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data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dd9b4d0 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dd9b4d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>22 April 2025, Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3231c022 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3231c022\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Samajik Nyay Charcha<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-122e99e e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"122e99e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-781bf511 btn-1 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"781bf511\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">VIEW SPEAKERS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acb3482 btn-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"acb3482\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">add to calender<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a62edfe e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a62edfe\" data-element_type=\"container\" id=\"register\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-303c3e77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" 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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2091392a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Leveraging technology and industry-led solutions to improve government scheme delivery and mentorship programs<\/li><li>Developing financial models and ecosystems to support entrepreneurship in marginalized communities<\/li><li>Creating multi-sectoral partnerships and interventions to enhance accessibility and responsiveness for holistic development<\/li><li>Establishing comprehensive pathways for education, skills development, and sustainable livelihoods<\/li><li>Scaling successful pilot programs into large-scale initiatives under frameworks like DAP-SC\/E-Utthan.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5843f452 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5843f452\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The event is free to attend for all registered participants. Please register through the form above.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e74f932 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e74f932\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6caf2e elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6caf2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Section-2-image.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-663\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Section-2-image.png 600w, https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Section-2-image-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13495354 e-con-full mp1 e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13495354\" data-element_type=\"container\" id=\"about\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ece69d2 e-con-full content-fix e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ece69d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1401b771 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1401b771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Why should you join this event<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-116f6836 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"116f6836\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSamajik Nyaya charcha by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment aims to explore innovative approaches for social justice and inclusion through ideation on:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ecdaddb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ecdaddb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Leveraging technology and industry-led solutions to improve government scheme delivery and mentorship programs<\/li><li>Developing financial models and ecosystems to support entrepreneurship in marginalized communities<\/li><li>Creating multi-sectoral partnerships and interventions to enhance accessibility and responsiveness for holistic development<\/li><li>Establishing comprehensive pathways for education, skills development, and sustainable livelihoods<\/li><li>Scaling successful pilot programs into large-scale initiatives under frameworks like DAP-SC\/E-Utthan.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a5db8e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a5db8e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The event is free to attend for all registered participants. Please register through the form above.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b13147 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"79b13147\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4876fc53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4876fc53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;],&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1875\" height=\"1563\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sec-2-image-67f78fbb1665e.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-25567\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sec-2-image-67f78fbb1665e.webp 1875w, https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sec-2-image-67f78fbb1665e-300x250.webp 300w, https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sec-2-image-67f78fbb1665e-1024x854.webp 1024w, https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sec-2-image-67f78fbb1665e-768x640.webp 768w, https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sec-2-image-67f78fbb1665e-1536x1280.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1875px) 100vw, 1875px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-768ccdb6 mp2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"768ccdb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" id=\"speakers\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68407729 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68407729\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Keynote Speakers<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66eb3d38 speaker e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66eb3d38\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a1387ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"5a1387ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div id=\"awsm-team-678\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"awsm-modal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid-modal awsm-grid modal-style style-1 grid-3-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-678-25680\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-678-25680\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25680\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-678-25680\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/B-L-Verma-1-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Hon'ble Minister of State - MoSJE<\/span><h3>Shri B L Verma<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-678-25678\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-678-25678\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25678\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-678-25678\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramdas-Athawale-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Hon'ble Minister of State - MoSJE<\/span><h3>Shri Ramdas Athawale<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-678-679\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-678-679\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-679\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-678-679\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/virendra-singh-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Hon'ble Minister, MoSJE<\/span><h3>Dr Virendra Kumar<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-678-681\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-678-681\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-681\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-678-681\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amit-yadav-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Secretary, DoSJE<\/span><h3>Amit Yadav, IAS<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-678-25701\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-678-25701\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25701\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-678-25701\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shailendra-Kumar-500x500.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Joint Secretary - MoSJE<\/span><h3>Shailendra Kumar<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-678-25715\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-678-25715\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25715\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-678-25715\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rajesh-Aggarwal-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Secretary - DoEPD<\/span><h3>Rajesh Aggarwal<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-678-25164\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-678-25164\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25164\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-678-25164\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/caralyn-k-deshmukh-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Addl. Secretary 2, DoSJE<\/span><h3>Caralyn K Deshmukh, IAS<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items modal-style style-1 grid-3-col \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-close\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modal-style-678-25680\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25680\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-678-25680\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/B-L-Verma-1-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Hon'ble Minister of State - MoSJE<\/h3><h2>Shri B L Verma<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-678-25678\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25678\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-678-25678\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramdas-Athawale-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Hon'ble Minister of State - MoSJE<\/h3><h2>Shri Ramdas Athawale<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-678-679\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"679\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-678-679\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/virendra-singh-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Hon'ble Minister, MoSJE<\/h3><h2>Dr Virendra Kumar<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Virendra Kumar, born on February 27, 1954, in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, is a distinguished Indian politician and social worker affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He holds a Master&#8217;s degree in Economics and earned a Ph.D. focusing on child labor from Dr. Harisingh Gaur University in Sagar. Dr. Kumar&#8217;s political journey commenced with his involvement in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). He served as the Convenor of ABVP in Sagar District from 1977 to 1979 and as the Divisional Organizing Secretary in Rewa from 1979 to 1982. His leadership roles extended to the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) as General-Secretary in Sagar District between 1982 and 1984, and as the Convenor of Bajrang Dal from 1987 to 1991. Elected to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996 representing the Sagar constituency, Dr. Kumar demonstrated consistent electoral success by securing seats in subsequent terms, including the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Lok Sabha, representing both Sagar and later Tikamgarh constituencies. Throughout his parliamentary tenure, he contributed to various committees, notably serving as the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Office of Profit and the Standing Committee on Labour and Welfare. In July 2021, Dr. Kumar was appointed as the Union Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment in the Narendra Modi government, reflecting his dedication to social causes and public service. Beyond politics, Dr. Kumar is deeply committed to social work. He actively supports the Gau-Seva Sangh Sanstha in Sagar and has been involved in initiatives for orphanages, schools for the differently-abled, and old age homes. His personal interests include singing and playing the harmonica, and he has been recognized for his athletic achievements at the state level. Dr. Virendra Kumar&#8217;s extensive career is characterized by his unwavering commitment to public service, social justice, and community development, underscoring his significant contributions to Indian politics and society.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-678-681\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"681\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-678-681\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amit-yadav-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Secretary, DoSJE<\/h3><h2>Amit Yadav, IAS<\/h2>\n<p>Amit Yadav is a member of the permanent civil services of the Government of India with 33 years of experience in administration and governance. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and a Bachelor of Law (LL.B).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is at present working as Secretary of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment since 11th June, 2024. During the last ten years, he has served as Joint Secretary in the Department of Communications, Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce, and Chairperson of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has worked at municipal, provincial, and federal levels in various capacities and has served in the states of Delhi, Goa, and Arunachal Pradesh. He has also worked at the United Nations on secondment from the Government of India. He was the Indian representative for agricultural negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva for three years and served as Chair of the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade of the WTO for a year. He was the lead negotiator in the India-Australia Free Trade Agreement signed in March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the provincial level, he has handled various departments as Secretary of Finance, Industry, Agriculture, Welfare, Water Resources, etc. At the federal level, he has worked in the Departments of Commerce and Telecommunications. He has also headed infrastructure development corporations in three states: Goa, Delhi, and Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-678-25701\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25701\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-678-25701\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shailendra-Kumar-500x500.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Joint Secretary - MoSJE<\/h3><h2>Shailendra Kumar<\/h2>\n<p>Shri Shailendra Kumar, as public servant, \u00a0have an \u00a0experience of more than 24 \u00a0years of serving the country in a role of administration, policy formulation , government accounts manager, finance professional in the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, \u00a0Office of the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in Department of Expenditure and \u00a0the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-678-25715\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25715\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-678-25715\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rajesh-Aggarwal-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Secretary - DoEPD<\/h3><h2>Rajesh Aggarwal<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-678-25164\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25164\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-678-25164\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/caralyn-k-deshmukh-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Addl. 