SAFETIPIN - Key Persons
Abhishek is working a Senior Product Associate at Safetipin .He is handling the product lifecycle of Safetipin Products like MSP , Nite and Site . His power is to understand the customer goals for a product and align it with business objectives He is a Engineering Graduate in CSE from THE LNMIIT . Previously he worked at Park + and Tailnode to build content engagement platform which handles the traffic for a million users and scaled the operation over multiple states
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- Head of Communications & Narrative Curation - Haiyaa, New Delhi
Abhishek is a process Associate at Safetipin. He works on data coding and reviewing the data and assists his team in maintaining a database of images for each project which is then used by the program team for generating reports and presentations. He earned her Bachelor's degree from Delhi University
Neeruja is a Assistant Program Manager at Safetipin. She works as a project coordinator for the ‘Cities for You(th)' project aiming to understand and improve the urban wellbeing of youth with a focus on young women. Neeruja also works for building new partnerships with public and private stakeholders for Safetipin. Her interest in patterns between people & place drove her to the realm of Architecture & Urban Design. She is an alumnus of the School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal (SPA-B) and IDEAS College, Nagpur. Previously she worked with TATA Consulting Engineers for more than 3 years, across multiple Smart City projects as an Architect- Urban Designer.
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- Programme Director - Azad Foundation, Jaipur
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- Architect - Urban Architecture Works ( UAW ), New Delhi
Apoorva is a Senior Program Associate at Safetipin. With a background in architecture and transport planning, she takes a keen interest in working on the evidence-based transformation of streets and public spaces with a lens of inclusive planning. Prior to Safetipin, Apoorva has worked at Ramaiah Institute on formulating policy to mainstream gender in transport planning. She has also worked at PwC in the space of Micro-mobility, Active transportation, and tech-based urban mobility solutions for various Smart City authorities. Apoorva is an alumna of CEPT University, Ahmedabad with a Master's in Urban and Regional Planning, and holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from B V Bhoomaraddi College, Hubli.
Ashish provides technology and operations direction to Safetipin. He is an alumni of IIT Mumbai and IIM Bangalore. He is an advocate and student of using technology to disrupt markets, and has more than 30 years of experience. After a long stint at NIIT as President, he has founded and led several edtech startups.
Avesh Chauhan is the Safetipin Technology Head responsible for guiding product strategy and launching initial prototype build-outs in Safetipin. Additionally, he manages operations and marketing activities. He specialises in product development of Location Based services and mobile apps and is passionate about delightful user experiences with massive impact on business metrics. He has skills in mobile app development, LBS solutions, analytics, GIS/MAP based solutions, App Store Optimization and data analytics. He has previously worked for Imate (Mobile firm) and MapmyIndia and has been part of team in introducing and launching Navigation,M2M and Telematic solutions in India.
Kalpana heads the organisation and is involved in designing projects and creating partnerships, both government and civil society. She also represents the organisation at many international forums. She writes regularly and has a weekly column in Hindustan Times on urban issues. She has worked on issues of gender and urbanisation for over 20 years with several organisations including UN Women, UN-Habitat, and Jagori among others, has led large global projects and provided technical support on women's safety to several cities. She is a member of the Advisory Group on Gender Issues at UN-Habitat, Chairperson of Jagori, and a Board member of the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime. She was part of the committee that prepared a report on Women's Safety in Delhi for the city government.
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- Lawyer and Social Worker - WCLA ( Women in Criminal Law Association ), India
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- Honorary Professor - Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur
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- Architect Urban Planner - Centre for Policy Research, India
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- Associate
- Process Associate
Nisha is a process Associate at Safetipin. She works on data coding and reviewing the data and assists her team in maintaining a database of images for each project which is then used by the program team for generating reports and presentations. She earned her Bachelor's degree from Delhi University.
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- Chartered Accountant
- Finance Manager
Pragati is a qualified Chartered Accountant, working as Finance Manager at Safetipin where she leads the Finance vertical for all the Safety projects and the company as a whole on building safer cities. She also manages the statutory compliances for Safetipin. She comes with extensive experience in accounting, auditing, project creation and evaluation, budgeting, forecasting and other accountancy skills. She has over 12 years of post-qualification experience and has worked with companies including tech-giant like Computer Science Corporation (CSC) and Big-4 PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).
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- Associate
- Process Associate
Priya is a process Associate at Safetipin. She works on data coding and reviewing the data and assists her team in maintaining a database of images for each project which is then used by the program team for generating reports and presentations. She earned her Bachelor's degree from Delhi University
Priyanka works as the HR & Admin Manager at Safetipin. She manages the routine functions of the Human Resources Department which includes talent acquisition, enforcing company policies and procedures as well as team management. She is also responsible for managing and overseeing the company's day-to-day administrative processes. She completed her graduation and post-Graduation (MBA) from Institute of Management Studies, Kurukshetra University. Before joining Safetipin, she worked with Craft Traditions for 3.5 years.
