ANODE GOVERNANCE LAB - Key Persons
Divya anchors the research and partnership verticals at Anode. She works on research and design of Anode's projects in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. Her role also involves grant conceptualization, mapping stakeholders and fostering alliances with key funders and partners.
Dr. Anjali Karol Mohan led research and policy initiatives at Anode Governance Lab where she brought her deep understanding of government functioning along with facilitative pedagogy to guide the work at different stages of Anode's work. Over the past three decades Anjali's research and practice has straddled the broad areas of development, urbanisation and urban management, organisational and institutional frameworks, public policy and information and communication technologies and development (ICTD). She is currently working at the intersection of urbanisation, climate change and informality aiming to evolve a bottom-up planning framework for cities. Anjali is a geographer with an urban and regional planning degree from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. She has a PhD on (e)Governance and public policy from IIIT Bangalore.
Job Titles:
- Advisor ( Founding Team )
Hemant advises Anode on organisation building with a focus on Panchayats prioritising education. He works as an advisor with NGO's and educational institutions like Chirag, MEC College, Saandeepani School, CDLG and Avantika Foundation and has also been a visiting faculty at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, for their PGSEM program. He has 28 years of experience as a HR professional across industries like automobile, pharmaceutical, telecom, FMCG, IT, test & measurement and medical technology.
Milind Chalisgaonkar is a board member of Anode Governance Lab's non-profit arm - Anode Governance Foundation. He is a management consultant, independent director and mentor with experience in multiple sectors. He has held CEO level positions from 1993 to 2009. His experience has been in building winning teams in startup companies as well as existing organisations. His forte is turning businesses around as well as growing new businesses at a rapid pace.
Padmavathy Bareddy worked as a Coordinator- Project and Change Management at Anode. During her time in Anode, she oversaw our project in Jharkhand, and also worked on new solutions related to Information Technology. Her work experience includes stints at IBM and Dhwani RIS. Padma has a Master's in Public Policy and Governance from Azim Premji University, Bangalore, and Bachelors in Computer Engineering from Pune Institute of Computer Technology, Pune University, Pune.
Parveen Sikand is a board member of Anode Governance Lab's non-profit arm - Anode Governance Foundation. She has been a social worker, funding collaborator and teacher since 1986. Her career has included deep engagement with communities and their challenges, facilitating forums for various stakeholders, liaising funding opportunities with stakeholders and NGOs, as well as children's education.
Parveen's experience includes rights-based work with SRUTI (Society for Rural Urban Tribal Initiative), program analyst for Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (in partnership with CII), volunteer with SWRC (Social Work & Research Center/ Barefoot College), Tilonia, Rajasthan. During this time, she formalised and headed the SAMPDA Network consisting of 16 NGOs associated with SWRC. Parveen has also worked with IndiaCares Foundation and has set up Child for Life in St. John's Academy of Medical Sciences, and more recently associated with their medical teams for disaster relief work. Parveen also taught at KFI, the Valley School in Bangalore and conducted workshops for teachers at Vivek High School, Chandigarh. She is also on the Board of Omarela Trust and SKID (Sheila Kotawala School for the Deaf).
Parveen completed her B.Sc in Anthropology from London University in 1986.
Job Titles:
- Project & Change Management Lead ( Founding Team )
Pragya is a social researcher with over 15 years of experience in designing and implementing projects. She develops and designs the project frameworks and implementation strategies for the project teams. Her experience spans a wide range of sectors including institutional strengthening, governance, gender, and labour rights both in formal and informal sectors across urban and rural settings.
Sonali founded Anode to help harness the capacities of local institutions, and mainstream local institutions towards the end of inclusive and effective governance. She has been instrumental in conceptualising the Gram Panchayat Organisation Development (GPOD) framework, an organisational capacity development tool that helps transform Panchayats into responsive units of self-governments.