Meet Our Team..
Executive Council
Dr. Anuradha Panigrahi
Chairman
A social development professional with over two decades of experience working with marginalized communities, including marginal organic farmers, women dairy farmers, transgender individuals, and female sex workers across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. She holds an M.Phil from Delhi School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Utkal University, with research on industrial pollution and environmental impact. She has collaborated with leading organizations such as Alliance India, NSDC, Simavi, Concern Worldwide, JICA, UNICEF, and others, focusing on livelihood promotion, skill development, and inclusive community-based initiatives.
Expertise
Business Plan and Proposal Development
Monitoring and Evaluation of Long term projects
Strategic Project Implementation in critical areas
Capacity building and strengthening of
community based organization
Liaisoning & Networking with International
Funding Agencies and State level Federations
Banalata Rout
Secretary
Banalata Rout is a dedicated education professional with over a decade of experience in formal school education. She has also been actively contributing for more than five years by providing free education to underprivileged children, focusing on improving access to learning and supporting school dropouts through informal education initiatives.
Expertise
Educationist
Board of Directors
Tanuja Pati
Actively involved in social service and community welfare activities. She works to support underprivileged individuals and contributes to initiatives that promote education, health, and social awareness.
Sunita Mishra
A dedicated social worker and a woman with disability who has devoted herself to serving vulnerable communities. She is actively involved in supporting old-age homes and promoting the welfare, rights, and empowerment of persons with disabilities through various community initiatives and disability associations.
Ranjita Ratha
Ranjita Ratha is a dedicated child psychologist committed to promoting the emotional, behavioral, and cognitive well-being of children and adolescents.
Thematic Advisors
Yogesh Sharma
He has more than a decade experience on Promoting FPOs, entrepreneurship development, value chain analysis and financial modelling.
Bikash Pati
25+ Years of Expertise in "Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Water Resources, Climate Change, Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM), DRR and WASH | Policy, Research, Program Design and Implementation, Capacity Building, Partnership Management