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Professor Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business at The Fletcher School at Tufts University is a Mentor with Outline India. He is Chair of the IDEA Council: Imagining a Digital Economy for All - an initiative investigating the role of data, digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and applications as a force for inclusive growth, development, and productivity and member of the Mastercard PCDE advisory board.
His research has been focused on how data and other new technologies can be channeled toward applications for human growth and inclusive development. He is also the founder of the Digital Planet Chair at Fletchers - a research program that studies the impact of technology on lives and livelihoods around the world.
Professor Chakravorti founded the Institute of Business in the Global Context in 2011 to connect the world of business with the world, exploring issues including geopolitics, technology, security, development, the environment, and the human condition.

*In a non-financial capacity 

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Equity Investing | Venture Capital | Consulting | Investment Banking 

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John Hoffmire is Director of Employee Ownership at Teamshares, Research Associate at the Centre for Mutual and Co-owned Business at the University of Oxford. He is also chairman of both Cadence Innova, a change management consulting firm, and Oxford Pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Hoffmire has over 20 years of experience in equity investing, venture capital, consulting, and investment banking. His work and research have been referenced in numerous publications including the Financial Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal.  He also worked as a consultant for Bain & Company, as vice president for Ampersand Ventures and as a senior investment officer for American Capital.

Dr. Hoffmire holds a Ph.D. in international development from Stanford University and was presented with the Darwin Nelson Public Service Award. He helped lead the Personal Finance Employee Education Fund for six years and is now on its board.

Prasann is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience in development management, specializing in Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (M&E). Currently, he serves as Senior Advisor at PCI India and is a key member of the Senior Management Team. Since joining PCI in 2019, he has been leading M&E for the Jeevika Technical Support Program in Bihar, which aims to improve maternal and child health and nutrition outcomes by leveraging self-help groups for behavior change. Additionally, he provides M&E support for PCI's projects across Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and other states.

Prior to his role at PCI, Prasann worked with prominent organizations including Nielsen, Save the Children, and the Aga Khan Foundation. He also spent five years working with the state governments of Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. His most recent previous role was at Reliance Foundation, where he led the M&E team in their large-scale rural transformation and agricultural interventions.

Prasann holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA), and is based in Noida, NCR.

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Agriculture | Environment | Public Policy | Social Impact 

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Vithal holds a Doctorate in agricultural development. He specializes in multiple fields such as agriculture, seed systems & policy, forestry, agroforestry, environment, and ecology. He holds a certificate degree in project management. He was a recipient of the Young Scientist award in 2007 by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria to conduct advanced research on forestry, carbon sequestration & climate change. 

He has 20+ years of international experience in developmental projects in 15 countries in Africa and Asia. He has worked with Indian forest-based industries and NGOs, coordinated international technical assistance programs with the ministry of agriculture in Ethiopia and Afghanistan, implemented international development projects, higher education, and foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in Africa. He has worked for international projects supported by USAID, GIZ, World Bank, DFID, Rockefeller Foundation, CSIRO, IFAD, and corporate houses.

His areas of interest are forestry & climate change, organic farming, hydroponics, tree improvement & clonal forestry. He has a wealth of knowledge on business opportunities in Africa in the areas of international trading, agricultural investment, international development, and higher education.

Govind is an Assistant Professor in the OB-HR area at Navrachana University, Vadodara (Gujarat). He carries a cross-functional experience of more than 13 years.

He has extensive grassroots experience working with the DHAN Foundation and the South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies (SIFFS). His development practice & professional experience includes working on themes such as Water & Livelihoods, Microfinance & Livelihoods, Information Technology for Development (ICT4D), Building People Institutions & Community Based Organizations, Watershed Development & Renovation of Traditional Water Bodies, Collective Action & Cooperation, Managing Nonprofit Organizations, Entrepreneurship Development, Human Resource Development, Impact Assessment, and Monitoring & Evaluation.He specializes in Organizational Behavior, Ethical Workplace Climate, and Nonprofit Organizations.  His research expertise includes Mixed-Methods & Sequential Research Design, Psychometric Measurement & Analysis. He is also associated with the Institute of Rural Management (IRMA) as a Doctoral Fellow.

Deepa Das is a seasoned expert in policy analysis, strategic planning, and education, specializing in gender equality and marginalized communities. With over three decades of experience working with major organizations like UNICEF, ActionAid, and Pricewaterhouse Coopers, she has contributed to projects focused on child rights, equitable education, and the development of gender-just curricula. Deepa has worked across sectors including foundational literacy, socio-emotional learning, and teacher training programs.

She has led key initiatives such as the Digital Gender Atlas for the Ministry of Human Resource Development and strategic planning for the Right to Education Act. Deepa’s work spans regions like Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, and Uttar Pradesh, addressing educational challenges in conflict zones.

A Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, Deepa holds a PhD in Philosophy from Banaras Hindu University and brings extensive expertise in research, data analysis, and capacity building.