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MeitY<\/span><h3>Abhishek Singh, IAS<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-281-25482\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-281-25482\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25482\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-281-25482\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amarjeet-sinha-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Former Secy - MoRD<\/span><h3>Amarjeet Sinha, IAS<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-281-25672\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-281-25672\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25672\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-281-25672\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/annette-francis--500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Program Director - Pratham Education Foundation<\/span><h3>Annette Francis Parakkal<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-281-25463\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-281-25463\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25463\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-281-25463\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/anurag-adarsh-67f518fbc15e3-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Senior Staff Software Engineer, Android - Google<\/span><h3>Anurag Adarsh<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-281-569\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-281-569\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-569\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-281-569\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Arindom-Datta-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Senior Advisor - Sustainability\/ Technology<\/span><h3>Arindom Datta<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-281-25465\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-281-25465\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25465\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-281-25465\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/atul-satija-67f518fd23258-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Founder &amp; CEO - The\/Nudge Institute<\/span><h3>Atul Satija<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-281-313\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-281-313\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-313\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-281-313\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Azeez-Gupta-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Co-founder - Rocket Learning<\/span><h3>Azeez Gupta<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-281-25461\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-281-25461\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25461\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-281-25461\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/divya-khemani-1-67f518fd530cc-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Strategic Programs &amp; Partnerships - Meta<\/span><h3>Divya Khemani Wadhera<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items modal-style style-1 grid-4-col \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-close\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modal-style-281-315\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"315\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-281-315\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shri-abhishek-singh--500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Addl Secretary - MeitY<\/h3><h2>Abhishek Singh, IAS<\/h2>\n<p>Shri Abhishek Singh is a career civil servant with 30 years of experience in governance and policy formulation. He specializes in the use of technology for improving governance. He is presently posted as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, with responsibilities for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies, R&amp;D in Electronics; IT and in Convergence, Communications and Broadband Technologies (CC&amp;BT). He has previously served as CEO, Karmayogi Bharat in the Department of Personnel &amp; Training; and CEO, NeGD, DIC, and MyGov in the Ministry of Electronics &amp; Information Technology, Government of India.<br>He has done a Master&#8217;s in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is also an alumnus of IIT Kanpur.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-281-25482\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25482\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-281-25482\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amarjeet-sinha-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Former Secy - MoRD<\/h3><h2>Amarjeet Sinha, IAS<\/h2>\n<p>Shri Amarjeet Sinha was posted as Advisor to the Prime Minister till July 31, 2021. An IAS Officer of the Bihar Cadre (1983 batch), he retired in December 2019 as Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Government of India. He has 40 years of experience in government, largely in the rural and social sectors. He played a major role in designing the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). He coordinated the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan in 2018 to deliver seven pro-poor public welfare interventions to 63,974 large villages with over 50% vulnerable social group populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the state level, Mr. Sinha served in the education and health sectors. He has also been involved in training Indian Administrative Service Officer Trainees at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Sinha has published several articles and seven books on public policy, the most recent being <em>The Last Mile \u2013 Turning Public Policy Upside Down<\/em>. He also contributed to the Notion Press book on fifteen change-makers, <em>The Book of Aspiration<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been associated with public policy at various universities and institutes and delivered the ICSSR Annual Lecture in 2022. He is an advisor to Sampark Foundation, Centre for Social and Economic Progress, and Women\u2019s World Bank. He was a member of the jury for <em>The Indian Express<\/em> Governance Awards in 2023. He chaired a committee for suggesting reforms in MGNREGS and currently chairs the Gender Expert Committee of the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A student of St. Stephen\u2019s College, he topped Delhi University and is a recipient of many national and international scholarships. He has also served as President of the St. Stephen\u2019s College Students\u2019 Union Society.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-281-25672\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25672\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-281-25672\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/annette-francis--500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Program Director - Pratham Education Foundation<\/h3><h2>Annette Francis Parakkal<\/h2>\n<p>Annette Francis is the Program Director for Vocational Training at Pratham Education Foundation, where she has been leading the organization&#8217;s youth skilling initiatives since 2018. Her work focuses on workforce development and technology-driven skill training, aiming to prepare India&#8217;s youth for the evolving demands of the job market. An alumna of the University of Edinburgh, Francis has previously worked in teaching roles with organizations in both India and Scotland. She contributes thought leadership on education and employment through articles in platforms like the India Development Review, the Times of India, and the World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-281-25463\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25463\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-281-25463\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/anurag-adarsh-67f518fbc15e3-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Senior Staff Software Engineer, Android - Google<\/h3><h2>Anurag Adarsh<\/h2>\n<p>Anurag Adarsh is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Android, Google India, bringing nearly two decades of diverse experience in the tech industry. His background includes roles at Google, venture capital firms (Peak XV), and startups. At Peak XV, he served as a Senior Data Scientist and Architect, leveraging data to inform investment decisions. He has also provided early-stage consulting to numerous startups, offering expertise in design, implementation, and optimization across cloud, AI, frontend, backend, and talent acquisition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to this, he founded SpeakTribe, an ed-tech startup that reached over 1 million users across the globe, offering interactive and gamified language-learning apps. He was also a co-founder and CTO at Eskwelabs, a data science bootcamp provider that teaches data science and data engineering skills to aspiring professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his earlier tenure at Google, he spent about seven years across multiple teams including local search, search quality, enterprise, and emerging markets, where he led the teams for local search and enterprise-apps core platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has a strong background in computer science, having graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and holds multiple patents in the fields of spam detection and rating systems. His mission is to use technology to create innovative and impactful solutions for health, education, skill development, and social good.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-281-569\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"569\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-281-569\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Arindom-Datta-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Senior Advisor - Sustainability\/ Technology<\/h3><h2>Arindom Datta<\/h2>\n<p>Arindom Datta has over 30 years of work experience with the last 17 years at Rabobank where he was Head of Asia for Sustainability Banking initiatives on knowledge, risk management and business development. He also oversaw the development finance projects in blended finance, AgFinTech, and climate financing in the agriculture sector. His previous experience was with NABARD, IDBI Bank and CARE. Arindom has been honoured with the \u2018India Sustainable Leadership\u2019 award at the India Sustainability Leadership Summit in 2017. Arindom is a Mathematics honours graduate from St. Stephen\u2019s College and has an MBA with a specialization in Finance and Strategy from IIM Kozhikode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25aa Currently he is the Senior Advisor to Omnivore (India\u2019s largest Agtech VC Fund) and SatSure (World\u2019s leading AgFinTech company providing remote sensing solutions to Agriculture and other sectors). He is also the Advisor to Samunnati, India\u2019s leading Agriculture financing NBFC.<br>\u25aa Current Affiliations: Investment Committee Member of the SIDBI sponsored Assam Start up Venture Capital Fund &amp; the Tripura Start up Venture Capital Fund; Member, Working Group on Financial Linkages under 10,000 FPOs scheme constituted by Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India; Member of the FICCI Task force on Agtech; Member of the FICCI Task Force on Agri Finance; Expert Committee Member \u2013 Food Innovation Hub, India \u2013 World Economic Forum; Task force Member, Water Resource Group, World Bank; Steering Committee Member &#8211; \u2018Sustainable Landscape Management for Transforming Agricultural Systems in India\u2019, Rainforest India; Steering Council Member &#8211; The Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture Innovation (AI4AI) \u2013 World Economic Forum; Member of the Advisory Board of NAFPO (The National Association for Farmer Producer Companies); Advisory Panel of the India Livelihood Summit<br>\u25aa Past Affiliations : Steering Committee member of SAFIN (Small holder and Agri SME Finance &amp; Investment Network); Expert Committee Member of \u201cGreen Bonds\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-281-25465\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25465\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-281-25465\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/atul-satija-67f518fd23258-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Founder &amp; CEO - The\/Nudge Institute<\/h3><h2>Atul Satija<\/h2>\n<p>After 17 years of starting and scaling various businesses, Atul started The\/Nudge Foundation to do poverty alleviation work. Atul is now serving both The\/Nudge and Give as their CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over his 5-year stint at InMobi as its Chief Business Officer, Atul helped scale the organization to a global leader in mobile advertising, with operations in 20+ countries. Atul also served on the Board of the Mobile Marketing Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to InMobi, Atul was the Head of Mobile Business for Japan &amp; Asia-Pacific at Google. He has also held general management, business development, and sales roles across technology companies including Adobe, Samsung, and Infosys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atul served EndPoverty, a nonprofit, as Chairperson for two years, working on water, sanitation, education, skill development, sustainability, and women empowerment. He serves on the advisory boards of various nonprofits including the Museum of Art &amp; Photography (MAP), Udhyam Learning Foundation, and Parivaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atul was named in the <em>40 Under Forty<\/em> list by <em>The Economic Times<\/em> in 2017 and received the Mahatma Award for Social Impact in 2021. He regularly serves as a jury member for various social impact award panels like <em>Forbes 30 Under 30<\/em>, <em>Business Standard Social Excellence<\/em>, and <em>UN Women WEF<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atul holds a Master\u2019s in Business Administration (MBA) from the Indian School of Business and a B.Tech from the National Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LinkedIn: <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/in.linkedin.com\/in\/atulsatija\">https:\/\/in.linkedin.com\/in\/atulsatija<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-281-313\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"313\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-281-313\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Azeez-Gupta-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Co-founder - Rocket Learning<\/h3><h2>Azeez Gupta<\/h2>\n<p>Azeez Gupta is a social entrepreneur and co-founder of Rocket Learning, an ed-tech non-profit impacting 4 million low-income children in India. He also serves on the Indian government\u2019s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Taskforce and on UNICEF&#8217;s working groups. Rocket Learning partners with central and 11 state governments at scale in India to support ECCE and foundational learning for 3-8 year olds. Their innovations have been profiled in Harvard Business School, UNESCO and Forbes case studies, studied by MIT-JPAL and Brookings, and awarded by MIT Solve, Mulago Foundation, Elevate Prize and the WEF. Azeez is a Draper Richard Kaplans Foundation Social Entrepreneur, Agency Fund Fellow and BusinessWorld\u2019s 40 under 40 Disruptor. He started his career at McKinsey &amp; Company, before a stint leading large-scale programs at Pratham. Azeez was a Goldsmith Fellow and Education Innovation Fellow during his MBA from Harvard, and completed his B.Tech from IIT Delhi.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-281-25461\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25461\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-281-25461\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/divya-khemani-1-67f518fd530cc-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Strategic Programs &amp; Partnerships - Meta<\/h3><h2>Divya Khemani Wadhera<\/h2>\n<p>Divya Khemani Wadhera is a seasoned commercial and technology leader with extensive experience in forging technology partnerships, driving business growth, and spearheading product innovation. In her current role at Meta, Divya drives strategic programs and key partnerships with conglomerates and government bodies across Meta&#8217;s family of apps, including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She began her career at Vodafone in 2008, excelling in strategy, sales, and business development. She helped establish the SMB vertical and led sales for Vodafone&#8217;s IoT practice, driving growth and global case studies. At Microsoft, she spearheaded telecom partnerships, deploying innovative connectivity solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a passionate advocate for technology&#8217;s potential to drive social and economic development, she has led initiatives like Meta Connectivity&#8217;s Accelerator program for connectivity start-ups.