Kiran in her 40 year career, has spent 11 years in Advertising & Sales with Bennett, Coleman & Co where she interacted with advertising agencies, clients/advertisers from all sectors.
Thereafter Kiran specialised in marketing mega-events as an advisor to Wizcraft and other agencies. She managed funding for some of India’s biggest events like the Michael Jackson concert, Deep Purple Show, UB 40 Concert, McDowells Derby, IIFA Awards for the first 4 years since inception in 2000, Mumbai Boat Show etc. In mid-2007, she entered the field of HR and worked independently for 5 years concentrating on senior placements for select clients. Post this, Before joining UnLtd, she raised funds for Agastya International Foundation.
Manasi has over 14 years of work experience with varied social organisations. She has worked as the Program Lead with Devang Mehta Foundation Trust and as Team Lead- Citizenship programme with SAHER (Society for Awareness, Harmony and Equal Rights). Prior to this, she has also worked with NASSCOM Foundation on software donations. Apart from her program and team management experience, Manasi comes with networking and alliance building experience. She has partnered with a range of organizations like USAID, United Nations Alliance of Civilisations, SDTT, etc and is well-versed with project appraisal, evaluation, resource planning, project estimation, scheduling, tracking and implementation.
Hemendra has over 23 years of experience in venture capital, private equity, management consulting and investment banking.
Hemendra in his career has invested in several early-stage agritech companies and SMEs in food processing and agricultural supply chain. He is a mentor, investor and board member in many food and ag-tech start-ups working on innovations in agri-inputs, market linkages, mechanization, food nutrition and farmer financing.
He is working as Venture Partner with Bharat Innovation Fund –investing in deep-tech start-ups across sectors. Hemendra is also co-founder of ThinkAg – a platform for accelerating the adoption of innovations in agriculture.
In his previous assignments; he has worked with SEAF, Yes Bank, Rabobank, KSA Technopak and ORG- MARG.
He has authored many papers on the subject and speaks regularly at conferences pertaining to food and agribusiness sector as well as start-up ecosystem. He is a management graduate from IIM (Ahmedabad) and Agricultural Engineer from Rajasthan Agricultural University.
Mr. R. Mukundan, Managing Director & CEO of Tata Chemicals Limited, joined Tata Administrative Service in 1990, after completion of MBA from FMS, Delhi University. He is an Engineer from IIT, Roorkee and an Alumnus of Havard Business School.
During his 29 year career with Tata Group, he has held various responsibilities across the Chemical, Automotive and Hospitality sectors of the Tata Group. He serves on Executive Committees of various industry forums viz. Confederation of Indian Industry, Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Employers’ Federation of India, All India Management Association etc.
An MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Akhil Shahani’s twin areas of focus are education and entrepreneurship. His family has been in the education sector for over sixty years, and he continues to fly the flag high. As the Director of the Shahani Group, Mr. Shahani is trying to bring international methods of management education to India through the group’s various initiatives. He believes that a good management education involves not only academic learning, but also developing one’s network, personality and values. Apart from his work with the many educational institutions run by the family, he is also involved with the Kaizen Management Advisors Pvt. Ltd., a Private Equity firm investing in education and also mentors young entrepreneurs in his spare time. He is also the recipient of many awards like the Bharat Shiromani Award, the Bharat Gaurav Award and the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award including mentions in notable educational journals.
Nityanand has spent the first half of his 17-year long career in capital markets. He has worked with Morgan Stanley and Reliance Capital in diverse roles equity research and Institutional sales. He then entered into the startup space which included working with early-stage as well as growth stage start-ups in various senior roles across sales, marketing, strategy and operations. Individual Learning, which got acquired by Reliance Industries, was the most important stint in this phase. He then took a stab at startup consulting and then entrepreneurship in the Fintech domain. He also ran EDUGILD, an ed-tech focused accelerator and consulted with Furtados School of Music for their new business initiatives.
Besides his love for badminton, he has also learned basic Hindustani classical vocals. He likes reading books that explore human psychology.
Naomi is our in-house marketing enthusiastic.Prior to joining UnLtd India, Naomi worked with advertising agencies as a copywriter and business development strategist. An avid reader with a flair for creative art and design, Naomi loves to spend her time swimming, playing chess and kickboxing.
Swati is the backbone of UnLtd India and has been with us since 2008. She looks after the smooth functioning of the organisation from an administrative perspective. No one gets on the team until they have had a thorough conversation with Swati.
Sonu has been a Chartered Accountant since 2011. Extremely meticulous and organised with her work, Sonu handles all things finance flawlessly; reporting and handling of Tax matters, Finalisation of accounts and preparing financial statement, Review and monitoring all tax compliances, computation of Income Tax and filing of Income Tax Returns etc. She loves to keep up with the latest movies, music and books.
