Dr. Gitanjali G Govindrajan, Honoris Causa (Social Work, LADC Institute, USA), a fellow of the Complementary Medical Association (UK), a TEDx speaker holds a Post-Graduation Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation, a distinction with a CDP certified Diploma in Neuropsychology, and a University rank for her Masters in Biochemistry. She is the Founder of Snehadhara Foundation, is an educationist, social innovator, entrepreneur and an Arts Based Therapy (ABT) Practitioner, an Arts Practices for Inclusion (API) Educator.

Yashaswini Gupta is an MA Psychology graduate from Ambedkar University Delhi. She completed her BA Psychology from Delhi University. She is interested in exploring the field of parenting of special needs children, and has completed her master’s Dissertation on the topic “Narratives of Indian Parents who have Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder”. She has been working with Light Up-Emotions Matter Foundation, facilitating Emotional Intelligence in residents of a juvenile home since 2018, and has been working on a research project to understand the impact of Social-Emotional Learning classrooms on children’s learning. Her internship experiences vary from content writing at BeepWeep, to clinical psychology ones at the Centre for Child and Adolescent Wellbeing and Moolchand Hospital.

As part of the PaDa initiative by SF, in collaboration with Vasu Dixit Collective and Believe, Bindhumalini will be a core member contributing to the creation of the docu-series which aims to unearth folk traditions, document associated stories, situate contexts, and produce collaborative music and has been conceptualized with the larger intent of building livelihoods for the younger generations of folk musicians, around these knowledge systems and contextualizing folk music in the present times. Through her engagement with Snehadhara Foundation, Bindhumalini seeks to apply, strengthen, and expand the knowledge repertoire that she has gathered during the past eight years exploring ‘The role of music in building community and the self.’

Shyamala has over 10 years of experience in increasingly responsible roles with in various Administrative, accounts and HR functions at several companies. She has exposure in Client Management and other Operational roles. She is also experienced as a Medical Transcriptionist and Product Analyst. She is a good team player and always thrive to learn new things. Her experience is enhanced by her Master’s Degree in Business Management with a Human Resources major.

She loves to cook, travel, play chess and love to spend time with her family. She is will be handling the portfolios of the PMO and support executive functions of HR and Recruitment.

Vibha has a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka. Her nascent interest in Psychology and the Social Sciences during high school, fuelled by an inspiring Psychology teacher in +2, led her to complete Bachelor’s in Psychology from Christ [Deemed to be University], Bangalore. Research has sprung up as a passion through these academic experiences. She has written theses, completed student projects and worked as co-investigator in academia. She has interned with various organisations and been involved in assessment and training for children with special needs as well as adolescents and adults in psycho-social distress or disorders.

Ranjani has worked in the corporate as well as start-up space. Her primary focus of work has been Recruitment, HR Shared Services and Customer Relationship Management. She considers the experience she gained at the start up very enriching, as she could see value add and visible impact to the end consumers. Ranjani will be managing the different programs of Snehadhara in the capacity of a PMO. She will closely work with the Executive Director and the entire team to ensure the programs of Snehadhara run efficiently and smoothly. Ranjani was an athlete during her school days and continues to participate in 10Ks. She was bitten by the “environmental bug” after her daughter came into this world. She is very passionate about adopting green and sustainable practises in her day to day life. She composts and makes bio enzymes at home.

Gayathri is an MBA by qualification and a social entrepreneur by choice. Continuous learning and application is her strength and passion. That should explain her journey from Human Resource Management Systems to ITES to Entrepreneurship. She runs her own company Science Hopper Education Pvt. Ltd. in the education space. The only thing she looks out for in a job is whether the value-add is real and the impact visible.

Satish is a part of the support team of campus and helps out in the maintenance of the space, as well as directly works with children. He enjoys driving and playing different sports. He has also volunteered at Ramakrishna Vivekananda Ashram Kalaburagi for a few years. When he’s not on campus, he likes listening to music and has often given the children and the team soulful performances of Kannada and Telugu songs. He brings his energy into his engagement with the children and his fun and supportive demeanor is an asset to have in the sessions.

At Snehadhara, along with working with children he also takes care of Campus security and maintenance, compliance of health and safety.

Rahul’s career took off with Snehadhara being his first launch pad. Determined, hardworking and very new to the world of children, Rahul has been exploring this space since January 2015, initially observing the process and then expressing a wish to engage deeper with the children. He is learning to understand the world they inhabit and to balance that with the way he perceives the world.

Gurupriya Atreya is a singer, VO artiste and an arts curator. As a student of music, she is the disciple of Ustad Faiyaz Khan. Gurupriya is the Founder at The Living Room Kutcheri, an intimate home concert venue that has been a host to many performing arts over the last 5 years. She is now pursuing the API programme with the Snehadhara Foundation.

Sindhu is an enthusiastic, creative educator whose interests and wide range of skills have combined in her ongoing work with women and children. She is a Chevening Scholar with a masters degree in Holistic Science from Schumacher College, England, and is a certified API practitioner, 2022. She has been working with children from marginalized communities in Rishikesh and has co founded an initiative ‘joiningthreadsjoininglives’ for rural women; that provides training and employment using different craft skills. She likes to spend time with her cat and enjoys music and baking.

Ananya, having completed her schooling through NIOS, went on to undertake a personality development course from the Nudge Foundation, as well as a baking course from the University of Agricultural sciences.

Having previously been associated with the organisation, she has developed a rapport with the children here, and engaging with them brings her immense joy. Ananya is responsible for assisting the facilitation process during sessions and also helps the children with their activities of daily living. She believes it’s a great learning opportunity for future prospects.

Ananya is an avid singer and received training from Swarakshema Foundation to develop her skills in the area.  Additionally, she also loves dancing, watching Bollywood movies, and is a major foodie.

Vineth has completed his BE. in Automobile Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, and now is pursuing his Masters in Automotive Mechatronics and Management from the University of Applied sciences Upper Austria. 

In the last few years, Vineth has been working with various companies as a Digital media marketing head and is all set to take the work we do to greater audiences.
He is very keen and passionate about using his Digital marketing skills and growing the work in Snehadhara.

He enjoys playing the guitar and has also learnt how to play the Saxophone. He is interested in wildlife photography and often does go off on trips with his camera to capture birds and animals. He loves to travel and is always ready for adventure. Bike trips and cycling trips are very special for him! He has recently started an initiative where he crafts leather products.