Our Team

Ananth Aravamudan|

Chief of Strategy and Sector Lead – Climate Action & Agriculture

Ananth leads Villgro's Climate Action practice. His career spans over two decades of technology development, product R&D and most recently, deployments of technology-driven social impact programs. Ananth was one of the chief architects responsible for the creation of the SELCO Foundation which looks into the use of renewable energy and sustainable technologies in the fields of education, agriculture and livelihood generation. Ananth has an Engineering degree from Bangalore University and was a fellow with Said Business School, University of Oxford.

Srinivas Ramanujam|

Chief Executive Officer

Abishek Kumar|

Analyst, Climate Action

Abishek works with the Climate Action Team at Villgro and is a post-graduate of IÉSEG School of Management, France. He has 3 years of experience working in the development and corporate sector in research and project implementation. His previous stint in the development sector was with CSRBox where he managed skill development projects as well as impact assessments across South India. Abishek is keenly interested in social entrepreneurship and will be working on the Waste to Value & Circular Economy-related initiatives here at Villgro. 

Aditi Dhamanaskar|

Analyst - Market Partnerships, Healthcare.

Aditi works in Market Partnerships & Technology Commercialization within the Healthcare team at Villgro. She holds a bachelor's & master's in pharmacy from the University College London, UK, and has over 3 years of experience in the life sciences sector. She has previously worked with Novartis Switzerland, focusing on people and process excellence for Medical Affairs colleagues across Europe. Following this, Aditi pivoted to consulting with Charles River Associates, where she was advising pharma clients on a range of commercial strategy business questions including launch readiness, opportunity assessments, and competitive landscaping. Aditi is an avid traveller and enjoys new experiences -- she recently learned to surf in Mexico and wants to get her scuba diving license next.

Agomoni Bose|

Associate Lead, Program Partnerships

Agomoni manages Program Partnerships & Fundraising at Villgro. She has led & managed projects to collectively scale neurodiversity livelihood inclusion at workplaces during her tenure at Enable India. Prior to this, she led product strategy, market research & business development during her stints at Spectra Agritec, an SME in agriculture/plant science instrumentation and Ciber Inc. (now HTC Global Services). Agomoni is a Post-Graduate in Management, a B.Ed in Special Education and a Graduate in Zoology. She is a Board Member at Diya Foundation. She is a voracious reader, an explorer, an ardent animal lover, and a budding gardener.

Akshata Surej|

Manager, Ecosystem Development

She has previously worked with the India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians, Ministry of External Affairs, and the UN Women, where her work involved communications and programme management. She has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Philosophy from the University of Delhi. In her free time, Akshata enjoys listening to music as she takes on dessert experiments!

Anshu Raina|

Senior Analyst - Healthcare (SRH)

Anshu is a Senior Analyst - a part of the Health Team at Villgro. Prior to this, she worked as a Program Officer at Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer, IIT-Delhi and as a Management Intern at DBT-BIRAC where she worked in Make In India Biotechnology Facilitation Cell and also assisted with the Biotechnology Ignition Grant program. Apart from her incubation experience, Anshu has exposure to diagnostics and research. She has worked on various neurobiology and developmental biology projects at NCCS, Pune in collaboration with CSIR-NCL Pune and published her research. She has also worked as an Application Manager in the Immunology Division of Jain Diagnostics Pvt Ltd, Delhi. She holds an M.Tech in Biotechnology from D Y Patil University, Mumbai.

Dr Chandana Jayaraj|

Senior Manager – HR & OD

Dr. Chandana Jayaraj works with the Human Resources department at Villgro. She is a Net - JRF Awardee and her vast experience covers multiple facets of HR functions across various sectors. She began her career in post recruitment and employee relations in Sutherland and worked as the Immigration - HR in Cognizant. Following this, she also worked as the Senior Manager and HR Generalist at the Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health and has also helmed the HR Function as General Manager at Marlensoft. Apart from engaging in the corporate and NGO sector, Chandana has briefly taught Postgraduate students at Loyola College, Chennai during her research tenure, and at Madras Christian College. 

