Dr.Hasit Joshipura
Chairperson
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.
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. 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.
CA Deven Bipin Shah
Trustee
CA Deven Bipin Shah,is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with 28 years of practice, specializing in taxation, audit, and compliance for Charitable Trusts and NGOs. As a partner at M/s. Bipin N. Shah & Co., he leverages a legacy of over 25 years of firm expertise to provide comprehensive guidance on FCRA, GST, Income Tax, and the Maharashtra Public Trust Act.
In addition to his CA qualification, he holds certifications in Business Consultation Studies (JBIMS), Information Systems Audits (ISA),
and Forensic Audit (ICAI).
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 Varsha Gathoo.
Trustee
Dr Varsha Gathoo is a Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, LEND Fellow and a Rotary International Fellow who has been working in the field of special and inclusive education for over 33 years. She has a rich cross-functional experience in teaching, research, curriculum development, project management and evaluation, mentoring and publications. She has also contributed to the development of test tools, training manuals and policy documents for early identification and intervention of children with disabilities, school readiness programs and inclusive education practices.
Smt M V Bhanumathi
Trustee
Smt M V Bhanumathi is a retired Indian Revenue Service officer who has served in
various departments of Government of India for 35 years. She has a Master’s degree
in Public Administration, Agriculture and Law. She has held many prestigious positions
in the fields of anti-money laundering, counter financing of terrorism, international
cooperation and defence. She has also led investigations against economic offenders and
helped charitable organisations to avail tax exemptions. She is currently an expert adviser in the
UNDO panel for fighting tax crime.