Balram Keshari

After graduating from DSVV Haridwar with a Bachelors in Computer Science, Balram Keshari was very interested in building his understanding about social change through education. During college, he did a social internship in Asansol (West Bengal) where he conducted a workshop for school students and also worked for rehabilitation of victims of the flood disaster…

Sharada Subodh Kerkar

Sharada Kerkar was born to a Goan family and has spent her childhood in Goa. After her graduation in Economics from Christ University, Bangalore, she travelled to Grameen Bank in Bangladesh to understand the idea of micro-finance for the poor. Her curiosity to understand the development sector drove her to join the Gandhi Fellowship where…

Dr. Mohd Shahid Siddiqui

 A development analyst by profession, Dr. M Shahid Siddiqui is currently associated with Digital Empowerment Foundation as in-charge of Community Information Resource Centres across India. Prior, to this assignment, Dr Siddiqui worked as a news producer with Network 18 for over seven years (2005-2012) and also assisted various film directors and producers between 2003 and…

Shah Alam

Hailing from the small town of Katihar in Bihar, Shah Alam was very intrigued by technology and engineering tactics. His early memory of mobile phones was from television and movies where the stars used to fiddle with their mobile phones. He was twenty years old when he moved to Delhi and saw the commonality of…

Monika Sharma

Is a young and enthusiastic development professional from the beautiful state of Uttarakhand. She holds a major in social work from Uttarakhand Open University. Prior to joining CIRC , she had worked with Green India Neat India, an organization working on Environmental Sustainability for an year. Was also involved with Nehru Foundations’ project on Rain…

Ambar Afaq

She holds post- graduation degree in Social Work with dual specialisation in community work and Human Resource Management from Aligarh Muslim Universtity. She has committed herself to the cause of community development and would like to contribute towards society in whichever way she can. Her current work responsibilities include providing HR support to the team,…