Dr. Aheli Chowdhury is a developmental professional with a PhD in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics. She is founding trustee and director of a non-profit organization, JOSH, that has been working in Delhi on issues around improving education, youth development, governance and violence against women for more than a decade. She has vast experience of working with several international bodies like the World Bank, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, International Budget Partnership (IBP), USA, and others on issues of governance.
Ms. Violette Ghosh ia a professional in one of the world’s most dynamic and challenging markets. She has created launch campaigns of multinational brands as they forayed into India. She has strategized and executed unique concepts in the market. Multinational clients, diverse target audiences, all have been bridged with clutter breaking communication strategies.
Mr. Nagendra Pratap
Trustee
Mr. Nagendra Pratap is responsible for the development of educational products and services from scratch. All academic inputs on the product like content, teaching, test-series, study material and app based academic content is his responsibility. His work profile also includes training of marketing and sales people of the company about the product so that they may pitch the product to the right people and at the right time. Civil services test prep product is doing very well and I take great pride to mention that Civil Services product is now the largest revenue generator of the company.
Apart from the Civil Services Exam Prep, he is also engaged in book Publishing.
His current job is a combination of academics, operations, product development and partnerships & negotiations. This makes the whole gamut even more interesting.
Mr. S R Thomas Antony
Trustee
Mr. S R Thomas Antony is a social development professional with expertise in policy solutions to some of the most pressing issues of the time such as school education, urban livelihoods, and governance. Thomas is presently working with National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA) as a CEO leading the National Independent Schools Alliance.He is playing a crucial role in developing, strengthening, and scaling up the National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA), the national federation of associations of low-cost private schools.He also worked with NCPCR- National Commission for Protection of Child Rights in the Right to Education Division from 2011 to 2013.During this period, he was monitoring the implementation of the Right to Education Act 2009 in 60 Government schools in East Delhi.Â
Mr. Saurabh Sharma
Trustee
Mr. Saurabh Sharma completed his Master’s degree in Sociology from Lucknow University. He began his work with adolescent health under the Unicef project. He is co-founder of JOSH, an organization that works with young people and poor communities on issues of education and skill development. He is currently working in resettlement colonies and slums of Trilokpuri, Delhi on issues of education