TRUSTEES

• Swarna Rajagopalan, Ph.D., Managing Trustee, is a Chennai-based political analyst and consultant.
• Dr. D. Jayashree is an Ayurvedic physician.
• Anuradha Venkatesh is a management professional.
• Nandhini Shanmugham is a development communications professional.
• Sweta Narayanan is an education and curriculum professional.
• Shakthi S., Ph.D., is an academic specialising in Development Studies.
• Subhashini Selvanathan is an accounts specialist.
• A.C.R. Sudaroli is a social work professional.

PANEL OF ADVISORS

• Rajmohan Gandhi, historian and biographer, presently at the University of Illinois, Urbana.
• Ingrid Srinath, Director - Centre for Social Impact & Philanthropy, Ashoka University
• Ammu Joseph, journalist.
• N. Shekar, senior management professional, aerospace industry, and start-up mentor.

THE PRAJNYA TEAM

• A.C.R. Sudaroli, Chief of Operations
• Nandhini Shanmugham, Communications and Resource Mobilisation Director
• Dr. Shakthi S., Research Director
• N. Santha, Logistics and Facilities Manager
• Amirtha M.. Programme Associate

POLITICS, SECURITY AND GENDER INITIATIVE

Gender Violence Research and Information Taskforce (GRIT)

PRAJNYA ARCHIVES

Curator

• Sudha Rajagopalan

EDUCATION FOR PEACE

Prajnya Shanti Fellow

• Chintan Girish Modi

PRAJNYA ALUMNI

Former Trustees

• K Jayalakshmi (2006-2012)
• Sudha Ramachandran (2006-2009)
• Ratna Mukherjee (2006-2008)
• S. Sowmya (2010-2013)
• Anjale Stephanos (2011-2014)
• Saundarya Rajesh (2012-2015)
• Shilpa Anand (2006-2021)

Programme Officer, GRIT

• Ragamalika Karthikeyan (2015-2016)

Programme Associate

• Pozhil S.G. (2020)
• Sharathkumar R. (2021)
• Maryam Nayaz (2021-22)

Campaign Coordinators and Associates

• Nirupama Sarathy (2008)
• Anupama Srinivasan (2009)
• Namitha Joseph (2010)
• Shakthi Manickavasagam (2012)
• Nithila Kanagasabai (2013)
• Swetha Shankar (2014)
• Malavika Ravi (2017)
• Nafeesa Usman (2018)
• Niroopini Muralidharan (2021)

Campaign Media Staff

• Hamsini Ravi (2009)
• Jennifer Raj (2012)
• Ragamalika Karthikeyan (2013)

Prajnya Fellows

• Linda Racioppi
• Divya Bhat
• Titiksha Pandit
• Amanda Randhawa
• Shakthi S.
• Archana Venkatesh

GRIT Research Fellow

• Radhika Bhalerao

Peace Education Associates

• Groundwork Research Project funded by Sir Ratan Tata Trust: R. Akila, Anupama Srinivasan (2008-2009)
• Peace Tales: Radhika Meganathan, Prabha Srinivasan (2011)

Prajnya Interns

• 2008 PSW Summer Interns: Swati Seshadri, Nirmala Iswari, C. Sindhu
• 2008 Advocacy Intern: Narasimhan Varadhan, Krithika S.
• 2009 Summer Interns: M.D. Maheswari, S. Swarnalakshmi, Ragini Rangarajan
• 2010 Research Intern: Supraja Srinivasan
• 2010 Summer Intern: Maheshwari Harikumar
• 2011 Summer Intern: Varsha Koduvayur
• 2012 Research Intern: Anna Miller
• 2014 Summer Intern: Akhil Raj Gupta
• 2015 Summer Intern: Nikhilesh Prakash
• 2016 Summer Interns: Mangalam Sridhar, Priya Prabhakar
• 2017 Interns: G. Shanthini, N. ShriVaiyshnavi, Neeraja, Humsika Srikanth
• 2017 Archives Intern: Shalini Pathi
• 2018 Lakshmi Priya P., Saranya Vinayagam, Saranya
• 2019 Lalitha T., Dilshad Begum
• 2020 Poulami Sutradhar
• 2021 Lakshita Mavi; Ojasvi Vyas; Niharika Tripathi
• 2021-22 Farheen Nahvi

THE PRAJNYA COMMUNITY

Since its founding, Prajnya has depended largely on volunteers and we have been exceptionally lucky to find dedicated volunteers who not only share a sense of ownership but also stick around indefinitely. Therefore, a listing of Prajnya people is incomplete without a listing of those who have built Prajnya with love, commitment and all sorts of other resources!

We are: Anupama Srinivasan; Archana Venkatesh; Bharati Ramachandran; Hamsini Ravi; Hemant Shivakumar; Joost Kaptijn; Jyothi Kumar; Michelle James; Meera Rajagopalan; Mitha Nandagopalan; Nandhini Shanmugham; Nirupa Sundaravadanan; Priyadarshini Rajagopalan; Ramesh B; Shakthi Manickavasagam; Sudha Rajagopalan; Swarna Rajagopalan; Sweta Narayanan; Subhashini Selvanathan; Uma Vangal; Vasughi K.

Our extended community: Aishwarya S.; Amrutha Rajagopalan; Anand Philip; Bharti K.; Dilip Raj; Geetha TG; Gynelle Alves; Jayalakshmi Gopalan; Kavita Govindarajan; Kavitha Muralidharan; Krithika Sukumar; Kusum Rohra; Matthew George; Meera Srikant; Namitha Joseph; Narasimhan Varadhan; Nirmal Rajagopalan; Nirupama Sarathy; Nithila Kanagasabai; Poonguntan Cibi; Poornima Murali; Prema Ravi; Priya Raju; R. Lalita; Ragini Rangarajan; Reva Yunus; Richard; Samidha; Saranya Balaji; Shalini Umachandran; Shambhavi Madhan; Shireen Kurian; Shreesha Reddy; Shyamala Sundararajan; Sridhar Krishnaswamy; Supraja T.A.; Suresh; Vaishnavi Shyam; Vetrevel Karthikeyan; Vignesh Rajendran; Shalini Peruma.

Come, volunteer with us!