Devansh Peshin|

Government & Public Sector Partnerships

Deshna Suryanarayan|

Senior Analyst - Market Partnerships

Deshna is a graduate of B.A. (Hons) in Public Administration with a Diploma in Liberal Studies, encompassing strong academic research. Her passion for social impact led her to gain two years of experience in the development sector through a fellowship with Goonj, and by interning with organizations such as the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), Working Group for Women and Land Ownership (WGWLO), Aga Khan Rural Support Program India (AKRSPI) and Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN). During her 6-month long internship with AVPN, she helped develop a platform to empower young impact leaders in Asia and supported 100+ women-led enterprises across five regions of Asia through a capacity-building program. Her interest in impact investing led her to work with Villgro as an Analyst in the Climate Action Team. In her free time, Deshna loves to volunteer for social causes, learn new languages on Duolingo, and bicycle her way around a city.

Elavarasan H|

Senior Executive- Accounts

Elavarasan works with the accounts and finance team at Villgro. He has more than 5 years of experience and previously worked with MaDeIT Innovation Foundation. In his free time,  he enjoys watching Youtube videos and staying updated with current affairs.

Kalyani Krishna|

Manager - Diversity & Inclusion

An environmental engineer by qualification, Kalyani's passion for impactful work started with the TeachforIndia Fellowship. Post the fellowship, she briefly worked in the education space, before shifting gears to the startup & incubation ecosystem. She has 6 years of experience in content development & program management. She has closely worked with tech & social innovators of IITMs Rural Technology Business Incubator for 2.5 years before moving to work at TANSIM(StartupTN) (Tamilnadu's State nodal agency for entrepreneurship). During her free time, Kalyani loves to read-particularly fictional & mythology, brush up on dance lessons and learn to master mandala art.

Kiran Ramaraj|

Associate Sector Lead - Climate Action

Krati Airan|

Senior Analyst - Climate Action

Krithika Ramesh|

Senior Analyst - Agriculture

Krithika works as a Consultant - Analyst with the Agribusiness Team. Her interest in working with Agri startups brings her to Villgro. Prior to this, she worked with EY GDS as an Assurance Associate and was involved in various processes of conducting Financial Statement audits. She holds a Bachelors's degree in Commerce from Ethiraj College.

Maithili Rege|

Associate Sector Lead, Agriculture

Maithili manages the Villgro Agribusiness portfolio and investments. She has 6 years of experience in the FMCG, heavy industry and social sectors. She has worked with Hindustan Unilever and the Essar group. Following her passion for the social impact space, she joined Saahas Zero Waste, a socio-environmental start-up. She holds a BA in Economics (Hons) from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.

Murugan. M

Senior Executive, Accounts & Administration

Murugan’s work involves managing the office’s requirements, logistics and implementing administrative tasks.

Oshin Anna Shaji|

Analyst - Healthcare (SRH)

Oshin works with Villgro's Government and Public Sector Initiatives team. Previously, she worked with Khan Academy, as part of their partnerships and marketing team where she worked with partners like Govt. of Karnataka, CmF, Swiggy, Dunzo, and HUL and helped build a product to provide education as a benefit to their workforce through WhatsApp. She has experience working as an RA with organisations like Polstrat, TRIFED and FemLab by IDRC and was also part of the founding team of an ed-tech startup. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Hyderabad Central University. In her free time, she's looking for new bakeries in town, reading or struggling to play her ukelele.

Pragati Keswani|

Senior Associate - Program Partnerships

Pragati is an Associate in the Program Partnerships team at Villgro. Prior to this, she worked in Sattva Consulting where she developed knowledge reports and thought leadership content across several development sectors. She has also interned in public policy units in IIM Ahemdabad and ISB Hyderabad. She is a Chemical Engineering Graduate from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Prashanth Jalla|

Senior Manager - Finance

Prashanth has 6 years of experience in the NGO sector. He previously worked with Sense International India as a Manager - Finance and TB Alert India as Finance & Administration Officer. In his free time he enjoys watching cricket and playing chess.

Pratim Raha|

Senior Manager - Climate Action

Pratim has almost six years of experience in the development sector in the energy access space. His key area of interest lies in the intersection of innovation energy & entrepreneurship. Prior to this, at SELCO Foundation, he was involved in R&D of decentralised renewable energy-based technology and business models for a variety of applications including livelihood. He is an Engineer and holds a Masters degree in Public Systems Management with Energy specialisation from Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata.