Ashesh has over four years of experience working on-ground with social entrepreneurs. He has worked with renewable energy entrepreneurs at SELCO Foundation, focusing on their financial plans and funding narratives.
He has also been in an operations and sales role with Shram Sarathi, delivering customized financial services to migrant workers in Rajasthan.
Ashesh loves exploring old towns with rich heritage and culture to mingle with the locals and see things from their perspective.
Harshita is tech-savvy and uses social media flawlessly to connect with more social entrepreneurs and spread the word about our work at UnLtd India. She holds fort along with Ashesh at our Delhi office, providing support to all social entrepreneurs incubated in and around Delhi. In her free time, she loves to travel and read. She is passionate about animal rights and likes nothing more than spending time with her three adorable dogs.
The person who makes sure there is always something to eat in office, Mohan enjoys playing football and badminton.
A veteran of UnLtd India, Roshan is the go-to-person for all information related to boosting your power to creatively think. He has a ton of fun activities up his sleeve that helps you discover different perspectives and colour outside the lines (literally as well). He provides knowledge support to our social entrepreneurs enabling them to achieve maximum impact. Prior to joining UnLtd India, Roshan has been a teacher, a marketer and a product developer. When he isn’t imparting information, Roshan loves to doodle and make objects of lego blocks.
With a total experience of + 10yrs, Pradnya takes care of the overall office management, logistical planning along with a pot load of things. Prior to joining to UnLtd India, Pradnya was a Secretary and Administrative Exec. at Fabdecon Engineers. She loves to spend time with her kids, reading novels and listening to music.
Shilpa has all the know-how on managing accounts and administration. Apart from being a numbers wizard, Shilpa has worked as a stage artist in Marathi Cultural Programs for 4 years. She loves dancing, singing and cooking.
Girish is a Chartered Accountant and has over 17 years of experience in financial services. Earlier as Managing Partner of Finoventure Capital Services, Girish has aided and advised a number of new entities to raise funds and build a cohesive narrative of their entrepreneurial journey. Besides work, Girish uses his creativity and optimism to organise fun community activities for people of all age groups to unlearn unhappiness. He loves reading, running and travelling.
Amitabh has 15 years of experience in Corporate Social Responsibility aligned with Project Management, Stakeholders Management, Business Development, Alliances and Government Liaison. He has previously worked with Marico Innovation Foundation and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
With 23 years of working seamlessly in non-profit and for-profit global organisations, Anshu has been providing strategic advisory guidance to promoters of social enterprises. Prior to UnLtd India, she was the CEO of Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network (RRAN) and Friends of WWB. When her calendar isn’t too busy, Anshu loves to take a silent walk amongst the remains of our city’s illustrious past, and unwind with a good diving session.
Pankaj Jain is the Founder at Impact Law Ventures. A corporate lawyer by profession, Pankaj specializes in venture capital and private equity matters, especially in the impact investing and venture philanthropy sector. He is also an ardent advocate of building bridges between law, development and entrepreneurship. He currently advises a number of start-up entrepreneurs, small and growing businesses, social business enterprises, non-profit organizations, impact investors and donor organizations on a range of legal, regulatory and corporate governance issues in India by providing affordable access to a trusted and competent legal counsel. Prior to founding his independent law practice in early 2011, Pankaj worked in-house as the India counsel for Acumen, a non-profit social venture capital fund and was involved in working across agriculture, healthcare, water, housing and energy portfolios as well as structuring transactions in the social development space. Prior to joining Acumen Fund, he worked as an associate with the Indian law firm AZB & Partners in New Delhi on corporate advisory and private equity transactional matters. He received an integrated B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) degree in arts and law from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India where he graduated as the university first rank holder and was a recipient of 11 gold medals. Pankaj was admitted to the Bar Council of Delhi in 2006, and is qualified to practice law in India. He is a regular speaker at a number of conferences and also delivers guest lectures and training workshops at a number of law, management and engineering schools in India. Pankaj likes to read, write, travel and meditate.”
Jayesh Parekh is a Managing Partner at Jungle Ventures, a Pan-Asian Venture Capital fund. He was one of the Founders of Sony Entertainment Television, a major television network launched in collaboration with Sony Japan. He is a board member of Sanctum Wealth Management, One Animation (animation & special effects), Picdot (Flickbay: Bollywood App) and Milaap (crowd-sourced lending platform). Jayesh is an active impact investor, and has investments in various Venture Capital funds in Silicon Valley and start-up enterprises across the broad technology and digital media space. He spent over 12 years at IBM in various technical and sales positions based in Houston and Singapore, and part of the team that brought IBM back to India. Jayesh is on the Board and the Investment Committee of Aavishkaar India II Fund, which is a social impact fund. Jayesh has served on the Board of United Way International for 6 years, and he was on the Board of SONG, a fund owned by Soros, Omidyar Network and Google, which invests in SMEs in India that meet social objectives. Jayesh holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in India and a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at INSEAD, a member of TiE Angels, and Indian Angel Network. Jayesh is a Singapore citizen and lives with his family in Singapore.
