PEOPLE
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RameshRamanathan2 -
SwatiRamanathan7 -
K KNayar8 -
RaghunandanT R24 -
SubrahmanyamIvatury273 -
SharmisthaDey238 -
SapnaKarim138 -
IndiraViswanathan28 -
ValliNarasimha187 -
SrikanthViswanathan188 -
AliyehRizwi239 -
VardhamanVaidya263 -
Suhasini300 -
K RPrasad182 -
ParthasarathyGooptu356
Ramesh Ramanathan
Co-founder, Janaagraha
Ramesh Ramanathan, the co-founder of Janaagraha, is a social entrepreneur with the drive to initiate systemic and sustained change. With an MS in Physics from Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani and an MBA from Yale, he has travelled across the world in various capacities. Besides this, he is also a Certified Financial Analyst from AIMR.
With decades of experience in urban Microfinance, he is the Chairman of Janalakshmi Social Services; the National Technical Advisor, GoI for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission; has co-authored a book titled, ‘Urban Poverty Alleviation in India’ and was previously the MD and Head of European Corporate Derivatives in Citibank.
Ramesh writes prolifically on public governance issues in leading national publications.
ramesh@janaagraha.org
Swati Ramanathan
Co-founder, Janaagraha
Swati Ramanathan, the co-founder of Janaagraha, comes with a strong background in architecture and urban planning. She has a Masters degree from the Pratt Institute, N.Y and has worked in the United States (with Van Summern Architecture, Planning and Design) and the United Kingdom (Gensler and Associates).
Currently, she is the Chairperson of the India Urban Space Foundation. She was a member of the State Urban Agenda for Rajasthan (SUARAJ) where she anchored several initiatives in land reform, heritage conservation and policy. For her work in land-titling and master planning, she was awarded the Rajyotsava Puraskar, Rajasthan’s highest civilian honour.
In her free time, Swati is an Odissi dancer.
swati@janaagraha.org
K K Nayar
Coordinator, Janaagraha Working Council
With over three decades experience in projects and manufacturing management in FMCG, Food, Paper and Chemicals, Mr Nayar has wide spectrum experience in new and green field units’ up-gradation, expansion, building and commissioning.
He was formerly the Executive Director at Unilever Subsidiaries in India, UK and Egypt where he focused on Technology, Profit Improvement programmes, Acquisitions and Mergers.
Mr Nayar has been associated with Janaagraha since 2004. He has been heading the Janaagraha Working Council and has recently become one of the Trustees.
Raghunandan T R
Coordinator, ipaidabribe.com
T.R. Raghunandan has been a high ranking civil servant in the India Administrative Services. Here, he held corporate management and policy making positions with the Government of Karnataka and the Government of India. Through his tenure as the Joint Secretary - Ministry of Panchayat Raj, Government of India and Secretary - Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Government of Karnataka, Raghu gained extensive experience in decentralisation and local governance. He specialises in formulating policy on local government jurisprudence with special interest in fiscal decentralisation, training and mentoring on local governance issues.
Having retired voluntarily as Principal Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Raghu coordinates the I Paid a Bribe program. He also advises many of our advocacy programs. Besides this he is also a consultant and advisor to several international development agencies.
You can find him on twitter @Raghubytes
Subrahmanyam Ivatury
Coordinator - Jana Online
Subrahmanyam (Suby) Ivatury coordinates the online properties in Janaagraha. With over 27 years of experience in the IT industry, Suby has worked with large multinationals both in India and abroad. Recently, he was the VP in Oracle, where he looked after Asiapac and Japan. He has also served as the Senior Vice President in Satyam Computers as the global head for Digital Convergence.
Outside work, Suby enjoys reading and is an avid golfer.
suby@janaagraha.org
Sharmistha Dey
Editor - JanaOnline
Sharmistha comes to Janaagraha with ten years of experience in new media and the internet. Having worked with Network 18, she has also been a consultant for several web based start-ups. She sees great potential in using the internet as a medium to inspire community action.
With an MA in Literature from Delhi University, Sharmi also dabbles in music and arts. She is a trained classical dancer, loves movies of all genres and is fond of cooking.