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- Co - Founder and Executive Director - Aajeevika Bureau, Udaipur
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- Senior Program Advisor - American Jewish World Service ( AJWS ), Jaipur
Ravinder Singh graduated in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. Over a career spanning 50 years he has worked in both public and private sector organisations in India in the areas of Financial Services, Manufacturing and Consulting. Since 2006 he has been working as an independent consultant.
Currently Ravinder Singh serves on the Board of Directors of NIIT Limited. He is also a member of the Audit Committee, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Risk Management Committee and CSR Committee of the company. He also serves on of the Board of the NIIT Institute of Finance, Banking and Insurance, and is a member of its Audit Committee
Since 2018 he has been working with the USAID Climate Ready project in the Pacific region.
He has also worked as a consultant with the United Nations Environment, Asia Pacific Region, Bangkok and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI).
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- Senior Software Developer
Sanni is the Sr. Software and Web developer in Safetipin. He has 11 years experience in the IT industry. He completed his Graduation in Computer Science and Engineering from G.B.T.U. Uttar Pradesh. He specialises in eCommerce development, website development, software development and web portal development areas. He strives to build impressive and beautiful web applications through carefully crafted code and user-centric design.
Sonali is Associate Director at Safetipin. She oversees all the projects and strategy development at Safetipin. She has multi-disciplinary responsibilities including program design and management, data analysis and documentation, developing collaborations, operations and monitoring. She also works with various partners and the government to use big data for creating safe city initiatives. An Architect and Urban Planner, she is an alumna of CEPT University, Ahmedabad and Aayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur. Prior to Safetipin, she has worked on climate-resilient strategies for smart cities with IRADe (Integrated Research and Action for Development) in Delhi.
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- Director
- Co - Founder - South Asia Women 's Foundation, India
Suneeta is a Gender and Development professional with expertise on advancing women's rights and safety. For the last four decades she worked with a range of civil society and international organizations including for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), at the Delhi and New York Offices. She has been in key leadership positions, including as former Director of Jagori and Manager of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women. She is a Co-Founder and former Board member of Women's Fund Asia, and currently a Co-Founder and Chair of the South Asia Women Foundation India.
Her special competencies lie in co-designing strategic multi-stakeholder frameworks, partnerships and programs that support engendering of rural women's livelihoods, ending violence against women, and building safer spaces for diverse women/girls. Besides supporting on-ground implementation, she amplifies the voices of women in their full diversity across marginalized communities. As a feminist trainer, she has co-led capacity building initiatives for policy makers, government functionaries, civil society and grassroots practitioners. She continues to be engaged in knowledge building through participatory feminist research and evaluation studies.
She has served on Expert Committees of the National Commission for Women, and the Hon'ble Supreme Court's Committee on Widow's Rehabilitation. She is a member of the NHRC's Core Group on Rights of Women. As a policy advocate she is member of the Civil Society Advisory Group of UN Women (India office), and member of the Leadership Group of UN Women's Generation Equality Action Coalition on Gender Based Violence, co-representing the Global Coalition on Gender Inclusive and Safe Spaces for women/girls. She is a core group member of the Sangat Feminist Network and the Feminist Policy Collective.
Suneeta has a Master's degree in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She has been a recipient of the Fulbright and Advocacy Institute Fellowships for Development Practitioners. She has authored articles, papers for national and international publications, and training manuals on Women's Empowerment and Governance, Access to Basic Services, Gender and SDGs and the New Urban Agenda. In 2021, Suneeta was among those recognized in the list by Apolitical's 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy.
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- Associate
- Program Associate
Surya Gupta is a Program Associate at Safetipin. She works as a state coordinator for the ‘Cities for You(th)' project aiming to understand and improve the urban wellbeing of youth with a focus on young women. Her work includes research, stakeholder consultations, coordination with agencies, and managing the implementation of the project. Prior to joining Safetipin, Surya worked with Yashi Consulting Services (YCSPL). Surya holds a master's in Urban Design from the School of Planning and Architecture Delhi (SPAD).
Toshi is a part of the Process Team at Safetipin and works on data collection, visual analysis and quality assessment. She is a team co-ordinator and conducts training sessions for new joinees and interns. She also Process Team Manager in handling all aspects of data management. She holds a Bachelor in Science degree from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur.
Utkarsh is a Data Analyst at Safetipin. He uses data analysis and geospatial techniques to collect, sort, and present data collected through safety audits here at Safetipin. Utkarsh is a Planning graduate of the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi. He is interested in transportation planning and geospatial techniques. He believes that transportation is a key enabler of urban freedom and that safer cities should allow their citizens to move freely and with a feeling of safety.