Rekha Gopalkrishnan|

Manager, Healthcare (SRH)

Dr Roshan Yedery|

Sector Lead, Healthcare

Roshini Muthukumar|

Senior Associate, Ecosystem Development

Roshini Muthukumar is a post-graduate of the National School of Journalism, Bengaluru. She has three years of experience working as a journalist and writing impact stories. During her previous stint with CSRBOX she wrote impactful stories about CSR projects across India. Further, she has worked full-time with The Better India, and part-time with newspapers like The Hindu, and Metroplus. Outside of work, she enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, badminton, watching stand-up comedy shows, and exploring restaurants.

Savitha Ananth|

Lead- Market Partnerships & Technology Commercialisation, Healthcare

Shashikanth Subramanya|

Senior Manager - Market Partnerships

Shashikanth has ten years of experience in the impact and business development sector. His key area of interest lies in the intersection of entrepreneurship and rural livelihood generation. Prior to this, at S3IDF, he was involved in managing the Agri portfolio, incubating Farmer Producer Companies from various agro-climatic zones of Karnataka. He is an Industrial Engineer and an avid birder. He is also a part of the hobby birding group in Bangalore called “Hakki Pukka Bird Conservation Network” which conducts Bird Festivals in rural government schools.

Shivang Sharma|

Manager - Agriculture

Sowmiya Santhanam|

Accounts Executive, Finance

Sonal Raj|

Senior Analyst - Healthcare (SRH)

Sonal is a part of the Healthcare team at Villgro and works on the portfolio for startups in Sexual and Reproductive Health. She has previously worked in program design and impact consulting with Sattva and Consult for Humanity. Prior to that, she worked in analytics and pharmaceutical market research with ZS Associates. She is a management graduate from St, Xavier’s College, Mumbai with a keen interest in social impact and last-mile innovations.

Sreejith Narayanan|

Senior Manager, Climate Action

Sreejith is an experienced professional in the Climate Action space and oversees the Powering Livelihoods Program at Villgro. He possesses expertise in decentralised renewable energy solutions — accrediting to his 12-year experience in the renewable energy sector and 2 years in the software industry! Previously he has provided functional support to start-ups in the energy sector, and energy management consultancy to small scale livelihood enterprises. His interests lie in Energy Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Project Management, Solar PV and Energy Storage!

Srividhya Venkataraman|

Lead, Technology & Data Analytics

Srividhya leads the Technology and Data Analytics division at Villgro. She is a post-graduate in Information Technology from George Mason University, USA and has versatile experience in software testing, SCRUM and project management. She is passionate about product management and has worked with different organizations, leading cross-functional teams to build, launch and manage SaaS innovations for budding startups. Srividhya is always eager to learn new things and has a keen interest in social entrepreneurship. She enjoys spending time with her family, travelling and exploring different types of cultures and cuisines.

Vaishnavi Chandrasekar|

Associate, Program Partnerships

Vibha Sharma Tilwalli, CA, CFA|

Lead, Impact Financing

Vibha is a Chartered Accountant and a CFA from CFA Institute USA. She has a diverse set of work experiences - working with MNCs - the likes of British Gas, Schlumberger and social organizations such as - FWWB, Unltd India and KFI Valley School. She is passionate about social impact, incubation & investing and is excited about the endless possibilities social innovations harbour to create social impact. In her free time, Vibha binge watches television romcoms, indulges in cooking, walks and spends time with her daughters. She is an animal lover and loves gardening!

V Vigneshwaran|

Senior Executive, Administration

Vignesh’s work involves managing the office’s requirements, logistics and implementing administrative tasks. He has more than 6 years of experience in HR & Admin. He holds an MBA from the University of Madras.

Yukta Bhatia|

Analyst, Innovative Finance

Yukta works as an Analyst with the Innovative Finance team. She is a Chartered Accountant and has previously worked at JP Morgan. She is passionate about social impact and has voluntarily helped two startups with financial management and fundraising projects.