TRUSTEES

• Swarna Rajagopalan, Ph.D., Managing Trustee, is a Chennai-based political analyst and consultant.
• 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.
• 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, Head of Operations
• Nandhini Shanmugham, Communications and Resource Mobilisation Director
• Dr. Shakthi S., Research Director
• N. Santha, Logistics and Facilities Manager

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)
• Dr. D. Jayashree
• Anuradha Venkatesh
• Subhashini Selvanathan

Programme Officer, GRIT

• Ragamalika Karthikeyan (2015-2016)

Programme Associate

• Pozhil S.G. (2020)
• Sharathkumar R. (2021)
• Maryam Nayaz (2021-22)
• M. Amirtha (2022)

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
• 2023 Devika Kolathapilly, Veda Iyer

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 Perumal.

Come, volunteer with us!