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L’équipe de Pratham International est composée de vétérans expérimentés de Pratham, de professionnels du secteur du développement et de jeunes talents unis par un engagement commun à fournir un soutien de haute qualité aux programmes et aux partenaires dans le monde entier.

Team Members

Divya Arora

Divya Arora

Associate Director, Programs & Partnerships

Divya Arora

Associate Director, Programs & Partnerships

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Tanvi Banerjee

Tanvi Banerjee

Manager, Programs & Partnerships

Tanvi Banerjee

Manager, Programs & Partnerships

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Sumit Chaudhary

Sumit Chaudhary

Associate Manager, Operations

Sumit Chaudhary

Associate Manager, Operations

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Pragya Dhariwal

Pragya Dhariwal

Director of Operations

Pragya Dhariwal

Director of Operations

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Chinmay Gundlur (Vibhaan)

Chinmay Gundlur (Vibhaan)

Communications Lead

Chinmay Gundlur (Vibhaan)

Communications Lead

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Meenal Joshi

Meenal Joshi

Manager, Content & Training

Meenal Joshi

Manager, Content & Training

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Kairav Kadakia

Kairav Kadakia

Associate Manager, Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation

Kairav Kadakia

Associate Manager, Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation

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Vasant Makwana

Vasant Makwana

Manager, Content & Training

Vasant Makwana

Manager, Content & Training

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Sohael Memon

Sohael Memon

Senior Associate, Content & Training

Sohael Memon

Senior Associate, Content & Training

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Daniel Agudelo Navarro

Daniel Agudelo Navarro

Regional Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean

Daniel Agudelo Navarro

Regional Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean

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Rita Odhiambo

Rita Odhiambo

Associate, Youth Training

Rita Odhiambo

Associate, Youth Training

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Usha Rane

Usha Rane

Senior Director, Content & Training

Usha Rane

Senior Director, Content & Training

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Kavita Shastri

Kavita Shastri

Manager, Accounts and Audit

Kavita Shastri

Manager, Accounts and Audit

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Indresh Talsaniya

Indresh Talsaniya

Senior Manager, Content & Training

Indresh Talsaniya

Senior Manager, Content & Training

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Meera Tendolkar

Meera Tendolkar

Director, Content & Training

Meera Tendolkar

Director, Content & Training

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Vikas Varma

Vikas Varma

Senior Manager, Content & Training

Vikas Varma

Senior Manager, Content & Training

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Bala Venkatachalam

Bala Venkatachalam

Chief Operating Officer

Bala Venkatachalam

Chief Operating Officer

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Board Of Directors

Meet our Board members, who are passionate about education solutions and innovations that empower children and youth.

Dr. Madhav Chavan

Dr. Madhav Chavan

President

After obtaining a PhD in chemistry from Ohio State University and serving on the faculty at the University of Houston, Dr. Madhav Chavan returned to India where he worked in the slums of Mumbai as part of the National Literacy Mission. In 1995, he co-founded Pratham as a result of a UNICEF initiative to address problems of universal primary education in Mumbai. Since then, Dr. Chavan has led the development of the organization, pioneering large-scale innovations to address literacy problems among India’s underserved children. Named a 2014 Asia Game Changer by the Asia Society, Dr. Chavan also received the 2012 WISE Prize instituted by the Qatar Foundation. Dr. Chavan combines his scientific training with his creativity (he has written songs about human rights and anchored television shows) to continually seek innovative ways of educating India’s underprivileged children.

Deepak Raj

Deepak Raj

Independent Director

Deepak Raj is founder and managing director of the New Jersey-based private investment firm Raj Associates that has investments in real estate and public and private securities. He is currently the chairman of Pratham USA. He is also a CFA and, with his wife Neera, the founder of the Raj Center on Indian Economic Policies at the Columbia University. Mr. Raj has extensive experience as an equity analyst and an investment banker, including 24 years with Merrill Lynch. As director of Global Equity Research, he managed a staff of approximately 700 investment professionals located throughout the world. He graduated from IIT Kanpur with a BTech in electrical engineering and completed his MBA from Northeastern University.

Dinyar Devitre

Dinyar Devitre

Independent Director

Dinyar (Dinny) Devitre is an international business executive who has held leadership positions over a 45-year period in the consumer products and financial services industries in Asia, Australia, Japan, Europe, and the U.S. Mr. Devitre held several senior operating positions with Philip Morris Inc. and then with Altria Group Inc. where he had a 35-year career. He was Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Altria Group Inc., a role he held from 2002 to 2008 before retiring from the Company. Between 1998 and 2001, Mr. Devitre was Executive Vice President and Group Head of Citibank’s Global Consumer Bank for Europe, Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.