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode\" id=\"atb-shortcode\" value=281 >\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-15853268082\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-15853268082\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-40d8c357 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"40d8c357\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f7573c0 speaker elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"5f7573c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div id=\"awsm-team-403\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-team-filter-wrap\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"awsm-modal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid-modal awsm-grid modal-style style-1 grid-4-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-403-571\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-403-571\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-571\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-403-571\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mandira-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Head of Office - Purpose India<\/span><h3>Mandira Kalra Kalaan<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-403-592\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-403-592\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-592\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-403-592\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manish-thakka-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>COO - Avanti Finance<\/span><h3>Manish Thakkar<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-403-25183\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-403-25183\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25183\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-403-25183\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manu-chopra-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Co-founder &amp; CEO - Karya Inc.<\/span><h3>Manu Chopra<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-403-312\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-403-312\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-312\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-403-312\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nidhi-bhasin-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>CEO - Digital Green Trust<\/span><h3>Nidhi Bhasin<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-403-596\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-403-596\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-596\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-403-596\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nilesh-shrivastava-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Partner - NIIF<\/span><h3>Nilesh Shrivastava<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-403-25516\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-403-25516\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25516\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-403-25516\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/prateek-maheshwari-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Co-founder - Physics Wallah <\/span><h3>Prateek Maheshwari<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-403-314\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-403-314\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-314\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-403-314\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riti-mohapatra-1-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Partner - The Bridgespan Group<\/span><h3>Riti Mohapatra<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-403-582\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-403-582\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-582\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-403-582\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sanjay-modi-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Head of Jobs &amp; Livelihoods - Dell Foundation<\/span><h3>Sanjay Modi<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items modal-style style-1 grid-4-col \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-close\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modal-style-403-571\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"571\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-403-571\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mandira-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Head of Office - Purpose India<\/h3><h2>Mandira Kalra Kalaan<\/h2>\n<p>Mandira Kalra Kalaan leads Purpose\u2019s work in India, overseeing campaigns on gender, electric mobility, public health, climate change, youth, and urban informal settlements. With over 20 years of experience in strategic and creative communication, she specializes in narrative and behavior change across diverse issues. A social anthropologist by training, Mandira works closely with communities, using participatory and storytelling approaches to empower them. Previously, she led communications at the Population Foundation of India and has collaborated with international organisations like UNICEF and the World Bank.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-403-592\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"592\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-403-592\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manish-thakka-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>COO - Avanti Finance<\/h3><h2>Manish Thakkar<\/h2>\n<p>Manish is one of the founding members of Avanti. He has been involved with Avanti right from the time it was a concept emerging from the problem statement by the founders to their vision of solving the problem at the population scale. As a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, he is responsible for the operations at Avanti.<br>Manish has over 25 years of experience in financial services, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, deal negotiation, and transaction structuring. He turned entrepreneur after 17 years in investment banking before joining the pioneer team of Avanti.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-403-25183\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25183\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-403-25183\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manu-chopra-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Co-founder &amp; CEO - Karya Inc.<\/h3><h2>Manu Chopra<\/h2>\n<p>Manu Chopra is working on tackling extreme poverty by providing dignified digital work to rural Indians. He&#8217;s the Co-Founder and CEO of Karya, a transformative AI collective that is enabling dignified livelihoods. In 2023, Karya was featured on the cover of <em>Time Magazine<\/em>, and Manu was nominated among <em>Time Magazine<\/em>&#8216;s 100 Most Influential People in AI. He graduated from Stanford University in 2017, where he co-founded CS+Social Good, Stanford&#8217;s first student group focused on technology and impact. He has also taught several tech-for-good courses in Stanford&#8217;s Computer Science Department. Manu is an Echoing Green Fellow and a Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Social Entrepreneur.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-403-312\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"312\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-403-312\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nidhi-bhasin-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>CEO - Digital Green Trust<\/h3><h2>Nidhi Bhasin<\/h2>\n<p>Nidhi Bhasin is one of the leading voices in the social development space with transformational leadership experience in technology for good. She firmly believes that technology can enable nation-scale social impact. In her career spanning over 25 years, Nidhi has navigated through various strategic and leadership roles &#8211; from program management to fundraising, from transformational management to creating thought leadership and from compliance management to building high performance teams. Nidhi is also sought out for views on impact financing, gender, climate change, sustainability, and diversity and inclusion issues. She is also known for prioritising women in program implementation as often they are the most impacted by issues of climate change, gender based violence, healthcare among others. Nidhi is based in New Delhi, India.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-403-596\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"596\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-403-596\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nilesh-shrivastava-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Partner - NIIF<\/h3><h2>Nilesh Shrivastava<\/h2>\n<p>Nilesh Shrivastava is a Partner at the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and has over 25 years of experience across private equity, debt investments, banking, and portfolio management. At NIIF, he has led the investment and buildout of NIIF\u2019s infrastructure lending platform as well as equity investments in EV mobility and other areas. He was previously with International Finance Corporation (IFC), where he headed the financial services investments portfolio in South Asia. He was earlier with HSBC in banking roles. Nilesh has an MBA from IIM Kolkata and an engineering degree from Lucknow University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-403-25516\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25516\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-403-25516\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/prateek-maheshwari-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Co-founder - Physics Wallah <\/h3><h2>Prateek Maheshwari<\/h2>\n<p>Prateek Maheshwari is the Co-Founder of PhysicsWallah (PW), a multinational EdTech unicorn which is focussed towards democratizing education at scale. He also holds several key industry leadership positions such as Chair of India EdTech Consortium (IEC) and co-chair of start-up committee, FICCI. Prateek is at the forefront of driving the growth and development of the EdTech sector in India. In 2020, Prateek partnered with Alakh Pandey, to build a platform that aims at bridging the gap between quality education and affordability for all. Under his leadership, PW has become a transformative force, reshaping the way students across India learn. Prateek Maheshwari, an alumnus of IIT (BHU), Varanasi, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, has spent 14 years turning ideas into innovative ventures. Before launching PhysicsWallah, Prateek founded several startups, using his expertise to develop scalable digital solutions. At PhysicsWallah, Prateek Maheshwari is a driving force, motivated by a mission to break down educational barriers. He focuses on addressing key challenges in education, such as limited internet access and hardware constraints, by harnessing the power of technology that can make learning accessible and personalized, aimed at improving learning outcomes. His efforts have not only expanded PhysicsWallah\u2019s reach but also established it as a trusted lifelong partner in the learning journey of students across varied age groups. Recognizing the power of emerging technologies, Prateek is spearheading efforts to harness AI in education- focusing on adaptive learning, personalized content delivery, and predictive analytics to improve learner engagement and outcomes. He also champions youth empowerment, turning PW into a hub for job creation and next-gen talent in India. Also a philanthropist, Prateek supports NGOs like Kashi Utkarsh and Asha Deep Vidyashram, which work towards providing inclusive-quality education to children.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-403-314\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"314\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-403-314\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riti-mohapatra-1-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Partner - The Bridgespan Group<\/h3><h2>Riti Mohapatra<\/h2>\n<p>Riti is a partner in Bridgespan\u2019s Mumbai office. She has worked with nonprofit organizations, foundations and corporate CSRs on strategy, equity and operating model design. Her recent projects include developing a system change strategy for a non-profit focused on eliminating gender-based violence, developing and executing a strategy for economically empowering millions of women, designing the operating model for a large climate-based non-profit in India and creating a strategy to incorporate equity into the program design for a maternal health non-profit. Riti leads the work on equity in the India office and has co-authored the reports on \u201cWhy Gender Matters for Funders in Any Issue Area\u201d and \u201cPathways to greater social mobility for India\u2019s Dalits and Adivasis\u201d. She is also leading Bridgespan\u2019s first multi-year initiative in the Global South \u2013 Community Driven Change. Previously Riti worked at McKinsey &amp; Company, where she tackled different business problems across \u2013 real estate, retail, infrastructure, primary education, policy development and implementation, logistics, pharma manufacturing, etc. Riti has completed her Dual Degree (B.Tech &amp; M.Tech) in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-403-582\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"582\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-403-582\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sanjay-modi-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Head of Jobs &amp; Livelihoods - Dell Foundation<\/h3><h2>Sanjay Modi<\/h2>\n<p>Sanjay leads the foundation\u2019s Jobs &amp; Livelihoods work in India, creating opportunities to improve the lives of youth and their families. Before joining the foundation, he founded Gloscout.com, a platform connecting international workers to jobs. He was also an executive vice president and managing director at Monster.com, overseeing operations in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Indiaconstruction.com, NIIT, and Ingersoll Rand. Sanjay is also an active startup investor and advisor.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode\" id=\"atb-shortcode\" value=403 >\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-15853268083\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-15853268083\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-3c2cf908 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3c2cf908\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-771c8e3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"771c8e3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div id=\"awsm-team-404\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-team-filter-wrap\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"awsm-modal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid-modal awsm-grid modal-style style-1 grid-4-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-404-278\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-404-278\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-278\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-404-278\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Samina-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Founder &amp; CEO - Rightwalk Foundation<\/span><h3>Samina Bano<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-404-590\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-404-590\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-590\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-404-590\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sandeep-girotra--500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Independent Business Advisor<\/span><h3>Sandeep Girotra<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-404-317\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-404-317\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-317\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-404-317\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Saurabh-Chopra-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Director - Central Square Foundation<\/span><h3>Saurabh Chopra<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-404-320\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-404-320\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-320\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-404-320\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shankar-Maruwada-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Co-founder &amp; CEO - EkStep Foundation<\/span><h3>Shankar Maruwada<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-404-25671\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-404-25671\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25671\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-404-25671\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shweta-rajpal-67fcc227178e9-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>President and CEO - Startup Policy Forum<\/span><h3>Shweta Rajpal Kohli<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-404-25682\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-404-25682\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25682\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-404-25682\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Subhashree-Dutta-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Managing Partner - The\/Nudge Institute<\/span><h3>Subhashree Dutta<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items modal-style style-1 grid-4-col \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-close\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modal-style-404-278\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"278\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-404-278\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Samina-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Founder &amp; CEO - Rightwalk Foundation<\/h3><h2>Samina Bano<\/h2>\n<p>Samina is the Founder and Director of Rightwalk Foundation, where she leads educational reform by shaping policy, system design, and government capacity to drive large-scale, sustainable change.Overcoming complex political, social, and legal hurdles, she has been instrumental in promoting social inclusion in Uttar Pradesh classrooms by activating the Right to Education Act, which mandates private schools to reserve 25% of their seats for low-income children.Samina is an Ashoka Fellow, TEDx speaker, and Kalam Award winner. She is also a computer engineer and a graduate of IIM Bangalore.