Our Team
Leadership
Dharmendra Chandurkar
Dharmendra Chandurkar, a co-founder of Sambodhi, is also its Chief Knowledge Officer. It's a position that reflects his long-standing interest in academia, especially in supporting social science research.
In his 15-year career, Dharmendra has straddled roles across academia and the development sector as a leader, professional trainer, and researcher. He has several publications and research papers to his credit.
Kadamabari Anantram
A socio-economist by training, Kadambari has over 12 years of practitioner-research experience in natural resource sustainability, agriculture, education, and skilling space.
In the education domain, Kadambari's passion lies in understanding how innovative methodologies and technologies can be used to create a curiosity-based education system.
Kishor Purohit
Kishor Purohit is an Assistant Vice President - Business Development at Sambodhi. In his current role, he advises the organization on major partnerships, exploring and pursuing new opportunities.
Today, Kishor works like a champion of engagements, talking with clients, understanding their needs, and pulling in various subject matter specialists from around the vast Sambodhi network of consultants and experts.
Kultar Singh
Kultar Singh co-founded Sambodhi in 2005, guided by a belief that data-driven insights would be a valuable tool to help organizations and institutions change the way they make decisions.
As a monitoring and evaluation expert, he brings to Sambodhi a background of global thought leadership. This has successfully guided several pioneering research designs developed by the organization.
Nitin Sharma
A co-founder of Sambodhi and its Chief Strategy Officer, Nitin Sharma, believes in driving institutional change through innovation, thought leadership, and effective strategies.
Nitin also advises the training and capacity building division at Sambodhi. He has been part of the leadership team that has consolidated Sambodhi's position as a leading name in professional capacity building services.
Ramanshu Ganguly
Ramanshu Ganguly is an Assistant Vice President - Research at Sambodhi. He believes that tools and technology, when applied in the context of relationships surrounding them, can tackle the knottiest of problems.
He has more than 5 years of experience in driving evaluation studies in the domains of renewable energy, natural resource management, livelihoods, agriculture, and climate change.
Sudhanshu Malhotra
As a Vice President of Strategy and Partnerships, Sudhanshu drives strategic planning, global operations and shapes development initiatives across diverse markets.
He oversees the setting up of new systems and processes for effective client relationship management, project effectiveness, delivery excellence, quality assurance, and leadership development.
Swapnil Shekhar
Swapnil Shekhar, a co-founder of Sambodhi, is the Chief Operating Officer of its board of directors. To him, Sambodhi is the result of a set of innovative minds matching their commitment to improving lives.
Swapnil's leadership has been key in the transformation of Sambodhi into a fast-growing global enterprise. He sets the strategic direction for the company, while nurturing a strong leadership team to drive its execution.
Sabeena Mathayas
As Vice President - Research & Advisory Services, Sabeena is responsible for steering and coordinating the technical aspects of Sambodhi's work in the area of education and skill.
Sabeena is passionate about working at the forefront of Education Policies and Programs. As a senior member of Sambodhi’s leadership team, she also represents the company on numerous technical project committees.
Shafique Ahmad Khan
As Assistant Vice President - Field Operations at Sambodhi, Shafique plays a pivotal role in ensuring, improving, and escalating Sambodhi's field presence all over the world.
He is at the forefront of nurturing and evaluating our nimble field teams and supervising the collection of high-quality data sets from remote locations with near real-time efficiency.
Kezia Yonzon
As Assistant Vice President - Research, Kezia leads diverse project teams to deliver innovative research and advice clients working in Public Health, Education, and Livelihoods.
With 8 years of experience, Kezia is the technical lead in designing and executing impact evaluations and applying mixed methods analytic approaches to inform policy decisions.
Shruti Chaturvedi
Shruti is an Assistant Vice President - Human Resource, and in this capacity, she leads growth, creates HR roadmaps, drives HR functions, and promotes culture-building at Sambodhi.
At Sambodhi, Shruti helps shape critical strategies/policies and has led an organization-wide transformation that has resulted in Sambodhi's strong talent pool.
Abhishek Sharma
Driven by the belief that technology is instrumental in revolutionizing data collection and data-driven change, Abhishek has developed innovative techniques to measure the impact of large-scale programs.
In his career spanning over seven years, he has led numerous research and evaluations and has cross-sector experience in livelihoods, public health, renewable energy, education, and humanitarian response.
Anubrata Basu
As Assistant Vice President - Research and Communication, Anubrata works at the intersection of research and communication and helps translate information into insights.
She brings 8 years of experience in program management and strategic communications and is passionate about amplifying social impact by promoting evidence-based approaches and data-driven decisions.
Sudhiranjan Biswal
Always committed to his team, Sudhiranjan Biswal, the Assistant Vice President - Administration, has his beliefs grounded in the notion of staying up to date with competitive approaches.
Sudhir has held the position of a leader in Administration for almost fifteen years, centered on driving business results by working at the intersection of strategy, performance, and culture.
Saikumar C. Bharamappanavara
Saikumar C. Bharamappanavara is an Assistant Vice President - Research at Sambodhi and has more than 10 years of experience in development and international research.
Saikumar holds master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Ghent, Belgium, and the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. He has also been selected as German Young Ambassador.