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  Vijay Kulkarni
Director - Programmes
Vijay Kulkarni has had a long career in banking and the development sector. He has earlier worked with Canara Bank, the RUDSET Institutes, BASIX and Development Resource Centre. He has a Masters degree in Social Work from TISS - Mumbai and a MEP degree from IIM, Ahmedabad and also holds a post graduate diploma in Gandhian studies.
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  B R Ravikumar
Programme Coordinator, Karnataka Learning Partnership
Ravikumar is a government high school teacher on deputation to Akshara. He has been deputed by the Department of Education, Government of Karnataka, to Akshara Foundation as a Liaison Officer since 2000. He currently heads the reading programme under the Karnataka Learning Partnership. He holds a Masters degree in Physics and a Bachelors degree in Education.
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  B S Lathadevi
Programme Coordinator, Balwadi Programme
Lathadevi heads Akshara Foundation’s preschool programme. She has earlier worked as an instructor and Principal in the Karnataka State Council for Child Welfare. She holds a Masters degree in Home Science.
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  Anandhi Yagnaraman
Programme Coordinator, Math Support Programme
Anandhi started work in the NGO sector by teaching spoken English to visually impaired children in New Delhi. She has also worked at The Akanksha Foundation, Mumbai, in various capacities. She is presently the Programme Coordinator for the math support programme. She has a Bachelors degree in Science from Madras University and Diploma in multimedia, ecommerce & web designing.
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  Arvind Venkatadri
Programme Coordinator, Library Programme
Arvind joined Akshara Foundation in 2007. He heads the Library Programme in Bangalore and has a Masters’ degree in Electronics and Communications.
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  Banderao R Patwari
Regional Coordinator, Dharwad
Banderao Patwari is Akshara Foundation’s Regional Coordinator and he manages the rural and catalytic programmes at North Karnataka. Prior to this, he worked as a project officer in Prerana, an NGO and was involved in designing irrigation schemes and their implementation. He holds a diploma in Agriculture Engineering and a diploma in Development Planning.
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  Mahantayya Swamy
Team Leader, Gulbarga
Mahantayya was a Branch Manager for KBSLA Bank for 6 years and also worked as a field officer for 3 years in Sandoz Agro Limited. He currently manages all the programmes in the Gulbarga unit. He has a Bachelors degree in Agricultural Science.
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  G Angelina
Resource Group
Angelina has rich experience in teaching both as a preschool and primary school teacher. She has also been a headmistress for 6 years. She has been working with Akshara since 2003 and is presently part of the resource group. She holds a Bachelors degree along with a D Ed and JOC degrees.
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