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-404-590\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"590\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-404-590\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sandeep-girotra--500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Independent Business Advisor<\/h3><h2>Sandeep Girotra<\/h2>\n<p>Sandeep&#8217;s work experience includes membership of the Board of Directors of a PE portfolio company, CEO and Region Head for telecom infrastructure businesses in India and APAC. He is also a trained executive coach. He likes to focus on the leadership bench, and the larger impact of the telecom industry on society, which he has seen drive digital inclusion and Govt2Citizen Interface across economic categories. He currently is an independent advisor to various companies to help them establish new businesses, expand, and navigate to growth. His principles are to simplify first and then execute.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-404-317\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"317\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-404-317\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Saurabh-Chopra-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Director - Central Square Foundation<\/h3><h2>Saurabh Chopra<\/h2>\n<p>Saurabh works as Director, Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives at Central Square Foundation. His work involves working closely with various central government stakeholders and has led multiple engagements on the National Education Policy, NIPUN Bharat Mission, National Achievement Survey, DIKSHA, CBSE SAFAL, TicTacLearn, etc. Prior to CSF, Saurabh built EnglishLeap, an online English learning application with two million users. He also has experience in data analytics and has worked across continents with Fortune 500 clients. Saurabh holds a B.Com degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce and an MBA from IIM Lucknow.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-404-320\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"320\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-404-320\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shankar-Maruwada-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Co-founder &amp; CEO - EkStep Foundation<\/h3><h2>Shankar Maruwada<\/h2>\n<p>Shankar Maruwada is the Co-Founder and CEO of EkStep Foundation, a philanthropy he co-founded with Nandan Nilekani and Rohini Nilekani. Shankar has three decades of experience across corporate, entrepreneurial, government, and development sectors. This allows him to bring the best of thinking from different perspectives, which he uses to shape EkStep\u2019s strategic choices for achieving population-scale impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shankar is passionate about a \u2018People Plus\u2019 approach to innovations that leverage technology for large-scale societal transformation, keeping the citizen at the center, as seen in EkStep Foundation\u2019s work. EkStep operates at the intersection of cutting-edge techno-social ideas like digital public infrastructure, open digital networks, and Artificial Intelligence, creating solutions that impact billions in collaboration with governments, for-profits, non-profits, academia, and other philanthropies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shankar was part of the founding team of Aadhaar in 2009; in fact, he was responsible for naming it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He serves or has served on multiple government committees on education, urban governance, digital transformation, Digital Public Infrastructure, and AI, including the NCF National Steering Committee, DIKSHA, NDEAR, and iGOT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is also Co-Chair of the Centre for Open Societal Systems at IIIT Bangalore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a successful entrepreneur, he co-founded one of India\u2019s earliest data analytics startups in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-404-25671\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25671\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-404-25671\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shweta-rajpal-67fcc227178e9-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>President and CEO - Startup Policy Forum<\/h3><h2>Shweta Rajpal Kohli<\/h2>\n<p>A public policy and media veteran with over 25 years of experience across venture capital, technology and media companies. Shweta has led public policy teams in Asia for Peak XV, Sequoia Capital India, Salesforce and Uber. She has worked closely with founders, government and regulators to champion key issues within the startup ecosystem. An award winning journalist, Shweta provided in-depth coverage of India\u2019s economic policy making landscape during her media career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-404-25682\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25682\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-404-25682\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Subhashree-Dutta-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Managing Partner - The\/Nudge Institute<\/h3><h2>Subhashree Dutta<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Subhashree Dutta leads the Livelihood ecosystem at The\/Nudge. She believes that social entrepreneurs and an enabling ecosystem can play a critical role in bringing out catalytic change to India. Subhashree has 30 years\u2019 investing experience in the Asian credit markets across the broad spectrum of credit strategies and has lived in 6 countries. Subhashree worked for 20 years with Fiera Capital (Asia) (formerly Clearwater Capital Partners) and her last assignment was as CEO of its Singapore office. She started her career with ICICI Bank in India. Subhashree has a PGDM from IIM Calcutta and is a CFA\u00ae charterholder.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode\" id=\"atb-shortcode\" value=404 >\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e6a2d7 mp3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"26e6a2d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" id=\"session\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d022638 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d022638\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSession Schedule\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-586787b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"586787b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The format includes panel discussions and fireside chats bringing together representatives from government (Sarkar), business (Bazaar), and civil society (Samaaj) to discuss these challenges and solutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-107ed7f0 meeting hidesb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"107ed7f0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2462bea3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2462bea3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7437f4cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7437f4cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>09:45 &#8211; 09:55<br \/>Duration: 10 mins<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fc57c5d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1fc57c5d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b5bff0b elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b5bff0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Welcome Address\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44937f8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"44937f8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div id=\"awsm-team-25592\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"awsm-modal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid-modal awsm-grid modal-style style-1 grid-2-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-25592-681\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-25592-681\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-681\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-25592-681\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amit-yadav-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Secretary, DoSJE<\/span><h3>Amit Yadav, IAS<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items modal-style style-1 grid-2-col \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-close\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modal-style-25592-681\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"681\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-25592-681\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amit-yadav-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Secretary, DoSJE<\/h3><h2>Amit Yadav, IAS<\/h2>\n<p>Amit Yadav is a member of the permanent civil services of the Government of India with 33 years of experience in administration and governance. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and a Bachelor of Law (LL.B).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is at present working as Secretary of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment since 11th June, 2024. During the last ten years, he has served as Joint Secretary in the Department of Communications, Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce, and Chairperson of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has worked at municipal, provincial, and federal levels in various capacities and has served in the states of Delhi, Goa, and Arunachal Pradesh. He has also worked at the United Nations on secondment from the Government of India. He was the Indian representative for agricultural negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva for three years and served as Chair of the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade of the WTO for a year. He was the lead negotiator in the India-Australia Free Trade Agreement signed in March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the provincial level, he has handled various departments as Secretary of Finance, Industry, Agriculture, Welfare, Water Resources, etc. At the federal level, he has worked in the Departments of Commerce and Telecommunications. He has also headed infrastructure development corporations in three states: Goa, Delhi, and Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode\" id=\"atb-shortcode\" value=25592 >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa4e6b7 meeting hidesb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7aa4e6b7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2081079 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2081079\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-131e5689 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"131e5689\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>10:00 &#8211; 10:30<br \/>Duration: 30 mins<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c9db8b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c9db8b0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22999daa elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22999daa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOpening keynotes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cf9d959 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cf9d959\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Explore the use of technology &amp; AI as well as innovative models and private-public partnerships (PPPs) to improve visibility and awareness, widen breadth and depth of reach, and simplify application and disbursement processes for MoSJE and other govt programs and schemes targeting underserved and marginalised communities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-766c9ae5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"766c9ae5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div id=\"awsm-team-25593\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"awsm-modal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid-modal awsm-grid modal-style style-1 grid-3-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-25593-25680\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-25593-25680\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25680\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-25593-25680\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/B-L-Verma-1-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Hon'ble Minister of State - MoSJE<\/span><h3>Shri B L Verma<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-25593-25678\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-25593-25678\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25678\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-25593-25678\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramdas-Athawale-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Hon'ble Minister of State - MoSJE<\/span><h3>Shri Ramdas Athawale<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-25593-679\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-25593-679\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-679\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-25593-679\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/virendra-singh-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Hon'ble Minister, MoSJE<\/span><h3>Dr Virendra Kumar<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items modal-style style-1 grid-3-col \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-close\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modal-style-25593-25680\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25680\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-25593-25680\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/B-L-Verma-1-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Hon'ble Minister of State - MoSJE<\/h3><h2>Shri B L Verma<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-25593-25678\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25678\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-25593-25678\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramdas-Athawale-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Hon'ble Minister of State - MoSJE<\/h3><h2>Shri Ramdas Athawale<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-25593-679\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"679\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-25593-679\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/virendra-singh-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Hon'ble Minister, MoSJE<\/h3><h2>Dr Virendra Kumar<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Virendra Kumar, born on February 27, 1954, in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, is a distinguished Indian politician and social worker affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He holds a Master&#8217;s degree in Economics and earned a Ph.D. focusing on child labor from Dr. Harisingh Gaur University in Sagar. Dr. Kumar&#8217;s political journey commenced with his involvement in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). He served as the Convenor of ABVP in Sagar District from 1977 to 1979 and as the Divisional Organizing Secretary in Rewa from 1979 to 1982. His leadership roles extended to the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) as General-Secretary in Sagar District between 1982 and 1984, and as the Convenor of Bajrang Dal from 1987 to 1991. Elected to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996 representing the Sagar constituency, Dr. Kumar demonstrated consistent electoral success by securing seats in subsequent terms, including the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Lok Sabha, representing both Sagar and later Tikamgarh constituencies. Throughout his parliamentary tenure, he contributed to various committees, notably serving as the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Office of Profit and the Standing Committee on Labour and Welfare. In July 2021, Dr. Kumar was appointed as the Union Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment in the Narendra Modi government, reflecting his dedication to social causes and public service. Beyond politics, Dr. Kumar is deeply committed to social work. He actively supports the Gau-Seva Sangh Sanstha in Sagar and has been involved in initiatives for orphanages, schools for the differently-abled, and old age homes. His personal interests include singing and playing the harmonica, and he has been recognized for his athletic achievements at the state level. Dr. Virendra Kumar&#8217;s extensive career is characterized by his unwavering commitment to public service, social justice, and community development, underscoring his significant contributions to Indian politics and society.