Lauleen is an executive search professional with our leadership hiring team, Careers In Impact. Before Sattva she worked in India School Leadership Institute as a Relationship Associate, building and leveraging relationships with the organisation’s stakeholders. She has also worked at Swasth Foundation as a Donor Relationship Manager where her work included donor reports, crowdfunding, partnerships and digital brand building. Lauleen has a Bachelor’s in Political Science from Lady Shri Ram College and a Master’s in Public Policy and Governance from Azim Premji University.

Ananya is an executive search professional with our leadership hiring team, Careers In Impact. Before Sattva, she worked in technology as well as in management as a Business Development Manager. She then pursued the Young India Fellowship. The Fellowship helped her take a critical look at social issues and manage cross-functional collaboration with diverse teams. Ananya is an electrical engineer from BPUT and is a Young India Fellow from Ashoka University, batch of 2019.

Parvathy leads Sattva’s technology CSR Programme Management platform – SHIFT. Parvathy has worked extensively in both the US and India at the intersection of systemic transformation and technology, in sectors including Government, Healthcare and Education. Parvathy is an entrepreneurial leader, now focused on solving urgent problems in the development sector, leveraging over 18 years of global experiences in strategy, marketing, product innovation, services delivery and business development. She has launched, generated and managed global revenue streams across products and services. Her leadership roles range from Accel-Partners funded Big Data Analytics start- up to Fortune-500 firms like Amazon, IQVIA and McGraw-Hill. Her experience spans sectors including Government, Healthcare, Financial Services, Education and Retail. Parvathy has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelors in Engineering from RAIT, Mumbai University.

Shaivi is an Engagement manager based in our Mumbai office. She works in the CSR Advisory vertical at Sattva. She brings with her a diversity of experience in strategy consulting, project management, business development and marketing communications in healthcare projects. Prior to Sattva, Shaivi worked in healthcare consulting with IQVIA in Singapore, was the Medical Project Lead for a multi-specialty hospital in Mumbai – Namaha Healthcare (voted #1 Emerging Hospital in India by TOI in 2017) and worked in healthcare communication with DDB Remedy. She is also the founder of a non-profit Swasyah, to conduct camps to identify undiagnosed patients and direct them to appropriate health care. Shaivi is a physical therapist by training from Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai. She also has an MA in Economics from SNDT University and an MBA from INSEAD.

Shambhavi leads the Research Advisory vertical at Sattva and brings in 9 years of experience in research and public policy projects in the sectors of rural livelihoods, women’s economic empowerment and financial inclusion. Shambhavi brings with her strong expertise in quantitative and qualitative research methods using mixed-method approaches, statistical tools and experience with leading outreach and dissemination activities on the field and in the ecosystem. She has served as a Principal Investigator (PI) on numerous gender, public health, financial inclusion and rural livelihood projects. Prior to Sattva, Shambhavi worked as Research Manager for Institute of Financial Management and Research (IFMR LEAD), India where she served as the PI and programme lead for policy projects in the Financial Inclusion vertical on multi-stakeholder projects in collaboration with partners such as DFID, Access Assist, SIDBI, Ministry of Finance and the University of Munich. Shambhavi holds a Master of Arts degree in Cultural and Social Geography from the University of British Columbia, Canada, a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations and Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India and a Bachelors in Political Science from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, India.

Niharika leads the Careers in Impact vertical at Sattva. She also anchors the engagement with the talent network in the social sector. She is passionate about talent and brings in deep expertise in attracting talent to technology companies and non-profits spread across India, US, Canada and Malaysia. Prior to joining Sattva, she consulted non-profits and start-ups on their people strategy, people operations, employee engagement and talent acquisition. Niharika also runs an online community of professionals working in the social sector and coaches people on their career in the social sector, including roles and organisations that they should consider. She has an engineering degree in electronics from Nagpur University and a post graduate diploma in Human Resources from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies.

Abhishek is an Executive Search professional with our leadership hiring team – Careers In Impact. Here he is responsible for helping clients in the social impact space with their leadership talent needs. He brings 6+ years of experience in executive search, and has previously worked with Egon Zehnder and Heidrick & Struggles. During this time he has worked on hiring mandates helping clients across the globe with their leadership hiring and executive assessment needs. He holds a M.Sc in Economic Development and Policy Analysis from the University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics Honours from University of Delhi.

Rahul leads Non-Profit Advisory at Sattva, leveraging his deep experience working on organisational development with social organisations across domain areas, size, scale, challenges and aspirations. His diverse experience in the development sector has evolved from his time working at the grassroots level in Ahmedabad, India, to community organising in his hometown of Washington, DC, consulting with social organisations across domains and managing multi-year development projects. Prior to joining Sattva, Rahul worked with TechnoServe India where he managed a CSR funded accelerator programme for women-led social enterprises and NGOs, and a USAID funded project transferring frugal agricultural innovations from India to Africa. In addition to his development sector work, he has five years of progressive experience in corporate finance with industry leading, Fortune 500 corporations in the United States. Rahul has an MBA and an MS Finance from the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business and an Executive Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Georgetown University.

Chaitanya is a part of the CSR advisory team in Mumbai, working on design and implementation of CSR projects. Before Sattva he has worked in the IT services industry with a business intelligence firm. He went on to a Gandhi Fellowship with Kaivalya Education Foundation, working with government systems and stakeholders in rural Rajasthan. Through all these years he continued to volunteer at Make A Difference (MAD), an organisation that works in improving life outcomes for underprivileged children. He is committed to using his knowledge and skills to make lives better, while being a catalyst for social change. Chaitanya is a Gandhi Fellow and has a B.E. in Computer Technology from Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur.

Urmi is a part of our CSR advisory team in Mumbai, supporting the design and implementation of CSR projects. Before Sattva, she worked in southern Gujarat assisting Ph.D. scholars with their primary research and learning different participatory tools of engagement. She has worked in Government Primary Schools in Uttarakhand for two years where she was able to support schools on processes that improved the learning outcomes of children and enhanced participation of the community members. She has also worked with Mahila Mangal Dals, Yuvak Mangal Dals and Self Help Groups for their capacity building through community-based stakeholder mapping. Urmi has a Bachelor of Arts, with Economics Honours from Christ University.