Meet the Amazing LEAD Fellows

Welcome to our community of innovators and leaders. The LEAD Fellows are passionate professionals committed to driving positive change across India. Each Fellow brings unique expertise and a deep commitment to addressing the challenges in their communities.

Discover Visionaries Across Sectors

Use the below filter to explore the profiles of our exceptional Fellows. Whether you’re interested in environmental sustainability, social entrepreneurship, or policy advocacy, you’ll find leaders making a real difference.
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Purabi Sarkar
Cohort 20

Purabi Sarkar

Founder & Director
Ms. Purabi Sarkar has a Master’s degree in Computer Science & IT and Master in Business Administration from Indian Institute of Management (IIM K)…
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Rajkumar Gope
Cohort 20

Rajkumar Gope

Policy Advocacy Manager
Ranchi
Raj Kumar Gope’s studied rural development, and over the years built his knowledge and capacity in public health and nutritional epidemiology He completed his…
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Rupali Dattaram Pednekar
Cohort 20

Rupali Dattaram Pednekar

Manager
Goa
Ms Rupali works at ‘Fomento Resources’- one of the leading Iron Ore Mining Company based in Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka, as Manager-Environment and currently…
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Samruddh Hegde Dessai
Cohort 20

Samruddh Hegde Dessai

Partner and Co-Founder
Goa
Samruddh was born in a family of freedom fighters to teacher parents. He completed mechanical Engineering and Executive MBA with GIM (Goa Institute of…
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Silky Arora
Cohort 20

Silky Arora

Design Consultant
New Delhi
Silky is a design professional and has been working in the commercial interior design sector since the last 10 years. She has provided design…
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Sneha Krishnan
Cohort 20

Sneha Krishnan

Research Assistant
Odisha
Sneha Krishnan is an intelligent, thoughtful and diligent researcher and has a passion for languages, films and disasters. A very strange mix but that’s…
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Souvik PandSahaey
Cohort 20

Souvik PandSahaey

Founder Trustee
Jharkhand
Souvik Saha is a banker turned development professional and founder of People for Change. He has been working with Adolescents and Youth in Jharkhand…
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Vedhrajan Balaji
Cohort 20

Vedhrajan Balaji

Director
Tamil Nadu
Dr. Balaji is the founder of OMCAR Foundation. (Organization for Marine Conservation Awareness and Research), which later got established as OMCAR Palk Bay Environmental…
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Vidya Rajput
Cohort 20

Vidya Rajput

Chair person
Chhattisgarh
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Vineet Lamba
Cohort 20

Vineet Lamba

National Head-Operations
New Delhi
Vineet Lamba is a Development Sector Professional based in New Delhi. He has worked in private, not-for-profit as well as semi-government organizations in a…
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Yutho Sangtam
Cohort 20

Yutho Sangtam

Administrative Coordinator
Nagaland
Ms. Yutho sangtam is the Administrative Coordinator of Entrepreneurs Associates, an organisation that promotes entrepreneurship, pioneering financial accessibility and innovative framework of livelihoods in…
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