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode\" id=\"atb-shortcode\" value=25593 >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50227e3 meeting hidesb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"50227e3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ab7726e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4ab7726e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39d1f9fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39d1f9fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>10:30 &#8211; 11:30<br \/>Duration: 60 mins<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6145d30c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6145d30c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31392af8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31392af8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBridging the divide: Making digital inclusion possible for delivery and welfare in India\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dee9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36dee9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnderstand the multifaceted challenges such as limited access to affordable devices, inadequate bandwidth and varying levels of digital literacy, creating a new layer of exclusion in an increasingly digital society.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44d25157 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"44d25157\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div id=\"awsm-team-335\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"awsm-modal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid-modal awsm-grid modal-style style-1 grid-5-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-335-25463\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-335-25463\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25463\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-335-25463\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/anurag-adarsh-67f518fbc15e3-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Senior Staff Software Engineer, Android - Google<\/span><h3>Anurag Adarsh<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-335-25461\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-335-25461\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25461\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-335-25461\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/divya-khemani-1-67f518fd530cc-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Strategic Programs &amp; Partnerships - Meta<\/span><h3>Divya Khemani Wadhera<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-335-25661\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-335-25661\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25661\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-335-25661\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manu-chopra-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Co-founder &amp; CEO - Karya Inc.<\/span><h3>Manu Chopra (moderator)<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-335-278\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-335-278\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-278\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-335-278\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Samina-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Founder &amp; CEO - Rightwalk Foundation<\/span><h3>Samina Bano<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-335-590\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-335-590\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-590\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-335-590\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sandeep-girotra--500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Independent Business Advisor<\/span><h3>Sandeep Girotra<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items modal-style style-1 grid-5-col \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-close\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modal-style-335-25463\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25463\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-335-25463\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/anurag-adarsh-67f518fbc15e3-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Senior Staff Software Engineer, Android - Google<\/h3><h2>Anurag Adarsh<\/h2>\n<p>Anurag Adarsh is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Android, Google India, bringing nearly two decades of diverse experience in the tech industry. His background includes roles at Google, venture capital firms (Peak XV), and startups. At Peak XV, he served as a Senior Data Scientist and Architect, leveraging data to inform investment decisions. He has also provided early-stage consulting to numerous startups, offering expertise in design, implementation, and optimization across cloud, AI, frontend, backend, and talent acquisition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to this, he founded SpeakTribe, an ed-tech startup that reached over 1 million users across the globe, offering interactive and gamified language-learning apps. He was also a co-founder and CTO at Eskwelabs, a data science bootcamp provider that teaches data science and data engineering skills to aspiring professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his earlier tenure at Google, he spent about seven years across multiple teams including local search, search quality, enterprise, and emerging markets, where he led the teams for local search and enterprise-apps core platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has a strong background in computer science, having graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and holds multiple patents in the fields of spam detection and rating systems. His mission is to use technology to create innovative and impactful solutions for health, education, skill development, and social good.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-335-25461\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25461\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-335-25461\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/divya-khemani-1-67f518fd530cc-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Strategic Programs &amp; Partnerships - Meta<\/h3><h2>Divya Khemani Wadhera<\/h2>\n<p>Divya Khemani Wadhera is a seasoned commercial and technology leader with extensive experience in forging technology partnerships, driving business growth, and spearheading product innovation. In her current role at Meta, Divya drives strategic programs and key partnerships with conglomerates and government bodies across Meta&#8217;s family of apps, including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She began her career at Vodafone in 2008, excelling in strategy, sales, and business development. She helped establish the SMB vertical and led sales for Vodafone&#8217;s IoT practice, driving growth and global case studies. At Microsoft, she spearheaded telecom partnerships, deploying innovative connectivity solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a passionate advocate for technology&#8217;s potential to drive social and economic development, she has led initiatives like Meta Connectivity&#8217;s Accelerator program for connectivity start-ups.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-335-25661\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25661\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-335-25661\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manu-chopra-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Co-founder &amp; CEO - Karya Inc.<\/h3><h2>Manu Chopra (moderator)<\/h2>\n<p>Manu Chopra is working on tackling extreme poverty by providing dignified digital work to rural Indians. He&#8217;s the Co-Founder and CEO of Karya, a transformative AI collective that is enabling dignified livelihoods. In 2023, Karya was featured on the cover of <em>Time Magazine<\/em>, and Manu was nominated among <em>Time Magazine<\/em>&#8216;s 100 Most Influential People in AI. He graduated from Stanford University in 2017, where he co-founded CS+Social Good, Stanford&#8217;s first student group focused on technology and impact. He has also taught several tech-for-good courses in Stanford&#8217;s Computer Science Department. Manu is an Echoing Green Fellow and a Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Social Entrepreneur.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-335-278\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"278\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-335-278\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Samina-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Founder &amp; CEO - Rightwalk Foundation<\/h3><h2>Samina Bano<\/h2>\n<p>Samina is the Founder and Director of Rightwalk Foundation, where she leads educational reform by shaping policy, system design, and government capacity to drive large-scale, sustainable change.Overcoming complex political, social, and legal hurdles, she has been instrumental in promoting social inclusion in Uttar Pradesh classrooms by activating the Right to Education Act, which mandates private schools to reserve 25% of their seats for low-income children.Samina is an Ashoka Fellow, TEDx speaker, and Kalam Award winner. She is also a computer engineer and a graduate of IIM Bangalore.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-335-590\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"590\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-335-590\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sandeep-girotra--500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Independent Business Advisor<\/h3><h2>Sandeep Girotra<\/h2>\n<p>Sandeep&#8217;s work experience includes membership of the Board of Directors of a PE portfolio company, CEO and Region Head for telecom infrastructure businesses in India and APAC. He is also a trained executive coach. He likes to focus on the leadership bench, and the larger impact of the telecom industry on society, which he has seen drive digital inclusion and Govt2Citizen Interface across economic categories. He currently is an independent advisor to various companies to help them establish new businesses, expand, and navigate to growth. His principles are to simplify first and then execute.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode\" id=\"atb-shortcode\" value=335 >\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a625cf meeting hidesb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48a625cf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75c95987 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"75c95987\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-674a0e3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"674a0e3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>12:00 &#8211; 13:00<br \/>Duration: 60 mins<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f02401a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f02401a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-401f005 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"401f005\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSolutions &#038; innovations for a tech-first MoSJE (Fireside chat)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3509c789 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3509c789\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Explore the use of technology &amp; AI as well as innovative models and private-public partnerships (PPPs) to improve visibility and awareness, widen breadth and depth of reach, and simplify application and disbursement processes for MoSJE and other govt programs and schemes targeting underserved and marginalised communities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58472dfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"58472dfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div id=\"awsm-team-428\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"awsm-modal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid-modal awsm-grid modal-style style-1 grid-3-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-428-25482\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-428-25482\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25482\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-428-25482\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amarjeet-sinha-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Former Secy - MoRD<\/span><h3>Amarjeet Sinha, IAS<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-428-25698\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-428-25698\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25698\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-428-25698\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/atul-satija-67f518fd23258-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Founder &amp; CEO - The\/Nudge Institute<\/span><h3>Atul Satija (moderator)<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-428-25671\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-428-25671\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25671\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-428-25671\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shweta-rajpal-67fcc227178e9-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>President and CEO - Startup Policy Forum<\/span><h3>Shweta Rajpal Kohli<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items modal-style style-1 grid-3-col \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-close\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modal-style-428-25482\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25482\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-428-25482\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/amarjeet-sinha-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Former Secy - MoRD<\/h3><h2>Amarjeet Sinha, IAS<\/h2>\n<p>Shri Amarjeet Sinha was posted as Advisor to the Prime Minister till July 31, 2021. An IAS Officer of the Bihar Cadre (1983 batch), he retired in December 2019 as Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Government of India. He has 40 years of experience in government, largely in the rural and social sectors. He played a major role in designing the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). He coordinated the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan in 2018 to deliver seven pro-poor public welfare interventions to 63,974 large villages with over 50% vulnerable social group populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the state level, Mr. Sinha served in the education and health sectors. He has also been involved in training Indian Administrative Service Officer Trainees at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Sinha has published several articles and seven books on public policy, the most recent being <em>The Last Mile \u2013 Turning Public Policy Upside Down<\/em>. He also contributed to the Notion Press book on fifteen change-makers, <em>The Book of Aspiration<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been associated with public policy at various universities and institutes and delivered the ICSSR Annual Lecture in 2022. He is an advisor to Sampark Foundation, Centre for Social and Economic Progress, and Women\u2019s World Bank. He was a member of the jury for <em>The Indian Express<\/em> Governance Awards in 2023. He chaired a committee for suggesting reforms in MGNREGS and currently chairs the Gender Expert Committee of the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A student of St. Stephen\u2019s College, he topped Delhi University and is a recipient of many national and international scholarships. He has also served as President of the St. Stephen\u2019s College Students\u2019 Union Society.