A second year student of Public Space Design, Krishnika firmly believes that beautiful and relevant designs spur lively and robust social interactions and bond people - be it in public spaces, social platforms or our homes . Beyond her work at college, she explores mediums and is always hungry to try something new. At NeevJivan Foundation, she is responsible for showcasing our work and taking it to the world...….

Dinesh is our in-house expert on tailoring with many years of experience in teaching the art of stitching clothes. An extremely patient individual, he takes great care to ensure each of his students understand every aspect of tailoring.

Vaibhav is management graduate who left his comfortable Mumbai job to come back and do good for the people of Jawhar…. he is helping his birthplace, i.e., Jawhar create infrastructure, jobs, visibility and development opportunity.

He has more than 5 yrs of experience in teaching management and diploma students and has also worked in  tourism industry to create employment opportunity for local people and prevent there rural to urban migration.

His experience in managing people and work in the social sector will be of great help in the progress of Neevjivan Foundation in the long run.

Vaishali comes with a rich experience of working with women in the rural areas of Maharashtra on various themes like financial literacy and livelihood generation. She has clawed her way up from the grassroots and understands the challenges of women she works with and tends to help them with custom made solutions and that is the mantra of her success.

Kailas is a passionate social worker and has been working for the people in his village for the last 10 years. He is a member of the gram panchayat in his village and has been the conduit between the villagers and the government to avail various employment and livelihood generating programs for them.

Kailas joined us with the primary objective of making a difference to the society in a more structured manner. He takes pride in making the women in his village self reliant and independent.

An experienced hand in mobilising women centric self help groups in the villages, Anusaya works relentlessly to ensure that we are able to generate an alternate source of income for the beneficiaries in their villages. Her ability to follow up and ensure things fall in place as per goal makes her an asset to our organisation.

Meena is our Master Tailor and is in charge of our Community Tailoring Center in Kosbad village in Dahanu. Her experience as a tailor and patience makes her one of the best teachers of basics and advanced courses on tailoring

With over 29 years in the Tata Group, NES as he is endearingly called by his colleagues has worked across numerous functions - R&D, Quality Engineering, Business Excellence, Learning & Development and Human Resources. 

In his current role, he has crafted the CSR policy of the company that focuses on the Girl Child & Education, Skill Development, Indian Crafts & Heritage and much more….. 

As part of Skill Development and Livelihood Interventions, he has worked closely with Govt ITI’s, Engineering colleges and institutes for differently abled youth across five states. 

A senior leader in the Tata Group, he has been playing several roles in Business Excellence, Skill Development, and Affirmative Action, besides being on the panel of various national and state committees on Skill Development, CSR and HR excellence panel. 

A Mechanical Engineer and M. Tech in Statistics & Operations Research from ISI, Kolkata, NES has been helping us in structuring the Organization and developing the Value Proposition.

An inspirational leader who has been working with the Singapore International School since its inception in 2005 to make it a truly international school with its foundations firmly embedded in Indian values and culture. 

As a Head and Director of the school, she has challenged students to explore many facets of their talents, to link their head and heart in genuine service to the community, and to become truly global thinkers and citizens. Under her able guidance and leadership students have worked in numerous social, community and environmental projects. 

Her leadership in numerous projects with wide ranging social impact like the Dahisar River Clean Up, Campaign to help Corona Samaritans raise funds, fund raisers for children of Sex workers in Kolkata and many more have been appreciated by various agencies including the United Nations. 

She has been awarded with the prestigious “Iconic Leadership Award“ by the Governor of Maharashtra for her exemplary service and dedication to the field of education very recently. 

With her rich experience in the education sector, Sharonee is helping us in curating the two programs, i.e. Skills for Education and Skills for Entrepreneurship.

"Dr. Vidhula Venugopal is an academic and researcher in entrepreneurship passionate about enabling social and financial inclusion through education, entrepreneurship, and skill development, particularly for women, and marginalized and vulnerable groups. She has led, designed, and implemented various research, incubation, and skill development projects in multiple geographies with multi-stakeholder engagement including academic institutions, government bodies, and the private sector. She is currently a faculty in the Strategy & Entrepreneurship area at IIM Nagpur. She holds a doctoral degree in Corporate Strategy & Policy from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Prior to joining IIMN, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Entrepreneurship & Innovation at RMIT University, Melbourne, and a Visiting Research Fellow at Griffith Business School, Brisbane. She has also held the position of Urban Scholar with the United Nations Global Compact Cities Program. At IIMN, she is the Chairperson of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Programme Director of Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Program, and Program Director of the Women Start-Up Programme."
 

Recognised among the Women Leaders in Indian Advertising, Nisha started her career 25 year back…

She worked with Trikaya Grey (P&G & Marico), Ambience Publicis (Lakme, Elle 18, Hair & Care, Westside & Bisleri), Leo Burnett (Whisper Choice), Grey (Parle Agro, Deutsche Bank, Novartis, ITC, Ambuja Cement & CRY), Rediffusion Y&R, Saatchi & Saatchi (P&G, General Mills, Novartis & Skoda)

In 2013, Nisha along with her partner Ramanuj Shastry, co-founded Infectious. They started as a small hot shop with five employees. Today Infectious is 9 years old, 50+ people strong and works with some of India’s biggest business houses – like the Tata Group, UltraTech Cement, IDFC First, Inorbit Malls, Ebco, Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri and international brands like ALD Automotive.

Nisha is a member of the Consumer Complaints Council of ASCI (Advertising Standards Council of India), which helps the industry self-regulate. In the last couple of years she has won several accolades which include being featured in Forbes India 100 Top Great People Managers List, being awarded the SuperWoman by Sosial Samosa and winning the ‘Woman Entrepreneur of the Year’ in the Woman Disruptor Awards by Adgully.

CA Girish's two and half decades career spans across manufacturing, banking and entrepreneurship having led some significant escrow deals, product development & process improvements. He has contributed to impacting business outcomes and believes in being the change with change-makers. He likes to coach and mentor business owners, distinguish hype from reality and assemble disparate facts into cohesive and tangible story.

He values discipline and accountability and likes socializing. Entrepreneurship taught him the ability to learn from failures and his stint with ICICI & HSBC taught him the expanse at which businesses operate. His last experience as Director, Incubation program of UnLtd India strengthened his business building faculty while running 7 cohorts of 20-25 social entrepreneurs each at idea, build and growth stage across sectors.

He is driven by numbers, gets motivated by bringing order to chaos and solutions to problem. He appreciates team efforts and productive collaboration. When he is not working with numbers, he dabbles in the world of blockchain or uses his creativity and optimism for emotional strengthening in kids between the age group 8-80 through fun activities.