Mrs. Farida Lambay
Executive Secretary & Trustee
Mrs. Farida Lambay is co-Founder of Pratham. She has over 25 years of experience as an education and social activist. She presently heads the Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children and has led Pratham's work in the area of child labour in various states over the years. In addition to her work at Pratham, she is the former Vice Principal of the Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work in Mumbai.
Dr.Hasit Joshipura
Trustee
Dr.Hasit B. Joshipura is a Member of Executive Management Committee and Head of Corporate Centre at Larsen & Toubro Limited. A Graduate in Electrical Engineering from VJTI, Mumbai University, he completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the venerated Indian Institute of Management (IIM) – Ahmedabad. He completed his Doctorate (Ph.D.) from the School of Management at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai and also holds a degree in Law.
Dr. Madhav Chavan
Trustee
Dr. Madhav Chavan is the co-Founder of Pratham. He is in charge of vocational training and digital learning innovations at Pratham. He acquired a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the Ohio State University in the US in 1983 and returned to India in 1986 after his post-doctoral work at the University of Houston. In 1989, while teaching at the University of Mumbai, he started mass scale work for adult literacy in the slums of Mumbai as a part of the National Literacy Mission.
Mr.Satish Sahney
Trustee
Mr. Satish SahneySahney is the Chief Executive, Nehru Center, Mumbai. He joined the Indian Police Service in 1963 and thereafter worked in various police organisations. Mr. Sahney was appointed Commissioner of Police in Thane & subsequently greater Mumbai during his tenure with the India Police Service.
Mr. Sharad Kale
Chairperson
Mr.Sharad Kale is the current chairperson of Pratham Mumbai Education Initiative and the ex-Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai(1991-1995).Mr.Kale’s illustrious career began with the IAS in 1963 and spans a total of 50 years, during which he held numerous positions across various government portfolios
Ms.Usha Rane
Trustee
Ms.Usha Rane has been one of the leaders of the teaching-learning innovations at Pratham. Prior to joining Pratham, she worked with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. In 2002, she authored the "Maharashtra State Human Development Report", which focused on the issue of the social development in the state. Mobilising communities and catalyzing schools to deliver basic learning on a mass-scale has been one of her primary interests
Dr.Vaijayanti Pandit
Trustee
Dr.Vaijayanti Panditi She is Advisor Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research. She headed FICCI west, and was associated with IMC for over 2 decades. She has done her PhD on
Women Entrepreneurship Development from JBIMS and she is the recipient of the
“Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar”. She has also Authored “Business@Home” and “Everyday
Yoga”. She has travelled widely across the world to over 40 countries with Business
Delegations and served as an Independent Director on a few Boards leading their CSR
Initiatives.
Mr.Vasant Kalpande.
Trustee
Mr. Kalpande was the Chairman of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. He has worked as a member, member-secretary or chairman on various committees formulating educational policy. He is has currently been working with the Shikshan Vikas Manch of the Yashavantrao Chavan Pratishthan on an honorary basis. He has Published 8 books on Educational Administration/Educational Planning, and over 16 articles on education. He was awarded by the Government of Maharashtra for the book titled 'शालेय प्रशासन आणि मानवी संबंध' for excellent literature in the year 1993.