consultant, UNDP
Vinay Samtani
Vinay Samtani
Managing Director, Tryangled Solutions Private Limited
Rakhi Singh
Rakhi Singh
HR Consultant, FMR. Sr. Consultant & Project Director, Aon Hewitt
Rajendran Thamarapura
Rajendran Thamarapura
Co-founder and Director, Academics at Qrius Learning Initiatives LLP
Suresh Sambandam
Suresh Sambandam
CEO, Kissflow
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Resilience
We know what we have set out to do is not easy. We will do whatever it takes to get the job done.
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Empathy
We believe that everyone we meet is fighting a battle we know nothing about. We strive to make empathy a habit, especially on days it is hard to come by.
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Mission Obsessed
Each team member is guided more by values than rules, which manifests in them treating all tasks – big or small – with an enormous sense of responsibility and commitment.
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Inquiry
We are curious and always on a path to learn and grow. We are not afraid to seek answers to difficult questions, even if that makes us the ‘bad guys’.