VISION

GOAL

To build a network of 10 million parent partners.

Parents have immense potential to transform schools and to bring systemic changes. Thus, we aspire to build a network of 10 million parents that would serve as a community learning platform to share their knowledge and expertise. The network would also amplify parental voices, needs and aspirations for systemic change in education.

PURPOSE

Every parent is served with dignity.

Serving every parent with respect and dignity will bridge the gap between the school and the community.

Saajha believes that every parent should be treated with dignity and respect. We are missioned to create a school environment that enables it

Our Values

Empathy and care

Collaboration

Resilience

Growth orientation

Integrity

Our Advisory Board Members

Anu Prasad

Anu is the Founder-Director of India Leaders for Social Sector, a section 8 non-profit in the space of leadership, learning and capacity building for the social sector. Prior to this, Anu was one of the founding members of Ashoka University and was part of the team at Amex India that led the implementation of Amex’s global financial re-engineering, helping to create the Financial Resource Centre in New Delhi. Post-Amex, she worked as the Regional Head of Finance for TNT, North India.

Geeta Mathur

Geeta serves as an independent director and has the experience of heading corporate treasuries, risk, investor relations and strategy across companies such as IBM and Emaar MGF. Exposure to multiple industries disciplines helps her cross pollinate ideas and contribute effectively as a Board member. She is also an alumni of SRCC.

Pranav Kothari

Ever since Pranav graduated from HBS, he has worked on one singular issue “how to bring technology to improve learning outcomes at scale for low-income children”. Pranav is currently heading Educational Initiatives; Large Scale Education Programmes team that works with Foundations, Governments, and Corporate CSR to help bring high quality student assessments, personalized learning software and impact evaluation services. Pranav is an alumnus of Georgia Institute of Technology and Harvard Business School and has previously worked with GTI Capital and Boston Consultancy Group.

Radhika Bharatram

Radhika is the Joint Vice Chairperson of The Shri Ram Schools in Delhi NCR and serves as a member on the Board of the SRF Foundation. Under the aegis of Shri Educare Limited, an education consultancy company, she has been instrumental in setting up The Shri Ram Millennium Schools in NCR and The Shri Ram Early Years. She is a trustee of CAPED and serves as the Chairperson of The Indian Blind Sports Association, Jt. Secretary of The Blind Relief Association Delhi, Hon. General Secretary of Delhi Crafts Council and Jury member of the steering committee of CII Foundation Woman Exemplar Program since 2014

Shantanu Ghosh

Shantanu, based in Gurgaon, is the CEO of Social Finance India (SFI), a catalytic impact investment intermediary for designing funding and programs for improved social outcomes at scale in India. Prior to that Shantanu spent three decades in corporations like Genpact, GE, Unilever and PwC (in reverse chronological order) in global business and functional leadership roles. Shantanu decided to move from the corporate sector to the social sector in early 2019 and mentored multiple organisations focused on education, gender equality, rural entrepreneurship before taking on the SFI role.

Sanjeev Bhikchandani

Mr. Bikhchandani’s work experience includes an advertising position at Lintas India Limited, a marketing position at HMM Limited (now known as Glaxo SmithKline), and a senior management position at CMYK Printech Private Limited (owner of The Pioneer newspaper). Along with his partner, Mr. Hitesh Oberoi, he won the Ernst and Young – Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2008 for Business Transformation. He also won the Dataquest Pathbreaker Award and the Teacher’s Achievement Award for Business in 2008. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from St. Stephen College, Delhi University in 1984 and a PGDM from IIM-Ahmedabad in 1989.