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The Team

Co-founders

Amrita Nair, Anukriti Goyal, and Swetha Ranganathan  met each other at the M.A. Social Entrepreneurship programme at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. They came together in 2013 to start an organization that is committed to building a safe, inclusive space for children in the education system.

School Social Emotional Learning

We're work with schools to provide experiential learning methods like art, drama, games and community projects, that help children nurture better social and emotional skills.

The Outer Circle​

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Rohit Kumar
CEO,   Apni Shala Foundation
Co-founder, Khoj Community School
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Amrita Nair 
Director, ( R&D and Advocacy) and
Co-founder, Apni Shala Foundation
​Co-founder, Khoj Community School
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Sangeeta Zombade
Director and   Co-founder,   
​Khoj  Community School

The Connecting Circle 

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Mayuri Golambde
Sr.  Programme Manager  -  Ops
 SEL Programmes
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Lekha Menon
Founding Social Worker
​Khoj Community School
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Pallavi Raikar
SEL and Curriculum Lead ​Khoj Community School

 The Inner Circle

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Krutika Khare
Programme Lead​
SEL Programmes
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Abhijeet Dhurve
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Programme Lead​

SEL Programmes
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Pranali Patil
Curriculum Lead
SEL Programmes
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Shahbaan Shah
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Programme Facilitator​
SEL Programmes

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Diksha Pandey
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Programme Facilitator​

SEL Programmes
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Pooja Gate
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Programme Facilitator​

SEL Programmes
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Akash Gaikwad
Programme Facilitator
​SEL Programmes
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Aditi Ganguly
Partnerships Associate
​SEL Programmes

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Siddesh Bhosale
Associate,  Admin 
​Central Team
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Prasad Teli
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Associate, HR
​Central Team

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Priyanka Srivastava
 Teacher

​Khoj Community School
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Vanisha Shetty
Teacher
​Khoj Community School
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Sita Deshmukh
Founding Helper
Khoj Community School
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Mala Naidu
Helper
​Khoj Community School

Board of Trustees


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Dr. Disha Devi Prasad Nawani   is our Trustee as well as an ardent supporter of our work! She's an Associate Professor at the School of Education at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Her knowledge and experience in the field of educational pedagogy is invaluable.

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Chetna Duggal   is an Assistant. Professor at the Centre for Human Ecology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She's a clinical psychologist and an art therapist too. With over 12 years of experience in the mental health field she has been on Apni Shala’s advisory board right from the start and has helped give shape to its programmes.


Amar Deep Singh is currently the Senior Business Development Manager at Amazon.in. He has around 6 years of experience in the corporate sector split between his work as a chemical engineer and as a marketing and business development professional. He has been advising the Apni Shala team on HR and business development strategies from the very beginning.

Shachi Wadhawan   has 10+ years of general management experience in technology and communications spanning product management, strategy development and execution. A consistent track record in formulating growth strategy, developing concepts, identifying cross-industry partnership opportunities and leading cross-functional teams to execute complex projects. She currently is the General Manager and Head, India Access Strategy and Development for Tata Communications.

Board of Advisors

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Kavita Anand   is a visionary and an educationist. The day she agreed to lend Apni Shala her expertise, we couldn't have been any happier! She currently heads the Adhyayan movement towards quality education.

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Fiona Reyonolds is the Deputy Head of School at the American School of Bombay. Prior to this, she was an administrator in both the American School of Bombay and Graded School in Sao Paulo and has been an international educator for 23 years, working in Brazil, India, the Ivory Coast, Mexico, and Poland. Her current focus is strategic planning, implementation, and leveraging the expertise of teachers to develop small- and large-scale change. Fiona has presented at a variety of conferences on organizing schools for change, creating developmentally appropriate middle schools, using learning spaces/environment to support learning, professional growth and evaluation, the future landscape for children and why schools have to change, differentiation, and setting a vision and strategic planning.

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Caroline Nagar is our curriculum consultant. She's brilliant with children, an admirable teacher trainer and has spent many years working with the Akanksha Foundation. Caroline plays a crucial role in designing our programme model.

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Anand Nair is an Advisor for our Branding and Communications. He is Director-Operations at TAG Vinnatti. Our logo and lots of our communication strategies and design are thanks to Anand and his team!

What we do

School SEL   
Diversity Shala
SEL Shala
​Khoj Community School
​Youth Project

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