OUR TEAM

Shivakumar Naik

Amruth Y

Graphic Designer,
Bangalore

Kunal Daripa

Program Manager,
Rajasthan

Partha Das

Project Manager,
Guwahati

Gautam Boro

Skill Development Manager,
Guwahati

Nayana Hazarika

Programme Coordinator,
Guwahati

Nadeem Shaheer

Product Designer,
Bangalore

Thippeshappa B G

Program Coordinator,
Bangalore

Kiran Sunil

Product Designer,
Bangalore

David Sagayanathan

Assitant Project Manager - Finance

Shahaab Javeri

Communication Designer,
Bangalore

Krushna Chandra Behera

Programme Coordinator,
Odisha

Prashant Sharma

Program Manager,
Bangalore

Nirmita Chandrashekar

Architect

Kaushik Suresh

Civil Engineer,
Bangalore

Shivakumar G

Makerspace Supervisor

Rajendrakumar S Geete

Program Coordinator,
Dharwad

Chandrakant

Logistics Assistant

G N Raghu

Project Co-Ordinator,
Bangalore

Abhishek B Tadasadmath

Livelihoods Program Co Ordinator,
Bangalore

Sikha Sadasivan

Content Manager,
Bangalore

Vijaya Naik M

Project Co Ordinator,
Bangalore

Shingle Sebastian

Electrical Engineer,
Bangalore

Shubha Adiga

HR and Admin Assistant,
Bangalore

Suhas Shenoy

Electrical Engineer,
Manipal

Pandurang Diwakar

Sr. Program Co Ordinator,
Bangalore

Amogh V Mamadapur

Business Development Associate

Eranna Golla

Sr Program Co Ordinator,
Bangalore

Kishor Kumar

Entrepreneur Development Executive,
Manipal

Jayashree C

Assistant Entre- Deve. Fund,
Bangalore

Ramnath Ballala

Program Manager - Health,
Bangalore

Udaynath Majhi

Program Coordinator,
Kalahandi

Bir Singh Majhi

Field Coordinator,
Kalahandi

Madhusudhana Reddy K R

Technical Co-Ordinator,
Bangalore

Rupesh Badkhal

Program Coordinator,
Bangalore

Anukriti Goyal

Program Manager,
Bangalore

V K Joby

Senior Manager - Finance, HR & Admin,
Bangalore

Rachita Misra

Senior Program Manager,
Bangalore

Harish Hande

Chief Executive Officer,
Bangalore

Hamsa M

Field Coordinator,
Bangalore

Huda Jaffer

Lead Designer,
Bangalore

Nagesh Rao

Program Manager,
Bangalore

Pratim Raha

Principal Technical Manager,
Bangalore

Swathi Murali

Program Manager- Incubation,
Bangalore

Surabhi Rajagopal

Principal Analyst,
Bangalore

Yuvakumar

Field Coordinator,
Bangalore

Shalini N

Accounts Assistant,
Bangalore

Gayathri .N

Manager - Finance and Accounts,
Bangalore

Chandan Kumar Mohanty

Field Officer- Regional Hub,
Odissa

Vivek Shastry S

Energy Analyst,
Bangalore

Madhu Babu Chintala

Electrical Engineer,
Bangalore

Abinash Kumar Panda

Program Coordinator,
Odisha

Naveen Kumar Boreddy

Assistant Programme Co - Ordinator,
Ujire

Ningappa Irappa Bedasur

Jr.Programme Manager -Education Lab,
Ujire

Panindra Singh

Program Co-Ordinator -Built Environment,
Bangalore

Raghavendra Prasad Singh

Lead- Administration,
Bangalore

Sanjay Kumar Tripathy

Asst Liaison Officer,
Odisha

Santhi Davedu

Senior Programme Manager,
Bangalore

Asit Kumar Purohit

Program Manager,
Odissa

Roshan Mascarenhas

Senior Program Manager - Operations,
Bangalore

Suresh N Savalgi

Assistant General Manager - Network,
Bangalore

Sudhir G Kulkarni

Assistant General Manager- Training,
Bangalore

Madhu S

Office Assistant,
Bangalore

Ganapati M D

Office Administrator,
Manipal

Mr. B.R. Prabhakara

Mr. B. R. Prabhakara is a retired IAS officer from the 1963 Batch (Karnataka cadre). He has held several key administrative positions at both state and central levels, such as Chairman and Managing Director of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, Additional Secretary in the Department of Atomic Energy, Secretary of the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, etc. He was also appointed as the Chief Secretary of Karnataka. After retiring from government service in 1997, Mr. Prabhakara continues to be on the board of several companies and foundations. Presently Mr. Prabhakara is the Chief Executive of the Gokula Education Foundation, Bangalore, a Private Educational Trust that runs 16 institutions including two hospitals.

Dr. K.S. Srinivas

Dr. K.S. Srinivas retired as Executive Director, BHEL, in charge of 3 manufacturing units of BHEL. He has a PhD from the Indian Institute of Science, specializing in electronic devices. He has a keen interest in renew-able, particularly photovoltaic, energy and serves on numerous expert and advisory committees on renewable energy, such as ‘Research, Design & Development Sectoral Project Appraisal Committee for Solar Photovoltaics’ (RDSPAC-SPV)”- set up by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of India (MNRE). Dr. Srinivas is the recipient of many awards in his chosen field, such as the PVSEC National Award by Solar Energy Society of India, for outstanding contributions to the development of Photovoltaic Technology, Sys-tems and Applications.(2001).

Ms. Keya Acharya

Ms. Keya Acharya is an independent journalist and researcher, who has been writing exclusively on envi-ronment and development for many years and has various national and international publications to her credit. She also teaches development journalism and development issues to media students in Bangalore, where she is based and has conducted several media training workshops. Keya has travelled extensively in the course of her journalism assignments, reporting from various countries on subjects as diverse as solid and hazardous wastes, human rights, corruption, forestry and wildlife, climate change, agri-biotech and others.

G. Ananthapadmanabhan

G. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ananth) works with purpose driven leaders and social sector organisations that aspire to make a difference to the significant issues of our times. He’s the former CEO of Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI). He started his work life as a teacher in The School – Krishnamurti Foundation India. Ananth graduated in 1988 from IIT Madras with a B Tech in electrical engineering.

K. Jairaj

Mr. Jairaj, a serving senior IAS officer, is currently the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Karnataka. A Post Graduate from the Princeton and Harvard University, his expertise is in the field of infrastructure, energy, transport, finance and urban development.

Thomas Pullenkav

Mr. Pullenkav has a graduate degree in Physics and is an alumnus of Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Anand. After graduating from IRMA, he worked in the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for 3 years in their Management Pool Division and then for a year in the marketing department of TATA BP Solar. He joined SELCO Solar Light Pvt. Ltd. in 1996 and was formerly the Vice President there. He is currently an independent consultant in the area of sustainable energy.

Ms. (Dr.) Veena Joshi

Dr. Joshi has been with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). She has been a researcher for the first fifteen years of career out of which ten years were at TERI. Currently her focus is on developing new modalities for programme implementation to promote energy efficiency in buildings and small scale industries and decentralised power generation in rural areas.

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