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Rajat is a social innovation adviser with exposure to varied organisational cultures: United Nations agency; International, national and grassroots civil society organisations; Multinational Advertising major; Rural communication pioneer; Self-owned consultancy; Universities and Philanthropic institutions. He has leveraged experience gained across a range of functions, sectors, and countries, to maximize the impact of communication and programme innovation in socio-economic development. He was an active part of the team which developed the launch campaign for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the flagship programme for achievement of universalisation of elementary education in India.

Charu is an accomplished and award-winning expert in integrated communications and crisis management, with a wealth of experience spanning 25 years. Throughout her career, she has had the privilege of strategically advising businesses, collaborating closely with the C-suite to build trust and enhance reputation. She has been at the forefront of sustainability and CSR campaigns, designed to bring about behavioural change. Her expertise lies in strategic planning and adeptly ideating, managing and leading campaigns and programs that involve multiple stakeholders. In her second innings, more of a ‘purpose-driven career shift’, she is consulting independently to facilitate the development sector organisations with their narrative building / messaging, policy advocacy, strategic planning, crisis & leadership counsel and communications.

Jaideep Ghosh is an Ivy League alumnus with deep experience in management consulting in India and internationally. Prior to his recent stint as COO at the prestigious law firm, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Jaideep was a Partner and COO at KPMG for several years. He was earlier with IBM and PwC. Jaideep is a current member of the Global Advisory Council of Harvard Business Review. Jaideep is an alumnus of the Columbia Business School in New York and the Indian Institute of Management in Lucknow. He has completed the Oxford Executive Leadership program from Said Business School, University of Oxford and Advanced Strategy Program from the Harvard Business School in Massachusetts. He has an undergraduate degree in Engineering. Further, he has completed the flagship Leadership Program from India Leaders for Social Sector (ILSS).

Ms. Kamal Gaur is a development sector professional with M.Phil degree in Social Work from University of Delhi. She is currently working as Asia Regional Education Advisor for Save the Children International. Before this chief of Programmes and Program Director - Education in Save the Children India. She has 28 years of experience in Education planning, management, appraisal, evaluation and administration ranging from Primary Education to the Higher Education sector. She has relevant experience of working with international donors, private sector, academic institutions and other grass-root level organization on large scale projects. In past, she has worked with District Primary Education Programme (DPEP), Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Technical Cooperation Agency (DFID funded) for both SSA and RMSA. She has also worked closely with international agencies such as European Union, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, JBIC, DFID, etc. She has been part of the World Bank Team for Education and has worked on Implementation Completion Report for UP- Basic Education Programme –I and II, Secondary Education Technical Programme-Maldives. With the India - EU Study Centres Programme (IESCP) on higher education project she facilitated the first ever Higher Education Policy Dialogue between India and EU in Brussels. She has worked closely with higher education institutions in Germany, France, Poland, Denmark, Netherlands and Italy. She has various reports on education to her credit. Her work with DFID for assessment of DFlD's global contribution to Gender Equity and Women Empowerment has been appreciated globally.