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Ira Law | Harvard Law School | Tech, IP and Commercial Laws| Commercial Dispute Resolution

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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.

Tarun is the Director of Education Futures, UK, where he provides consultancy support for foundations and startups working in Early Childhood Education. He co-founded Social Solar, an off-grid solar power company for rural schools & communities in India. 

Tarun graduated with an MSc in Child Development and Education and MBA from the University of Oxford, where he was a Pershing Square Scholar. During his Masters, he helped scale up a chain of Montessori pre-schools in South Africa. He interned at Primo Toys, an award-winning early coding startup where he wrote their education strategy. Tarun is a former Teach for India fellow where he taught at a primary school in New Delhi. He is extremely interested in education, learning and its impact on people and has extensive research experience in the development sector. In 2014, he conducted a longitudinal study for an alternative school in New Delhi examining the influence of alternative education on students and their eventual career trajectories. He has also undertaken primary research in Odisha to analyse bottlenecks in creating livelihood opportunities. Tarun holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Delhi University where he scored the highest grade for his senior year thesis on Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation.

Nitya has 28 years of experience in policy analysis, advocacy, strategic planning, knowledge management and project planning in the development sector. He has served as the National Policy Head at WaterAid India where he was involved in developing the communications and branding strategy, 

research and writing on water, sanitation and hygiene, analysis of central and state policies and writing policy papers on safe sanitation, open defecation, hygiene, safe drinking water and district-wide approach to sanitation. Prior to working with Water Aid India, he had worked with organisations like Centre for Science and Environment, Water Community, Solutions Exchange, Write Shop Infotech Pvt. Ltd. and One World South Asia. Nitya also has over 10 years of experience in the media sector where he worked in various capacities ranging from reporter to producer to a special correspondent in big media houses like United Television, Business India Television, The Pioneer Newspaper, Down to Earth (a prestigious academic journal), Business Standard, and Financial Express.

Mousumi comes on-board with more than 20 years of experience in designing methodologies and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data to address complex socioeconomic and political issues. She has worked with associations, lobbyists, political campaigns, community groups and government agencies at the local, state, national and international levels to help them further their missions and reach their goals. She currently serves as an Expert for Outline India advising on methodological questions and issues. She also leads the Research and Innovation team at the Council for Professional Recognition, a U.S. based organization that credentials the early childhood education workforce. Mousumi served as Assistant Survey Director for Housing Surveys at the U.S. Census Bureau and led a variety of short and long-term research and evaluation efforts for a variety of issue-based and government organizations.

Shilpa has 23 years of cross-sectoral experience in social sector practice, research, and evaluation. She has served as an expert Monitoring and Evaluation person, and worked and consulted with several respected organizations and INGO’s such as IFMR, Hand in Hand, MSSRF, The Banyan, RGNIYD and UNICEF, UNDP etc. 

Her most recent work engagement was with the UNDP(India), where she was placed in the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) for research and policy work on the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. As part of her MoRD work, Shilpa engaged with state line departments, relevant departments in the centre and with researchers and think tanks in India and abroad. Shilpa’s work with NGOs and other social sector organisations has focused on using research and evidence to advocate for the inclusion of the poor and marginalised, using large-scale data analysis as well as thick qualitative data and participatory work. In the last 10 years, in particular, she has worked on poverty, gender, health, nutrition, education, skill development, youth development, social accountability, and livelihoods. She is a co-founder of Dreampath Foundation, an NGO which works with adolescents and youth on work, career, and livelihoods. Academically, Shilpa has been deeply interested in Indian Psychology and culture and has maintained a connection with psychological and social science scholarship. Currently, she is working on multiple projects relating to nutrition, social accountability, psychoanalytic work of Sudhir Kakar and Indian Aesthetics.

Devahuti comes onboard as a Monitoring & Evaluation and thematic expert with over 12 years of experience in the development sector, particularly in the financial services space where her work has focused on low income segments, especially women. 

She has previously worked with Grameen Foundation India as the Associate Director - Client Insights for Impact. She has also held various positions at International Finance Corporation (WBG), IntelleCash Microfinance Network Private Limited and Bharat Financial Inclusion. She has extensive experience of leading projects pan-India for clients like Water.org, Cherie Blair Foundation, J.P. Morgan Philanthropy, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)  and DFID UK. She has also authored strategy notes on Financial Inclusion for the Bharati group and authored the section on Payments Banks in the State of the Sector report - Inclusive Finance 2018. Currently, Devahuti works as an independent consultant engaged with different for/non profit entities broadly in the strategy development, program design and M&E space.

Laxmi comes on-board with an experience of 16 years across the thematic areas: Natural Resource Management, Climate change and Agriculture.  She has worked with CSRs like APMDC Foundation and was involved in knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, content development, anchoring training and capacity development programs.

