Our Team

A diverse group of people, with different backgrounds, varied interests and a rich experience of working directly with communities, makes Prajayatna.

Prajayatna has a flat organizational structure with separate teams that are completely responsible for each of the key areas of work. The organization is guided by a core team composed of members from all teams.

Our Board

Rashmi Hegde

President

Mrs Rashmi Hegde is a development professional with 25 years of experience in the sector. She has done her Master’s in Social Work from Roshni Nilaya, Mangalore. She was one of the members of the core team in MAYA, a not for profit development organization.

Narayan Ramalingam

Treasurer

Narayan Ramalingam has over 28 years of experience in Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services Industry (IT/ITES), having built organizations from scratch, lead global transformations and built and mentored global teams

Mary Punnoose

Secretary and Chief Functionary

Mary is the Chief Functionary of Prajayatna and is responsible for the overall organization and its strategic planning and programme conceptualization. She has been involved with Prajayatna since inception and has played a key role in the establishment of its work.

Alex Rodrigues

Member

He has over 4 decades of work experience in the social development sector. He, along with the core team of MAYA, has initiated and incubated three ntities namely Prajayatna – the education reform initiative, Labour Net

Saswati Paik

Member

Saswati Paik is a faculty in School of Education, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, engaged in research in education domain for more than two decades. She completed her M.Phil and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

Archana Nambiar

Member

Archana Nambiar is the Chief Executive Officer at Navya Disha and an Advisor to Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru. She has over two decades of experience in the development sector, particularly on issues of education and child rights.

Vijay Bharadwaj

Member

Vijay has over 4 decades of experience in managing human resources in Aeronautics, Automobiles, Chemicals, Banking and Information Technology. He has helped build many organizations from green field stage to maturity. He has led Human Resources