Shalaka Joshi is the Gender Lead, South Asia for the International Finance Corporation (IFC)- the private sector focused arm of the World Bank – where she works on gender in the private sector. Shalaka has over 17 years of global leadership experience in early-stage investing, social venture, financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, livelihoods and market-based solutions to poverty in emerging markets, especially in Asia.
Her social enterprise career began with UNICEF where she worked on micro-planning and building public- private-nonprofit alliances. She also worked with Ashoka, a global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. Her private sector experience includes ICICI Bank – India’s largest private sector bank – where she led the process of integrating private sector partners into the Bank’s initiatives in health, education and micro finance.
Shalaka’s investment experience includes being part of the early team at the IFMR Trust and serving as a Managing Director of Unitus Impact (now Patamar Capital)- an early-stage fund which supports the growth of scalable livelihood ventures in Asia. Shalaka also served as Managing Director, Asia-Pacific for Toniic- the world’s most active network of portfolio investors, supporting ventures and funds across 28 countries. She led Toniic’s expansion into the Asia-Pacific region and as its Chief Investment Officer globally, across asset classes.
A Chevening scholar and an Aspen Global Leadership fellow, Shalaka serves on the Boards of Toniic Global (which seeks to move millions of dollars into impact investing globally), the IEF Entrepreneurship Foundation (which works with Indian State governments to mainstream entrepreneurship) and UnLtd India. She also serves as part of the Investment council for Niti Aayog’s Women’s Entrepreneurship platform and as part of CII’s National Committee on Women’s Empowerment in India. She is based out of Mumbai, India and enjoys poetry, travel and dance.
Richard is the co-founder of UnLtd India. With a passion for education, leadership and technology, he has helped start a number of social enterprises in the UK and India including: UnLtd India, a launchpad for social entrepreneurs in India; Journeys for Change, which takes leaders on immersive journeys to help them make more impact in the world; and Careershifters, which is reinventing career education for professionals moving into more fulfilling work. While not working, he can be found scouring the world for hats, cocktails and the perfect mango. He lives between Mumbai and London.
Pooja Warier Hamilton is the co-founder and CEO of UnLtd India, a pioneering organisation that finds, funds and supports early stage social entrepreneurs in India. Since 2007, UnLtd India has supported over 130+ social entrepreneurs who have further impacted 2.5 million lives and created 390,000 jobs. Pooja is also the co-founder of Bombay Connect, India’s first co-working space for social entrepreneurs and Journeys for Change that brings global leaders to learn from social entrepreneurs in India. Pooja was nominated as a TED India Fellow in 2009, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2013 and the member of Class VI of the Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellowship at the Ananta Aspen Centre and Aspen Global Leadership Network in 2016.
Pooja Warier Hamilton is the co-founder and CEO of UnLtd India, a pioneering organisation that finds, funds and supports early stage social entrepreneurs in India. Since 2007, UnLtd India has supported over 130+ social entrepreneurs who have further impacted 2.5 million lives and created 390,000 jobs. Pooja is also the co-founder of Bombay Connect, India’s first co-working space for social entrepreneurs and Journeys for Change that brings global leaders to learn from social entrepreneurs in India. Pooja was nominated as a TED India Fellow in 2009, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2013 and the member of Class VI of the Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellowship at the Ananta Aspen Centre and Aspen Global Leadership Network in 2016.
Richard is the co-founder of UnLtd India. With a passion for education, leadership and technology, he has helped start a number of social enterprises in the UK and India including: UnLtd India, a launchpad for social entrepreneurs in India; Journeys for Change, which takes leaders on immersive journeys to help them make more impact in the world; and Careershifters, which is reinventing career education for professionals moving into more fulfilling work. While not working, he can be found scouring the world for hats, cocktails and the perfect mango. He lives between Mumbai and London.