She also has rigorous experience in qualitative research starting from designing a methodology to strategizing data collection to data analysis and report writing. She is empanelled as Rehabilitation Expert in the Expert Group constituted by the Telangana Government and evaluated over a dozen Social Impact Assessment reports submitted to different Collectorates in the state. In her stint with the government agencies, her primary concern has been the plight of the Project Displaced Families (PDFs) and Project Affected Families (PAFs)

Dr. Richa is a professional with 13+ years of experience across CSR, healthcare, social entrepreneurship, and consulting domains. She is a proud army kid & risk-taker. 

Post her graduation in Dental Surgery (BDS) she has obtained several certifications, including 'CSR & Value Creation' from Audencia Nantes School of Management, GRI certificate for Sustainability Reporting, and Professional Diploma in Financial Management.  Dr. Richa has Managed vertical P&Ls and led end-to-to project implementation in intrapreneurial roles across organizations - NGOs, MNCs, UN agencies.  Given her excellent communication skills, she has represented her organizations in many roundtable conferences and CSR forums as a speaker and jury member. She has been advising and mentoring high-growth social impact ventures. In 2018, she was honored to be selected in the Global list of ‘100 most impactful CSR leaders’ by World CSR Congress.

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Mathew is a development sector professional with over 16 years of work experience in the social development sector. 

He has worked at senior roles in Deloitte and KPMG as a development sector consultant and has led numerous evaluations and program assessments in areas like Education, Health and Livelihoods and more recently has been focusing on the changing regulatory and policy level environments and focuses on the Social and Governance aspects of ESG. 

Mathew has delivered over 50 assignments within the CSR/Responsible Business Advisory space in India, providing end to end solutions (including program design, social innovation, internal governance and operations, strategy, M&E framework and partner due diligence) and has also worked extensively with various multi and bi lateral donors. Mathew has also led projects with UNICEF and UNDP and similar organisations with remote monitoring and capacity building during the COVID 19 pandemic.  He has also led large evaluations for donors like Oxfam, Plan India, Save the Children, Water Aid, Swades Foundation, Clinton Foundation, USAID, UNOPS, UNRWA, UNDP, DFID, UNICEF and the Tata Trusts. 

He has worked in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Lebanon, UK and the USA. 

Mathew is also on the Advisory board on CSR for the Confederation of Indian Industries and advises the CII on CSR Policy and strategy related issues.

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Project Management | Training & Capacity Building 

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Sukanya holds the position of Associate Vice President at Outline India and possesses expertise in large-scale project management. She brings substantial experience to her role, managing projects both in the field and off-site. She has conducted fieldwork in over ten states in India and has successfully trained up to 350 field staff across these locations. Her project portfolio spans various sectors, with a primary focus on skills, livelihoods, gender, healthcare, education, agriculture, and child wellbeing.

Within her role at Outline India, She is responsible for managing large-scale, multi-state, and multi-stakeholder projects. Her responsibilities include reviewing tools, training consultants and field teams, conducting in-depth surveys, real-time monitoring of data, and drafting field and project reports. Sukanya has collaborated with a range of esteemed clients, including JSI, Asian Development Bank, World Bank, IMPAQ International, CorStone India Foundation, Sesame Workshop India, Mathematica Policy Research, Tsuda University Japan, Lifebox Foundation, American Institutes for Research, and Tata Centre of Development at UChicago, among others.

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Quantitative Research | Project Management | Data Management & Analysis

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Swati works as an Associate Manager at Outline India. She plays a crucial role in facilitating the implementation of various research studies. Her responsibilities include coordinating fieldwork and overseeing data management and analysis.

Prior to her role at Outline India, She gained valuable experience as a researcher at the Ministry of Commerce & Industry and the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and a Master's degree in Economics with a specialization in Trade and Finance from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.

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NMIMS, Law

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Her work focuses on handling and analyzing social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. She is excited about the prospect of exploring a potential career in digital media.
She has experience in creating, implementing, and optimizing social media strategies for companies and brands with collectively high numbers of followers.
She holds a bachelor's degree in Law and a master’s degree in Marketing Management from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, NMIMS.

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Business Operations & Administration | Logistics 

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Sudeep has a substantial 10+ years of experience in operations & Administration. He has worked on different on and off-the-field projects for clients like GlaxoSmithKline, Cipla Health Limited, VECV, Water.org, TCS ion, etc., and was their SPOC. He has always completed his project tasks on time.

He has completed his graduation in Business Administration from Mahatma Gandhi University and has a friendly nature and is task-oriented.

His family is from an Army background, where his grandfather & father were both Army officers & later his father joined the Vigilance department.

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Consultant l Research l HR 
Bio:
Ankita is a seasoned Research Manager and Recruitment Lead at Outline India, with over 8 years of experience in the social development sector. She excels in managing research projects, mentoring diverse teams, and fostering innovation. Ankita collaborates with industry partners, academic institutions, and internal departments to align research goals and maximize impact.
Additionally, she leads end-to-end recruitment and HR Operations efforts for Outline India.