Sapna Karim
HR Coordinator
Sapna is the coordinator of our Human Resources and Volunteer Management program. She comes with five years of experience as a software developer. Sapna joined Janaagraha right from its inception ten years ago and is an invaluable member of the Janaagraha team. In her time at Janaagraha, she has assisted in both community grassroots campaigns as well as in government and technology related interventions. Her forte is volunteer management and under her leadership, Janaagraha has had more than 10,000 volunteers who have contributed their energy to the organisation.
Indira Viswanathan
Technology Coordinator
Indira is the coordinator of our Technology team. She joined Janaagraha in 2004 and has been a dedicated member of the team since then. She comes with over ten years of experience in software development, application programming and web development. This experience has helped anchor the technology team even as Janaagraha expands its online presence and leverages technology to make a lasting impact.
Indira has an MS in Computer Science from the San Jose State University, USA. In her free time she loves running and aspires towards conquering the Everest Base Camp.
Valli Narasimha
Program Manager - Bala Janaagraha
Valli manages the Bala Janaagraha program at Janaagraha. She comes with several years of experience in counselling, marketing and market research. Besides this, she has also managed the Annual Concerts for youth at the National Academy of Learning, Bangalore.
Valli has a Double Majors in Psychology and Sociology from Mumbai University. She is an avid percussionist, plays seven musical instruments and has taught music to underprivileged children at Sunday School.
Srikanth Viswanathan
Coordinator - PROOF
Srikanth coordinates the PROOF program. He brings with him eight years of professional experience across financial and management accounting and audit. He worked at Standard Chartered Bank and KPMG during this time. He is also an Associate Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Srikanth loves reading and nurtures a fascination for Hindu Mythology.
Aliyeh Rizwi
Assistant Editor - JanaOnline
Aliyeh is the Content Manager for iJanaagraha. She has over 12 years of experience in Communications - spanning advertising, retail ( PR/publicity/promotions for the craft/design non-profit sector) and arts administration.
Aliyeh has a BA in Psychology, Sociology and English Literature and a Masters in Communication ( Film Studies ) from Bangalore University. Out of office, she is a theatre practitioner, works on audio books for children and is obsessive about environmental and local culture conservation, travel, trees, food, reading and her blog on Bangalore.
You can follow her on twitter @aturquoisecloud.
Vardhaman Vaidya
Urban Capacity Building - Manager
Vardhaman has worked on governance & administrative reforms; social accountability and service delivery improvements since 2006. Political Science and Public Policy are the areas of his specialisation. At Janaagraaha, his contributions would focus on capacity building across its key initiatives toward good urban governance and management.
He relishes travelling – going places, meeting people and soaking up the sights; sounds; tastes and aromas of different cultures and ways of life. He is an aspiring agro-preneur with a passion for ‘organic farming’.
Suhasini
Legal Manager
Suhasini, a lawyer with diverse experience - ranging from litigation to corporate work, has joined the Advocacy Program as a Legal Manager. She has an LLM from UNICRI (Italy) in international criminal law and a diploma from the University of Athens in EU laws.
Suhasini’s previous stint includes a year and a half in Africa, travelling, researching and teaching international law & legal ethics. This self-confessed bibliophile is an insatiable travel bug and loves to cook.
K R Prasad
Coordinator - Area Suraksha Mitra
Gen. Prasad retired from the Indian Army. He taught Military Law and Police duties to Corps of Military Police. In addition, he was the Director of the Defence Institute of Quality Assurance, Bangalore. He is the Coordinator for the Area Suraksha Mitra project of Janaagraha.
In his spare time, he teaches yoga, enjoys reading and music and is known for his funny bone.
Parthasarathy Gooptu
Coordinator - Planning & Development
Partha comes with a 22 years of experience in sales & marketing in NGO’s–like GreenPeace, Akshay Patra and Plan India, in Television with Discovery Networks India, in Beverages and Tyres with Pepsi & Dunlop. He is an expertise in managing business operations, formulating and implementing business strategies, developing new business, management of franchising processes, key accounts and debtors. He is also experienced in managing international markets of Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. He has a Bachelors and Master’s Degree in English Literature from University of Calcutta.