Prerna does a little bit of everything. She likes data, research, and believes fieldwork builds character. She believes in the idea of independent, non-partisan research and hence our for-profit business model.

In the last 8 years, She has worked on developing a strong presence of Outline India across 9000 villages in 26 states and interviewing over 4 million stakeholders.

Prerna just launched Track Your Metrics (TYM) - an easy-to-use tech tool for quick impact assessment by small NGOs, government bodies, and big funders equipping the former with means to secure more funding and the latter to hold their grantees accountable. The Android app/web-based platform aims to change the way we track and finance social programs at ~0 unit cost. 

TYM recently won at an accelerator program in India and California and at the Dell startup challenge. 

Prerna was featured on Fortune magazines’ 40 under 40 list for her disruptive work with ground-level data in 2017 and again in 2018. She was featured among the top 25 businesswomen in India by Forbes magazine in their annual issue featuring women leaders running profitable companies in 2018. She was also among the top 40 women changemakers in the 2018 annual list released by India Today. She was listed among the 25 most powerful Businesswomen in India, by the BusinessToday, of India today group in 2019. 

In 2018, she was awarded the Chevening Fellowship at Oxford University by Rolce Royce and the UK government. She was also declared a Raisina Fellow in 2017, awarded by the Ministry of external affairs and ORF. She is an Australia India Youth Dialogue fellow, 2015. 

She has prior research experience working at Centre for Policy Research and holds an MA in Economics from Boston University.

Aditya is the legal counsel at Outline India. He is a litigator practicing before various Courts and tribunals in India on commercial and personal law issues. Aditya also advises start-ups and early stage ventures and provides contractual, regulatory and IP solutions. He has worked extensively with companies in varied sectors such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, data collection and analysis, logistics, event management, e-commerce and the media industry.

He has a Masters degree in Law from Harvard University.

Sukanya works closely with the founder on communications and coordination. She helps in project management and coordination with the field staff and research team. She also works on translations, coordinates with vendors, drafts invoices and handles finances, and the HR account.

Sukanya has previously worked as a History Teacher in Jorhat and has a Masters Degree in History from the University of Delhi.

Archana works closely with the “Track Your Metrics” team. She is involved in the research and development for Outline India’s new tech product (TYM). She works on outreach, prepares questionnaires, and provides research and analysis assistance for Outline India. She also executes, manages and plans fieldwork, develops partnerships and works on grants and challenges for TYM.

Archana has previously been a research intern for Indian Housing Federation, Assam Urban Development Department and the Town and Country Planning Department of Assam for the assessment of PMAY(U), putting together the Draft Assam Affordable Housing Policy and qualitative research on housing journeys of people in Assam. She also interned with Centre for Equity Studies, CRY, Pratham and Young Leaders for Active Citizenship where she conducted research, wrote policy briefs and memos and did fieldwork.

She has a Masters’ degree from Azim Premji University, Bangalore in Public Policy and Governance and an Undergraduate degree in Sociology from Miranda House, Delhi University.

Pulama manages field coordination, develops quantitative and qualitative research tools, monitors, validates and manages data. She also undertakes communications with consultants and develops research design.

Previously she interned with Jagori, Delhi and worked on the UN Safer cities project. She also did research on half widows & enforced disability in Kashmir with JKCCS and APDP. She has earlier been a part of HCL Foundation working on the rural areas of Hardoi, UP. Later she worked with Indian PAC on policy implementation and governance in Bihar.

Pulama has a Bachelors’ degree in International Relations from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and a Masters’ degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from TISS, Guwahati.

Kuldeep is the accounts officer with Outline India. He manages the financial logistics of the organization so that things keep running smoothly. 

He previously worked as an accounts officer for Best Practice Washrooms. He completed his B. Com from Delhi University.

Kailash is responsible for managing the administrative and operational work at Outline India. He supports the research and business development team.

Kailash has a graduate degree in B.Com from Delhi University (SOL).

Pramod Ji ensures that our operations run efficiently by helping around the office.

Deepak Ji works diligently to keep the Outline India team well-fed by making delicious Maggi when we need some inspiration and various kinds of tea for when we need to be woken up.