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-428-25698\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25698\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-428-25698\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/atul-satija-67f518fd23258-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Founder &amp; CEO - The\/Nudge Institute<\/h3><h2>Atul Satija (moderator)<\/h2>\n<p>After 17 years of starting and scaling various businesses, Atul started The\/Nudge Foundation to do poverty alleviation work. Atul is now serving both The\/Nudge and Give as their CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over his 5-year stint at InMobi as its Chief Business Officer, Atul helped scale the organization to a global leader in mobile advertising, with operations in 20+ countries. Atul also served on the Board of the Mobile Marketing Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to InMobi, Atul was the Head of Mobile Business for Japan &amp; Asia-Pacific at Google. He has also held general management, business development, and sales roles across technology companies including Adobe, Samsung, and Infosys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atul served EndPoverty, a nonprofit, as Chairperson for two years, working on water, sanitation, education, skill development, sustainability, and women empowerment. He serves on the advisory boards of various nonprofits including the Museum of Art &amp; Photography (MAP), Udhyam Learning Foundation, and Parivaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atul was named in the <em>40 Under Forty<\/em> list by <em>The Economic Times<\/em> in 2017 and received the Mahatma Award for Social Impact in 2021. He regularly serves as a jury member for various social impact award panels like <em>Forbes 30 Under 30<\/em>, <em>Business Standard Social Excellence<\/em>, and <em>UN Women WEF<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atul holds a Master\u2019s in Business Administration (MBA) from the Indian School of Business and a B.Tech from the National Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LinkedIn: <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/in.linkedin.com\/in\/atulsatija\">https:\/\/in.linkedin.com\/in\/atulsatija<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-428-25671\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25671\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-428-25671\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shweta-rajpal-67fcc227178e9-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>President and CEO - Startup Policy Forum<\/h3><h2>Shweta Rajpal Kohli<\/h2>\n<p>A public policy and media veteran with over 25 years of experience across venture capital, technology and media companies. Shweta has led public policy teams in Asia for Peak XV, Sequoia Capital India, Salesforce and Uber. She has worked closely with founders, government and regulators to champion key issues within the startup ecosystem. An award winning journalist, Shweta provided in-depth coverage of India\u2019s economic policy making landscape during her media career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode\" id=\"atb-shortcode\" value=428 >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71a92fc6 meeting hidesb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71a92fc6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74501606 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74501606\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-693f3859 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"693f3859\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>14:00 &#8211; 15:00<br \/>Duration: 60 mins<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11bb1c8f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11bb1c8f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5abbc8c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5abbc8c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFinancial inclusion &#038; skill development for vulnerable communities\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68018e99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68018e99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplore innovative funding and financial inclusion models, support systems (incubators and accelerators) and other initiatives used by private sector\/industry players to seed and scale the start-up ecosystem. Explore funding models that can strengthen grassroots organizations led by members of marginalized communities themselves.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34605d30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"34605d30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div id=\"awsm-team-430\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"awsm-modal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid-modal awsm-grid modal-style style-1 grid-5-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-430-569\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-430-569\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-569\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-430-569\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Arindom-Datta-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Senior Advisor - Sustainability\/ Technology<\/span><h3>Arindom Datta<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-430-25685\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-430-25685\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25685\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-430-25685\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Subhashree-Dutta-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Managing Partner - The\/Nudge Institute<\/span><h3>Subhashree Dutta  (moderator)<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-430-592\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-430-592\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-592\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-430-592\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manish-thakka-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>COO - Avanti Finance<\/span><h3>Manish Thakkar<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-430-596\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-430-596\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-596\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-430-596\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nilesh-shrivastava-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Partner - NIIF<\/span><h3>Nilesh Shrivastava<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items modal-style style-1 grid-5-col \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-close\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modal-style-430-569\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"569\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-430-569\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Arindom-Datta-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Senior Advisor - Sustainability\/ Technology<\/h3><h2>Arindom Datta<\/h2>\n<p>Arindom Datta has over 30 years of work experience with the last 17 years at Rabobank where he was Head of Asia for Sustainability Banking initiatives on knowledge, risk management and business development. He also oversaw the development finance projects in blended finance, AgFinTech, and climate financing in the agriculture sector. His previous experience was with NABARD, IDBI Bank and CARE. Arindom has been honoured with the \u2018India Sustainable Leadership\u2019 award at the India Sustainability Leadership Summit in 2017. Arindom is a Mathematics honours graduate from St. Stephen\u2019s College and has an MBA with a specialization in Finance and Strategy from IIM Kozhikode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25aa Currently he is the Senior Advisor to Omnivore (India\u2019s largest Agtech VC Fund) and SatSure (World\u2019s leading AgFinTech company providing remote sensing solutions to Agriculture and other sectors). He is also the Advisor to Samunnati, India\u2019s leading Agriculture financing NBFC.<br>\u25aa Current Affiliations: Investment Committee Member of the SIDBI sponsored Assam Start up Venture Capital Fund &amp; the Tripura Start up Venture Capital Fund; Member, Working Group on Financial Linkages under 10,000 FPOs scheme constituted by Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India; Member of the FICCI Task force on Agtech; Member of the FICCI Task Force on Agri Finance; Expert Committee Member \u2013 Food Innovation Hub, India \u2013 World Economic Forum; Task force Member, Water Resource Group, World Bank; Steering Committee Member &#8211; \u2018Sustainable Landscape Management for Transforming Agricultural Systems in India\u2019, Rainforest India; Steering Council Member &#8211; The Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture Innovation (AI4AI) \u2013 World Economic Forum; Member of the Advisory Board of NAFPO (The National Association for Farmer Producer Companies); Advisory Panel of the India Livelihood Summit<br>\u25aa Past Affiliations : Steering Committee member of SAFIN (Small holder and Agri SME Finance &amp; Investment Network); Expert Committee Member of \u201cGreen Bonds\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-430-25685\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25685\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-430-25685\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Subhashree-Dutta-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Managing Partner - The\/Nudge Institute<\/h3><h2>Subhashree Dutta  (moderator)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Subhashree Dutta leads the Livelihood ecosystem at The\/Nudge. She believes that social entrepreneurs and an enabling ecosystem can play a critical role in bringing out catalytic change to India. Subhashree has 30 years\u2019 investing experience in the Asian credit markets across the broad spectrum of credit strategies and has lived in 6 countries. Subhashree worked for 20 years with Fiera Capital (Asia) (formerly Clearwater Capital Partners) and her last assignment was as CEO of its Singapore office. She started her career with ICICI Bank in India. Subhashree has a PGDM from IIM Calcutta and is a CFA\u00ae charterholder.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-430-592\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"592\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-430-592\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/manish-thakka-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>COO - Avanti Finance<\/h3><h2>Manish Thakkar<\/h2>\n<p>Manish is one of the founding members of Avanti. He has been involved with Avanti right from the time it was a concept emerging from the problem statement by the founders to their vision of solving the problem at the population scale. As a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, he is responsible for the operations at Avanti.<br>Manish has over 25 years of experience in financial services, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, deal negotiation, and transaction structuring. He turned entrepreneur after 17 years in investment banking before joining the pioneer team of Avanti.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-430-596\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"596\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-430-596\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nilesh-shrivastava-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Partner - NIIF<\/h3><h2>Nilesh Shrivastava<\/h2>\n<p>Nilesh Shrivastava is a Partner at the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and has over 25 years of experience across private equity, debt investments, banking, and portfolio management. At NIIF, he has led the investment and buildout of NIIF\u2019s infrastructure lending platform as well as equity investments in EV mobility and other areas. He was previously with International Finance Corporation (IFC), where he headed the financial services investments portfolio in South Asia. He was earlier with HSBC in banking roles. Nilesh has an MBA from IIM Kolkata and an engineering degree from Lucknow University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode\" id=\"atb-shortcode\" value=430 >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d508b53 meeting hidesb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d508b53\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36eef333 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36eef333\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f352def elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f352def\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>15:10 &#8211; 16:10<br \/>Duration: 60 mins<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-212bd7f8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"212bd7f8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-883a358 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"883a358\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPathways to greater social mobility for India&#8217;s marginalised communities\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629308a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"629308a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplore innovative approaches that harness technology, artificial intelligence and business models to create sustainable pathways for upward social mobility among India&#8217;s marginalized communities including dalits, adivasis, OBCs and Denotified Tribes (DNTs).\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a38364f elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"1a38364f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div id=\"awsm-team-431\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"awsm-modal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid-modal awsm-grid modal-style style-1 grid-4-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-431-313\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-431-313\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-313\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-431-313\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Azeez-Gupta-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Co-founder - Rocket Learning<\/span><h3>Azeez Gupta<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-431-571\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-431-571\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-571\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-431-571\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mandira-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Head of Office - Purpose India<\/span><h3>Mandira Kalra Kalaan<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-431-312\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-431-312\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-312\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-431-312\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nidhi-bhasin-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>CEO - Digital Green Trust<\/span><h3>Nidhi Bhasin<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-431-25663\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-431-25663\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25663\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-431-25663\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riti-mohapatra-67f4faee3e993-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Partner - The Bridgespan Group<\/span><h3>Riti Mohapatra (moderator)<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items modal-style style-1 grid-4-col \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-close\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modal-style-431-313\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"313\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-431-313\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Azeez-Gupta-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Co-founder - Rocket Learning<\/h3><h2>Azeez Gupta<\/h2>\n<p>Azeez Gupta is a social entrepreneur and co-founder of Rocket Learning, an ed-tech non-profit impacting 4 million low-income children in India. He also serves on the Indian government\u2019s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Taskforce and on UNICEF&#8217;s working groups. Rocket Learning partners with central and 11 state governments at scale in India to support ECCE and foundational learning for 3-8 year olds. Their innovations have been profiled in Harvard Business School, UNESCO and Forbes case studies, studied by MIT-JPAL and Brookings, and awarded by MIT Solve, Mulago Foundation, Elevate Prize and the WEF. Azeez is a Draper Richard Kaplans Foundation Social Entrepreneur, Agency Fund Fellow and BusinessWorld\u2019s 40 under 40 Disruptor. He started his career at McKinsey &amp; Company, before a stint leading large-scale programs at Pratham. Azeez was a Goldsmith Fellow and Education Innovation Fellow during his MBA from Harvard, and completed his B.Tech from IIT Delhi.