Adeesh Mehra is currently a board member at Pravah overseeing its financial and accounting aspects. His association with Pravah goes back to 1993 where he became one of the co-founders of Pravah. A Chartered Accountant by profession, Adeesh has about 21 years of experience in range of services like accounting, audit, tax audit, tax laws, companies and other allied laws, and management consultancy. Adeesh has handled accounting assignments of various manufacturing, trading, finance and service sector organizations. He has also rendered accounting services to not-for-profit organizations, which follow fund based accounting.

Arjun Shekhar is currently the President and the Chairperson of Pravah. A common thread prevails across all his work i.e. creating ownership for common spaces by empowering people to act in them. With this aim in mind Arjun co-founded Pravah and in 1997 also founded Vyaktitva, a performance support consulting firm that offers organization development and human resource solutions to some of the leading corporate and non- profit organizations in India. He has also co-created with others at Pravah and Vyaktitva the 'Big Ticket' program on Instruction Design & Facilitation skills, The Conflict Positive curriculum and the Active Citizenship curriculum, all being used widely in both profit and non- profit organizations. Arjun did a Masters in Economics from Delhi School of Economics and PM IR from XLRI, Jamshedpur. A consultant, writer and volunteer at Pravah, he still continues to be a part of it because of the love and affection of people around him.

Ashraf Patel is a co-founder of Pravah and headed the organization for nine years from its beginning till 2002. She is currently the Director, Learning Voyages and is responsible for design and implementation of organization development and youth interventions within Pravah and other partner organizations. Prior to setting up Pravah, Ashraf was heading the HR function at Escorts Finance. She has also worked with SRF Finance as a management trainee, which was also her first stint in corporate. A post graduate in HR from XLRI, she is an Ashoka Fellow and a trustee of the National Youth Foundation. She is also a working group member appointed by the Youth Ministry to make recommendations for the XIth plan.

Durba Ghose is Director Communications at Pravah. A Post Graduate in Comparative Literature, Durba worked with Vikramshila, Kolkata in the field of education for many years. Before joining Pravah in 2000, she was a consultant for Ashoka - Innovators for the Public, CRY- Child Rights and You, and other organizations. Durba was awarded the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship in 2005 to explore an intensive youth volunteering programme at Voluntary Service Overseas (UK), and she facilitated the replication of it by Pravah in an Indian context. Durba is a trained dancer, and besides performing regularly, works with young people to build their skills and appreciation in dance.

Gouran Lal is currently working as a consultant at Pravah. Her association with Pravah goes back to 18 years where she has been one of the founding members. She has resumed her role as a volunteer since August 2008. After completing her graduation in Economics, Gouran has done her post graduation in hotel management, a B Ed and later a Post Graduation in International Law and Human Rights. She has a varied experience in education, as well as media sector.

Ishani Sen - has been engaged in the field of democratic education for the last 15 years. A postgraduate in social sciences, Ishani has worked in the field of experimental education and has experience of working with children and teachers from all sections of society. Having successfully ensured the growth of Pravah’s Teachers Training program, Ishani is currently Director of Pravah’s Teachers Training Intervention.

Kamini Prakash was working as a Director of the research function of Pravah since January 2007. From 2010 she has been heading the research function here. She enjoys her work at Pravah because of its persistent focus on learning and development of youth and society at large. Prior to this she was associated with Care India and Hope Project where she had been working as the Executive Director-involved in development of Basti Hazrat Nizzamuddin community. She has done her Masters in Social Policy and Planning in developing countries from LSE and PhD in German Studies from Michigan State University. Her varied experience in developmental activities and her dedication for youth development has made her a valuable asset for Pravah.

Meenu Venkateswaran is a co founder of Pravah and Director of Streaming. Before her stint as Director of Streaming she was the CEO here from 2005 to 2010. Prior to that she was responsible for leading and mentoring the Teacher Training intervention at Pravah into a very powerful program for schools. She has over 18 years experience in the corporate and development sectors. She has worked as a consultant at development organizations and was the head of the resource generation function at CRY, Child Relief and You. She has done Masters in Economics and has completed her post graduation in management from IIM, Bangalore.

Neha Buch, a post graduate in History from St. Stephen’s College, has volunteered extensively. Her journey with Pravah started as a SMILE volunteer and she has been working with Pravah since 2003. During this time she has managed the Global Xchange program, supported the start-up of the Pravah-Jaipur Initiative and offered leadership to Pravah’s SMILE program. Neha is a founding member of Kutumb Foundation, an organization committed to the holistic development of community
children around Delhi’s Khan Market.

Renuka Motihar an independent consultant based in New Delhi is also currently a board member of Pravah. With a postgraduate degree in social
sciences from Lady Irwin College, Delhi University, Renuka has 19 years of experience in the social development sector. She has worked on issues related to women, youth and children especially on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and broader social issues. Her focus has been on program management; program design and planning; situational assessments; NGO appraisals; reviews and evaluations; research and documentation. Renuka has worked as a program consultant with various international and national agencies - including UN agencies, private foundations, international NGOs- in India and Asia.

Rahul Roy- is a film maker by profession and currently a board member at Pravah. Rahul Roy did an M.A. in film and television production at the Mass Communication Research Center, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, and has worked as a documentary film-maker since graduation. His films, "Dharmayuddha", "Nasoor", "Invisible Hands Unheard Voices", "Khel", "When Four Friends Meet", "The Performance" and "The City Beautiful" focus on issues related to communalism, gender and marginalization. He has done a series of documentaries on the theme of masculinities under a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, South Asia on this theme.

Ravi Gulati - founder of Manzil, has been involved for over the last 10 years in building a nurturing community of young people who come from the lower middle class background in the Khan Market area of New Delhi. He has a post graduate diploma in management from IIM, Ahmedabad, who returned to pursue a hands- on course in Environment Education from CEE, Ahmedabad after spending a year in the corporate sector in Canada. Some of Ravi’s main interests are education, environment and alternative economics. His association with Pravah dates back since its inception, and he is currently on the board.

Suman Kumar - is currently a board member at Pravah and the principal of Blue Bells School International. She has a MA in History and B Ed. She also pursued an advanced course in Educational Inspection and Supervision from Institute of Education (I.O.E), University of London. Prior to this she was a lecturer in Miranda College. Suman has also conducted Teacher Training Workshops and programmes on 'Instructional Skills' and 'Cooperative Learning' in several schools in India- Cochin, Assam, Nagaland, Shilong, Bombay, Pune and others. In 1996, she was awarded the International Women's Day Medal for innovation in Education and Child Development by the Russian Centre of Science and Culture and Indo-Russian Literary Club, and in 2004, the National Award to teachers from CBSE.

Sunita Menon - works with Breakthrough as Manager, Education and is a board member. Sunita Menon has developed and implemented projects at national and international level on citizenship education, women's rights, sexuality and HIV/ AIDS. An experienced trainer, she has conducted capacity building programs with various civil society organizations, government departments, and corporate houses and with marginalized communities on diverse social issues .She has authored Jaano, Jaago, Jagaao – A Peer Educators Guide to HIV/AIDS Awareness and co authored Rights and Desires- a Facilitators Manual on Healthy Sexuality. Her articles on development issues have been published in national newspapers, magazines and websites. She has scripted and hosted education programs for Gyan Darshan, a national television channel.