After obtaining a PhD in chemistry from Ohio State University and serving on the faculty at the University of Houston, Dr. Madhav Chavan returned to India where he worked in the slums of Mumbai as part of the National Literacy Mission. In 1995, he co-founded Pratham as a result of a UNICEF initiative to address…
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Dinyar (Dinny) Devitre is an international business executive who has held leadership positions over a 45-year period in the consumer products and financial services industries in Asia, Australia, Japan, Europe, and the U.S. Mr. Devitre held several senior operating positions with Philip Morris Inc. and then with Altria Group Inc. where he had a 35-year…
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Mr. Raj is founder and managing director of the New Jersey-based private investment firm Raj Associates that has investments in real estate and public and private securities. He is currently the chairman of Pratham USA. He is also a CFA and, with his wife Neera, the founder of the Raj Center on Indian Economic Policies…
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Mr. Sanger founded Geosphere Capital, a global long-short fund manager investing in natural resources, industrial and Indian equities in 2007. Between 2002 and 2007, he was a Portfolio Manager at SAC Capital, investing in a similar fashion. Prior to his tenure at SAC, Mr. Sanger had a 15-year career as a top-ranked sell-side oil services…
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Mr. Jalaj Dani is currently the Director of Reliance Foundation. He is also co-promoter of Asian Paints and has spent over two decades in leadership positions within the organization. Throughout his career, Mr. Dani has worked extensively in the areas of healthcare, education, rural transformation, sports, skilling and disaster management. He serves as Independent Director…
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Mr. Piramal is the Chairman of the Board at Pratham Education Foundation. He leads the Piramal Group, a diversified conglomerate with a presence across 100 countries. Under his leadership, the Piramal Group evolved from a textile-centric business to a USD-2-billion conglomerate. Mr. Piramal holds an Honors degree in Science from the University of Mumbai, and…
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