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-431-571\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"571\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-431-571\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mandira-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Head of Office - Purpose India<\/h3><h2>Mandira Kalra Kalaan<\/h2>\n<p>Mandira Kalra Kalaan leads Purpose\u2019s work in India, overseeing campaigns on gender, electric mobility, public health, climate change, youth, and urban informal settlements. With over 20 years of experience in strategic and creative communication, she specializes in narrative and behavior change across diverse issues. A social anthropologist by training, Mandira works closely with communities, using participatory and storytelling approaches to empower them. Previously, she led communications at the Population Foundation of India and has collaborated with international organisations like UNICEF and the World Bank.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-431-312\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"312\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-431-312\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nidhi-bhasin-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>CEO - Digital Green Trust<\/h3><h2>Nidhi Bhasin<\/h2>\n<p>Nidhi Bhasin is one of the leading voices in the social development space with transformational leadership experience in technology for good. She firmly believes that technology can enable nation-scale social impact. In her career spanning over 25 years, Nidhi has navigated through various strategic and leadership roles &#8211; from program management to fundraising, from transformational management to creating thought leadership and from compliance management to building high performance teams. Nidhi is also sought out for views on impact financing, gender, climate change, sustainability, and diversity and inclusion issues. She is also known for prioritising women in program implementation as often they are the most impacted by issues of climate change, gender based violence, healthcare among others. Nidhi is based in New Delhi, India.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-431-25663\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25663\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-431-25663\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/riti-mohapatra-67f4faee3e993-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Partner - The Bridgespan Group<\/h3><h2>Riti Mohapatra (moderator)<\/h2>\n<p>Riti is a partner in Bridgespan\u2019s Mumbai office. She has worked with nonprofit organizations, foundations and corporate CSRs on strategy, equity and operating model design. Her recent projects include developing a system change strategy for a non-profit focused on eliminating gender-based violence, developing and executing a strategy for economically empowering millions of women, designing the operating model for a large climate-based non-profit in India and creating a strategy to incorporate equity into the program design for a maternal health non-profit. Riti leads the work on equity in the India office and has co-authored the reports on \u201cWhy Gender Matters for Funders in Any Issue Area\u201d and \u201cPathways to greater social mobility for India\u2019s Dalits and Adivasis\u201d. She is also leading Bridgespan\u2019s first multi-year initiative in the Global South \u2013 Community Driven Change. Previously Riti worked at McKinsey &amp; Company, where she tackled different business problems across \u2013 real estate, retail, infrastructure, primary education, policy development and implementation, logistics, pharma manufacturing, etc. Riti has completed her Dual Degree (B.Tech &amp; M.Tech) in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode\" id=\"atb-shortcode\" value=431 >\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-339af186 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"339af186\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Smt Caralyn K Deshmukh\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24f675ed elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"24f675ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"> Nidhi Bhasin \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b9005e8 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"3b9005e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Azeez Gupta\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78db574c elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"78db574c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"> Riti Mohapatra \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33c0aed2 meeting hidesb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"33c0aed2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75de8af8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"75de8af8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25994444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25994444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>16:30 &#8211; 17:30<br \/>Duration: 60 mins<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-197703ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"197703ce\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74e8affb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74e8affb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tComprehensive journeys towards dignified livelihoods preparedness\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e0a4694 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e0a4694\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This session will explore how using technology aids, like a Digiyatra-equivalent, can be used to revolutionise access to education and skill initiatives, scholarships and employment opportunities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91c807a elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"91c807a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div id=\"awsm-team-432\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"awsm-modal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid-modal awsm-grid modal-style style-1 grid-5-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-432-315\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-432-315\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-315\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-432-315\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shri-abhishek-singh--500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Addl Secretary - MeitY<\/span><h3>Abhishek Singh, IAS<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-432-25672\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-432-25672\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25672\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-432-25672\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/annette-francis--500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Program Director - Pratham Education Foundation<\/span><h3>Annette Francis Parakkal<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-432-25516\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-432-25516\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25516\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-432-25516\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/prateek-maheshwari-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Co-founder - Physics Wallah <\/span><h3>Prateek Maheshwari<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-432-582\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-432-582\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-582\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-432-582\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sanjay-modi-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Head of Jobs &amp; Livelihoods - Dell Foundation<\/span><h3>Sanjay Modi<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-432-317\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-432-317\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-317\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-432-317\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Saurabh-Chopra-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Director - Central Square Foundation<\/span><h3>Saurabh Chopra<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-432-25668\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-432-25668\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25668\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-432-25668\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shankar-Maruwada-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Co-founder &amp; CEO - EkStep Foundation<\/span><h3>Shankar Maruwada (moderator)<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items modal-style style-1 grid-5-col \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-close\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modal-style-432-315\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"315\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-432-315\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shri-abhishek-singh--500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Addl Secretary - MeitY<\/h3><h2>Abhishek Singh, IAS<\/h2>\n<p>Shri Abhishek Singh is a career civil servant with 30 years of experience in governance and policy formulation. He specializes in the use of technology for improving governance. He is presently posted as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, with responsibilities for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies, R&amp;D in Electronics; IT and in Convergence, Communications and Broadband Technologies (CC&amp;BT). He has previously served as CEO, Karmayogi Bharat in the Department of Personnel &amp; Training; and CEO, NeGD, DIC, and MyGov in the Ministry of Electronics &amp; Information Technology, Government of India.<br>He has done a Master&#8217;s in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is also an alumnus of IIT Kanpur.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-432-25672\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25672\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-432-25672\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/annette-francis--500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Program Director - Pratham Education Foundation<\/h3><h2>Annette Francis Parakkal<\/h2>\n<p>Annette Francis is the Program Director for Vocational Training at Pratham Education Foundation, where she has been leading the organization&#8217;s youth skilling initiatives since 2018. Her work focuses on workforce development and technology-driven skill training, aiming to prepare India&#8217;s youth for the evolving demands of the job market. An alumna of the University of Edinburgh, Francis has previously worked in teaching roles with organizations in both India and Scotland. She contributes thought leadership on education and employment through articles in platforms like the India Development Review, the Times of India, and the World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-432-25516\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25516\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-432-25516\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/prateek-maheshwari-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Co-founder - Physics Wallah <\/h3><h2>Prateek Maheshwari<\/h2>\n<p>Prateek Maheshwari is the Co-Founder of PhysicsWallah (PW), a multinational EdTech unicorn which is focussed towards democratizing education at scale. He also holds several key industry leadership positions such as Chair of India EdTech Consortium (IEC) and co-chair of start-up committee, FICCI. Prateek is at the forefront of driving the growth and development of the EdTech sector in India. In 2020, Prateek partnered with Alakh Pandey, to build a platform that aims at bridging the gap between quality education and affordability for all. Under his leadership, PW has become a transformative force, reshaping the way students across India learn. Prateek Maheshwari, an alumnus of IIT (BHU), Varanasi, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, has spent 14 years turning ideas into innovative ventures. Before launching PhysicsWallah, Prateek founded several startups, using his expertise to develop scalable digital solutions. At PhysicsWallah, Prateek Maheshwari is a driving force, motivated by a mission to break down educational barriers. He focuses on addressing key challenges in education, such as limited internet access and hardware constraints, by harnessing the power of technology that can make learning accessible and personalized, aimed at improving learning outcomes. His efforts have not only expanded PhysicsWallah\u2019s reach but also established it as a trusted lifelong partner in the learning journey of students across varied age groups. Recognizing the power of emerging technologies, Prateek is spearheading efforts to harness AI in education- focusing on adaptive learning, personalized content delivery, and predictive analytics to improve learner engagement and outcomes. He also champions youth empowerment, turning PW into a hub for job creation and next-gen talent in India. Also a philanthropist, Prateek supports NGOs like Kashi Utkarsh and Asha Deep Vidyashram, which work towards providing inclusive-quality education to children.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-432-582\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"582\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-432-582\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sanjay-modi-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Head of Jobs &amp; Livelihoods - Dell Foundation<\/h3><h2>Sanjay Modi<\/h2>\n<p>Sanjay leads the foundation\u2019s Jobs &amp; Livelihoods work in India, creating opportunities to improve the lives of youth and their families. Before joining the foundation, he founded Gloscout.com, a platform connecting international workers to jobs. He was also an executive vice president and managing director at Monster.com, overseeing operations in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Indiaconstruction.com, NIIT, and Ingersoll Rand. Sanjay is also an active startup investor and advisor.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-432-317\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"317\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-432-317\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Saurabh-Chopra-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Director - Central Square Foundation<\/h3><h2>Saurabh Chopra<\/h2>\n<p>Saurabh works as Director, Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives at Central Square Foundation. His work involves working closely with various central government stakeholders and has led multiple engagements on the National Education Policy, NIPUN Bharat Mission, National Achievement Survey, DIKSHA, CBSE SAFAL, TicTacLearn, etc. Prior to CSF, Saurabh built EnglishLeap, an online English learning application with two million users. He also has experience in data analytics and has worked across continents with Fortune 500 clients. Saurabh holds a B.Com degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce and an MBA from IIM Lucknow.