Our Team

An experienced group from industry and entrepreneurship with a global experience

Our Team

A globally experienced team of industry experts and entrepreneurs

GOVERNANCE

Trustees

Sanjiv Shanmugam

Chairman & Trustee

Anita Singh

Trustee

COUNSEL

Board Advisors

Kala Anand

Board Advisor

Gautham Shanbhogue

Board Advisor

THE TEAM ON THE GROUND

Leadership

Chanda Bhalla

Chief Strategy & External Affairs Officer

Shantha Doddamani

Manager Uttara Kanada Region

Dr. S. Jason Charles

Manager Partnerships & Marketing

Dr. Atmaja Acharya

Product Lead ESM Shikshas

Renuka Prasad

Product Lead STEM AI Labs

Nancy Francis Naik

Haliyal English Lead

Kritik Sannmani

Jr. Engineer STEM AI Labs Haliyal

Karthik K R

Manager – Operations & Systems

Ms. Mehnaz Shaik

HR Analyst

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Gautham is a management professional with experience across the corporate & development sectors, bringing a strategic & data-driven perspective to organizational growth & governance. He has expertise in strategy formulation, program effectiveness & evidence-based decision-making across Education, Natural Resource Management & Entrepreneurship.

He currently serves as Head – Strategy & Program Analysis at the Deshpande Foundation, Hubballi, strengthening program design, performance measurement & impact strategy. Earlier, he worked as a Project Lead at L&T Technology Services, Bengaluru, leading engineering initiatives for industrial product development.

He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore & a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka.