Fellows

Parag Ajit Rangnekar

Parag Rangnekar is an employee of Mineral Foundation of Goa, a charity organization set-up by the mining industry in Goa as a collective approach to address the environmental and social concerns of the community residing in the mining belt. His present work profile includes conceptualizing, formulating and implementing various social, environmental, infrastructural, watershed and community …

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Suneetha Dasappa Kacker

Suneetha Dasappa Kacker is an architect with an M.Phil. in housing and urban studies. She studied at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. While working on her undergraduate thesis, she developed an interest in shelter and urbanization processes. She pursued these during her Graduate studies at the Architectural Association Graduate School, in London. …

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Sandeep Dash, IAS

Mr. Dash had worked in the PMO office as Joint Secretary. He had also been the Finance Member of Bangalore Development Authority, Bangalore, Sandeep belongs to the 1990 batch of the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS). He has extensive exposure to urban and peri-urban issues, including funding and management of large-scale Infrastructure projects such as …

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Nalong Mize

Mr. Nalong Mize is currently an Advisor to the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. Prior to this position, Mr. Nalong Mize was the Chief Functionary and Director of Program Operations of Future Generations India. He is spearheading the programs of Future Generations India in several states and in particular in Arunachal Pradesh through its local …

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N Muthu Velayudham

Mr. N. Muthu Velayutham is a professionally trained social worker with in-depth field knowledge on micro finance, community enterprise, medicinal plants conservation and local health (traditional) knowledge for primary health care. He has built several community based models for equitable & sustainable development of human and natural resources through the Covenant Centre for Development (CCD) …

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Manisha Verma, IAS

Manisha Verma belongs to 93 batch of Indian administrative services and is presently serving as Director, National Advisory Council, Government of India prior to that she was worked as collector solapur in Maharashtra. During her short span, she has distinguished herself as an officer who combines within her courage and compassion, vision of a leader …

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Jyoti Sharma

Ms. Sharma has been involved in both Urban and Rural poverty and other interrelated development issues. She has worked on the issues of Urban Poverty and Governance, Urban Homeless (Street Children), Child Rights (Education), Campaign on Violence Against Girls in Schools, the Unorganised Sector (eg. Rag Pickers, Domestic Workers, Construction Workers), Agricultural Bonded Labour, Psychosocial …

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Girija Godbole

Girija Godbole is currently doing Ph.d. at University of Cambridge under Gates Cambridge Trust scholarship. Her research seeks to understand the changing relationship between land and women in rapidly changing rural society in western Maharashtra. Previously, she coordinated a research project for the University on understanding perceptions of various stakeholders of participatory forest management in …

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Chingmak S K

Chingmak Kejong is the Chief Functionary and co- founder of the Eleutheros Christian Society, a community based organization stationed in Tuensang located at the eastern most part of Nagaland, India. He is currently engaged in Doctoral study with Senate of Serampore University, West Bengal and doing research in the area of Naga traditional system of …

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Chandra Mohan Bodhapati, IAS

Dr. Chandra Mohan Bodhapati is an IAS Officer presently working for the Government of Tamil Nadu as the Commissioner, Chennai Corporation. He is also the Managing Director for the Tamil Nadu Horticulture Development Agency, working with farmers for improving their livelihoods by leveraging technology for improving farm production and productivity. A medical doctor by education, …

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