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"modal-style-432-25668\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25668\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-432-25668\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shankar-Maruwada-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Co-founder &amp; CEO - EkStep Foundation<\/h3><h2>Shankar Maruwada (moderator)<\/h2>\n<p>Shankar Maruwada is the Co-Founder and CEO of EkStep Foundation, a philanthropy he co-founded with Nandan Nilekani and Rohini Nilekani. Shankar has three decades of experience across corporate, entrepreneurial, government, and development sectors. This allows him to bring the best of thinking from different perspectives, which he uses to shape EkStep\u2019s strategic choices for achieving population-scale impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shankar is passionate about a \u2018People Plus\u2019 approach to innovations that leverage technology for large-scale societal transformation, keeping the citizen at the center, as seen in EkStep Foundation\u2019s work. EkStep operates at the intersection of cutting-edge techno-social ideas like digital public infrastructure, open digital networks, and Artificial Intelligence, creating solutions that impact billions in collaboration with governments, for-profits, non-profits, academia, and other philanthropies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shankar was part of the founding team of Aadhaar in 2009; in fact, he was responsible for naming it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He serves or has served on multiple government committees on education, urban governance, digital transformation, Digital Public Infrastructure, and AI, including the NCF National Steering Committee, DIKSHA, NDEAR, and iGOT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is also Co-Chair of the Centre for Open Societal Systems at IIIT Bangalore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a successful entrepreneur, he co-founded one of India\u2019s earliest data analytics startups in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode\" id=\"atb-shortcode\" value=432 >\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-266ab557 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"266ab557\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Abhishek Singh\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54505e15 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"54505e15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Luis Miranda\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cc6488a elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7cc6488a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Saurabh Chopra \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d64e824 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"6d64e824\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Prachi Jain Windlass\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57c18f1f elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"57c18f1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Prateek Maheshwari\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52c99a3c elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"52c99a3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Shankar Maruwada\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-351148fe meeting hidesb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"351148fe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4967814c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4967814c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c4738ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c4738ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>17:35 &#8211; 17:40<br \/>Duration: 5 mins<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4026bbca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4026bbca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2347dabe elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2347dabe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClosing Remarks \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2de41020 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2de41020\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This session will explore how using technology aids, like a Digiyatra-equivalent, can be used to revolutionise access to education and skill initiatives, scholarships and employment opportunities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-314b9c35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"314b9c35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div id=\"awsm-team-25721\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"awsm-modal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid-modal awsm-grid modal-style style-1 grid-2-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-25721-25164\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-25721-25164\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25164\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-25721-25164\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/caralyn-k-deshmukh-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Addl. Secretary 2, DoSJE<\/span><h3>Caralyn K Deshmukh, IAS<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items modal-style style-1 grid-2-col \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-close\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modal-style-25721-25164\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25164\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-25721-25164\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/caralyn-k-deshmukh-500x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Addl. Secretary 2, DoSJE<\/h3><h2>Caralyn K Deshmukh, IAS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode\" id=\"atb-shortcode\" value=25721 >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-333f0b74 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"333f0b74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Abhishek Singh\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15a5bb13 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"15a5bb13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Luis Miranda\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a4d8702 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"5a4d8702\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Saurabh Chopra \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ddc1d9 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"2ddc1d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Prachi Jain Windlass\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51cbd975 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"51cbd975\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Prateek Maheshwari\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c4a3103 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"3c4a3103\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Shankar Maruwada\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d1321d meeting hidesb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d1321d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ada04d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ada04d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e81fded elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e81fded\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>17:35 &#8211; 17:40<br \/>Duration: 5 mins<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dcb4c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5dcb4c7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57d969c elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57d969c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vote of thanks<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e6a29 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47e6a29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This session will explore how using technology aids, like a Digiyatra-equivalent, can be used to revolutionise access to education and skill initiatives, scholarships and employment opportunities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ee6e0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"7ee6e0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div id=\"awsm-team-25594\" class=\"awsm-grid-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"awsm-modal\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-grid-modal awsm-grid modal-style style-1 grid-2-col \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"awsm-member-25594-25701\" class=\"awsm-grid-card awsm-team-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-all\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"tigger-style-25594-25701\" class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-trigger awsm-modal-trigger-25701\" data-trigger=\"#modal-style-25594-25701\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shailendra-Kumar-500x500.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-personal-info\"><span>Joint Secretary - MoSJE<\/span><h3>Shailendra Kumar<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items modal-style style-1 grid-2-col \">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-modal-close\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-items-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-left\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modal-style-25594-25701\" class=\"awsm-modal-item awsm-scale-anm awsm-modal-hidden awsm-all \" data-info=\"25701\">\n\t<div id=\"awsm-member-info-25594-25701\" class=\"awsm-modal-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-main\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-image-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Shailendra-Kumar-500x500.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-awsm_team size-awsm_team wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"awsm-modal-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Joint Secretary - MoSJE<\/h3><h2>Shailendra Kumar<\/h2>\n<p>Shri Shailendra Kumar, as public servant, \u00a0have an \u00a0experience of more than 24 \u00a0years of serving the country in a role of administration, policy formulation , government accounts manager, finance professional in the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, \u00a0Office of the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in Department of Expenditure and \u00a0the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"awsm-team-link-control awsm-nav-item awsm-nav-right\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t   <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode\" id=\"atb-shortcode\" value=25594 >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b927d50 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b927d50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Abhishek Singh\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d752802 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"d752802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Luis Miranda\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f1d644 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"4f1d644\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Saurabh Chopra \n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2478017 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"2478017\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Prachi Jain Windlass\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcef9fa elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"bcef9fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Prateek Maheshwari\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e776ba elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"4e776ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/samajiknyayacharcha.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/speaker3-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-664\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Shankar Maruwada\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d8e6646 mp4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d8e6646\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-527bde96 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"527bde96\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20fabda2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20fabda2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>About MoSJE<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-292f28f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"292f28f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Ministry of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment is entrusted with the welfare, social Justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalized section of the society viz. Scheduled Caste, Backward Classes, Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens, and Victims of Drug Abuse etc. Basic objective of the policies, programmes, law and institution of the Indian welfare system is to bring the target groups into the mainstream of development by making them self-reliant.<br \/>The Ministry is headed by Dr. Virendra Kumar, Cabinet Minister and ably assisted by two Ministers-of-State namely Shri Ramdas Athawale and Shri B L Verma.<\/p><p>There are two departments viz. Department of Social Justice and Empowerment and Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Shri Amit Yadav (IAS) is the Secretary of Department of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment. Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal (IAS) is the Secretary of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. Shri Amit Kumar Ghosh (IAS, UP:1994) and Ms. Caralyn Khongwar Deshmukh (IAS, MP:1996) is the Additional Secretary of Department of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5307945a mp5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5307945a\" data-element_type=\"container\" id=\"register\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dd749c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6dd749c2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a88a6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a88a6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoin us at the convening\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-418f531a e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"418f531a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tabs_justify_horizontal&quot;:&quot;start&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"1099911962\" aria-label=\"Tabs. Open items with Enter or Space, close with Escape and navigate using the Arrow keys.\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-heading\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-10999119621\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab-index=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-10999119621\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tTime and Venue\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-10999119621\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-10999119621\" data-tab-index=\"1\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\" class=\"e-active elementor-element elementor-element-4206ef20 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4206ef20\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da98fb9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"da98fb9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-490a2254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"490a2254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: 22 April 2025, Tuesday<br \/><strong>Time<\/strong>: 9:00 AM onwards<br \/><strong>Venue<\/strong>: Dr Ambedkar International Centre, 15, Janpath Road, Windsor Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001<\/p><p><strong>Refreshments and lunch will be provided<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a124c23 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a124c23\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eed429f elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"7eed429f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3502.4125017914407!2d77.2176278!3d28.6173966!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x390ce2c9f0ba8411%3A0x4e632d73e149eb25!2sDr%20Ambedkar%20International%20Centre!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sin!4v1743142890350!5m2!1sen!2sin\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bf2fcdb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bf2fcdb\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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