SELCO Foundation has a cross-sectoral team with holistic thinkers at all levels: ones who strive to push the boundaries and challenge the status quo.
Trustees
Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed
CEO and Director of C-CAMP
His initial training has been in neurosciences, where he received his PhD from Max-Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany and followed it up by postdoctoral training at University of California San Francisco (UCSF). At the same time, he also underwent training in management for Biotech and Innovation from QB3 at UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco. He has also completed a biotech management program for biotech executives at Wharton School of Management. In the Bay area, he served as a Management Consultant with QB3 New Biotech Venture Consulting and in an individual capacity, he also consulted for many biotech firms in the US. Dr. Saiyed is an Adjunct Faculty at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and also Amrita Institute - School of Biotechnology. He also heads the Discovery to Innovation Accelerator program at C-CAMP. He is actively involved in promoting innovation in lifescience / healthcare by supporting translation of discoveries to application, entrepreneurship and technology development
Nandini Dasgupta
Dean, Srishti School of Design
Nandini Dasgupta :Trained in Industrial Product Design, her work in the last 25 years has included a variety of projects ranging from craft and livelihood to communication design. Much of it has been at the grassroots level and she feels that a large part of being a good designer is a willingness to do what it takes in any context, learning skills where necessary and developing an ability to be a part of and manage change effectively. She likes working in real contexts, enjoys collaborative thinking and making, and feels that when students work in mixed groups with artisans and makers, the best work emerges. As a practitioner and teacher, she remains firmly rooted to the context of our country, people and culture – who, she feels, have a unique way of being that is fascinating as well as exasperating and provides us with many complex problems as well as solutions, old knowledge as well as new insights. She is currently one of the course leaders for Industrial Arts and Design Practices, co-ordinator for the School of Design, Business and Technology and works in the Frugal Design Lab. She is also a member of the Board of Studies at Srishti.
Keya Acharya
President, Forum of Environmental Journalists in India (FEJI)
Ms. Keya Acharya is an independent journalist and researcher, who has been writing exclusively on environment and development for many years and has various national and international publications to her credit. She also teaches development journalism and development issues to media students in Bangalore, where she is based and has conducted many media training workshops. Keya has travelled extensively in the course of her journalistic assignments, reporting from various countries, reporting on subjects as diverse as solid and hazardous wastes, human rights, corruption, forestry and wildlife, climate change, agri-biotech and others.
Dr. K.S Srinivas
Executive Director, BHEL (Retd.)
Dr. K.S. Srinivas retired as Executive Director, BHEL, in charge of 3 manufacturing units of BHEL. He has a PhD from the Indian Institute of Science, specializing in electronic devices. He has a keen interest in renewable energy. particularly photovoltaic energy and serves on numerous expert and advisory committees on renewable energy, such as ‘ Research, Design & Development Sectoral Project Appraisal Committee for Solar Photovoltaics" (RDSPAC-SPV)"- set up by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of India (MORE). Dr. Srinivas is the recipient of many awards in his chosen field, such as the PVSEC National Award by Solar Energy Society of India, for outstanding contributions to the development of Photovoltaic Technology, Systems and Applications.
Our Team
Allabhaksha N Nadaf
Field Coordinator, North Karnataka
Amruth Y
Graphic Designer
Bharathi
Housekeeping, Bangalore
Bir Singh Majhi
Field Coordinator, Odisha
Chandra S
Driver, Bangalore
Chetan V Shetty
Program Coordinator, Animal Husbandry
Dambarudhar Majhi
Admin Assitant, Odisha
David Sagayanathan
Sr. Manager, Accounts & Finance
Dhanush Kumar BK
Office Assistant, Bangalore
Eranna Golla
Project Manager, North-Karnataka
Gobinda Pradhan
Field Coordinator, Odisha
Hamsa M
Field Coordinator, Micro Businesses
Jyothi R
Office Assistant, Bangalore
Lakshmamma
House-keeping, Bangalore
Lipsa Priyadarshini
Program Coordinator, Odisha
Manjunath M
Accounts Executive
Manoj Kumar Singh
Technician, Odisha
Mashun Khangrah
Program Coordinator, North-East
Mukesh Goud Balangar
Project Coordinator, Agriculture
Naveen Kumar Boreddy
Program Coordinator, North-Karnataka
Naveen M L
Program Coordinator, Health
Nethravathi M
Front Office Executive
Panindra Singh
Sr. Program Coordinator, Micro Businesses
Parmi Parag Savla
Architect, Built Environment
Pavithra Chandrasekhar
Project Manager, Research & Learning
Porkodi Baskaran
Accounts Executive
Prakash Meti
Program Coordinator, North-Karnataka
Raghavendra Prasad Singh
Lead, Administration
Rajendrakumar S Geete
Sr. Program Coordinator, North-Karnataka
Rajesh Pradhan
Program Coordinator, Jharkhand
Sanjay Kumar Tripathy
Project Manager, Odisha
Shalini N
Assistant, Accounts & Finance
Sharath M
Project Manager, Operations, Built Environment
Shiva Kumar Naik S
Program Coordinator, Agriculture
Shubha Adiga
Admin Assistant
Subhashini G
Data Analyst
Sucharitha K
Architect, Built Environment
Sudarshan Bisht Singh
Program Coordinator, Outreach & Comm.
Sunitha V
Program Coordinator, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Swagatika Nayak
Program Coordinator, Odisha
Tabibar Rahman
Technical Coordinator, North-East
Udaynath Majhi
Program Coordinator, Odisha
