Bhavani Nanjundeswaran
Advisor to the Trust and Trustee
Mrs. Nanjundeswaran is everyone’s grandma (ajji or patti) and is a very caring and loving person, whose personality is invaluable to the mission. In the town of Tarapur, Maharashtra, where she spent thirty-seven years, she founded the first Mahila Mandal in the area. As its president, she set up several more welfare initiatives for women in the area, as well as the Toddler’s Academy, a nursery and preschool for local children. Today, the Toddler’s Academy is a 600-strong institution offering both English and Marathi medium education.
Sandhya Sharad
Founder and Director
Sandhya is a practicing architect and interior designer, and also runs the foundation. She is skilled with children and teenagers and has great faith in the creative talent and spiritual capabilities nested in this country. She believes that a touch of professionalism and caring into every creative work we seek to do, can improve the quality of our services to the world.
sandhya[at]samikshafoundation.com
Vijaya Nanjundeswaran
Advisor to the Trust and Trustee
Vijaya is a strong believer in independent thinking and solving problems at hand. She holds an M.Sc. in Biochemistry and a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing, and has been working in the media industry for around 2 decades. Prior to this she taught Math, Science and Art to primary and middle school students. She is frank and honest – she calls a spade a spade. She is always unafraid to provide an opinion or solution and is always present for help and support. Her advice always tends to be spot on. Her interests (in addition to giving us expert guidance) include travel, music, gardening and reading.
Dr. Manjari Bhatnagar
Project Coordinator and Director
A qualified geophysicist and a Ph.D. in statistics, Dr. Manjari has diversified into the fields of drama and wealth management. Her exuberant and cheerful personality, combined with her love for children, make her a priceless gem at the foundation. She is responsible for the public relations and fundraising activities for the foundation, and coordinates many events at the Centre.
manjari[at]samikshafoundation.com
Aditya Sharad
Creative Advisor
Aditya designed the Foundation website in January 2009, when he was in the ninth grade. Now in the twelfth grade, he continues to maintain and update the site. He volunteers at the centre, teaching mathematics and social studies and helps maintain the library. When he teaches the children, he tries to encourage out of the box thinking, so that they can understand new concepts and ideas without having to learn by rote. All comments and suggestions regarding the website may be sent to him.
aditya[at]samikshafoundation.com
Swami Yogaratna Saraswati
Yoga Teacher and Consultant
Swami Yogaratna Saraswati, a sannyasi, trained for 20 years in Bihar School of Yoga (Bangalore branch and Munger main ashram) in all aspects of yoga and meditation, higher yoga practices, yoga therapy, stress management and yoga for women, children, students and the elderly.
Sw. Yogaratna has been teaching yoga for over twenty years. Teaching children in particular has been a favourite activity. She has developed a fun yoga program for our children.
Meera Srivatsan
Administrator and Program coordinator
Padma Vishwanathan
Administrator and Program Coordinator
Tania Khosla
Creative Advisor and Volunteer
Rajinder Chopra
Advisor and Projects Coordinator
C.Venkatesh Kamath
Advisor and Storyteller
Vidyawathi B.S
Teacher and Librarian
Parvathy K.B
Teacher and Librarian
Ambika
Volunteer Storyteller