Vishal co-founded Dream A Dream along with 11 others. Dream A Dream is a 15-year old professional organization that impacts the lives of 100,000 young people from vulnerable backgrounds through the active support of over 2500 volunteers. Dream A Dream is acknowledged as an innovator in life Skills development amongst young people from urban slum communities, creating innovative ways for community volunteering and setting very high-standards of transparency, accountability and impact. In 2015, Dream A Dream was recognized amongst 10 Champions in the world that are “Re-imagine Learning through Play” in the 21st century by Ashoka and Lego Foundation. Dream A Dream has also being recognized as the Winner of the Outstanding Annual Report Awards; Amongst 8 Regional Finalists at the Apeejay India Volunteer Awards 2011; Winner of the silver award at the Global Sports Forum Barcelona; Awarded the Football For Hope Award from FIFA to support our Dream Life Skills through Sport Program; Runner-up of the Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project. Vishal has co-authored a paper along with Dr. David Pearson and Dr. Fiona Kennedy titled, “The Life Skills Assessment Scale: Measuring the life skills of disadvantaged children in the developing world” and published in Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, Volume 42, No 2 (2014). Vishal is an Ashoka Fellow, an Eisenhower Fellow and sits on Boards of Unltd India and India Cares Foundation. Vishal has been recognized as an “Architect of the Future” by the Waldzell Institut in Austria. He is also an advisor and mentor to The YP Foundation and Reap Benefit and is deeply committed to mentoring start-up NGOs and young social entrepreneurs. Vishal believes that if we can re-imagine learning to develop empathy, creative thinking, problem solving and collaborative working skills amongst young people, they will be able to overcome adversity and flourish in this fast-changing world.
Vishal co-founded Dream A Dream along with 11 others. Dream A Dream is a 15-year old professional organization that impacts the lives of 100,000 young people from vulnerable backgrounds through the active support of over 2500 volunteers. Dream A Dream is acknowledged as an innovator in life Skills development amongst young people from urban slum communities, creating innovative ways for community volunteering and setting very high-standards of transparency, accountability and impact. In 2015, Dream A Dream was recognized amongst 10 Champions in the world that are “Re-imagine Learning through Play” in the 21st century by Ashoka and Lego Foundation. Dream A Dream has also being recognized as the Winner of the Outstanding Annual Report Awards; Amongst 8 Regional Finalists at the Apeejay India Volunteer Awards 2011; Winner of the silver award at the Global Sports Forum Barcelona; Awarded the Football For Hope Award from FIFA to support our Dream Life Skills through Sport Program; Runner-up of the Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project. Vishal has co-authored a paper along with Dr. David Pearson and Dr. Fiona Kennedy titled, “The Life Skills Assessment Scale: Measuring the life skills of disadvantaged children in the developing world” and published in Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, Volume 42, No 2 (2014). Vishal is an Ashoka Fellow, an Eisenhower Fellow and sits on Boards of Unltd India and India Cares Foundation. Vishal has been recognized as an “Architect of the Future” by the Waldzell Institut in Austria. He is also an advisor and mentor to The YP Foundation and Reap Benefit and is deeply committed to mentoring start-up NGOs and young social entrepreneurs. Vishal believes that if we can re-imagine learning to develop empathy, creative thinking, problem solving and collaborative working skills amongst young people, they will be able to overcome adversity and flourish in this fast-changing world.
Secretary-General of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation from 2001 to 2007, ‘Moni’ Malhoutra was formerly Assistant Secretary-General of the Commonwealth and later, a member of the Board of Directors of International IDEA – the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Stockholm. Educated in Delhi and Oxford, he was a member of the Indian Administrative Service (1961-1978) and served in the Secretariat of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from 1966 to 1973. He then moved to London to the Commonwealth Secretariat, where he played a leading role in Commonwealth efforts to end apartheid in South Africa.
Utsav Baijal is a Partner with Apollo’s India office and its India dedicated fund, AION Capital. He joined Apollo the firm in its New York office in 2008 and has worked actively on private equity, mezzanine and credit investments across the US and Asian markets. In 2012, he helped Apollo establish a joint venture with ICICI Bank and helped raise one of the largest India dedicated funds, AION. Prior to Apollo, Mr. Baijal was with the private equity team at Bain Capital in Boston, where he worked extensively on consumer and retail opportunities. Mr. Baijal spent five years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company across the New Delhi and Hong Kong offices and was one of the founding members of the firm’s corporate finance practice in India. During his tenure at McKinsey, he also completed a secondment at the Indian School of Business working for the Dean’s office and assisting in several aspects of institution building. He is on the Board of several companies and is also an advisor to YRGCare, a Chennai based NGO specialising in the treatment of AIDS, and to Embrace Cinema, a media platform for creative talent in the country. Mr. Baijal graduated summa cum laude from St. Stephen’s College/University of Delhi with a B.A in Economics. He also completed his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, where he was an Industry Scholar.
An MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Akhil Shahani’s twin areas of focus are education and entrepreneurship. His family has been in the education sector for over sixty years, and he continues to fly the flag high. As the Director of the Shahani Group, Mr. Shahani is trying to bring international methods of management education to India through the group’s various initiatives. He believes that a good management education involves not only academic learning, but also developing one’s network, personality and values. Apart from his work with the many educational institutions run by the family, he is also involved with the Kaizen Management Advisors Pvt. Ltd., a Private Equity firm investing in education and also mentors young entrepreneurs in his spare time. He is also the recipient of many awards like the Bharat Shiromani Award, the Bharat Gaurav Award and the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award including mentions in notable educational journals.



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