We must become the change
we want to see.
Our Mission
our values
our team
Ananya Tiwari
Co-Anchor
Vaibhav Kumar
Co-Anchor
Arzoo Shakir
Program Lead
Suganya Sankaran
Fundraising Lead
The hope, strength and resilience present in India’s rural communities has been serving as the guiding inspiration for Suganya to explore education and development at the grassroots. She believes in the spirit of partnerships and in the power of collective voices to bring about change. Since 2016, she has worked across multiple organizations serving as a volunteer, teacher, facilitator and partnerships manager. And most importantly, has loved and continues to love being a learner across all spaces.
our mentors
Ms. Daya Kori
Managing Director - Software R&D Center, Evive India
Prof. Mona Yadav
Department of Gender Studies, NCERT
Mr. Ravi Gulati
Founder, Manzil & Co-Founder, Safe in India
Mr. Mehmood Khan
Managing Trustee of Rasul Kanwar Khan Trust, Mewat
Mr. Mehmood Khan has over 4 decades of experience of working in corporate space including 2 decades of experience in leading roles in Unilever. He has been a pillar of support for SwaTaleem varying from understanding local context to mentoring on organization building.
Darnell Leatherwood
A public figure in the spheres of business, education, social activism, and media, Darnell is a native of East St. Louis and currently resides outside of Chicago. Along with his team, he has founded, co-founded, or served as a founding member of multiple organizations dedicated to promoting social justice, healthy communities, equitable outcomes, and the obliteration of oppressive systems and false stereotypes.
our directors
Monika Mahto
Graduated as an Electrical Engineer, she has worked in corporate sector for a brief period and also as a volunteer and academic mentor. She holds interest in multiple fields, specially education and women empowerment. She is an artist, a nature lover and a detail oriented person. She also has a keen interest in observational astronomy.
Ratnakar
A firm believer in education as the most powerful tool for social and personal change, Ratnakar has academic training in Chemical Engineering, Education, Pedagogy and Psychology. His engagement in teaching started in 2010 and since then he has volunteered in Schools, NGOs and also worked full time in Jagriti Bal Vikas Samiti (JBVS) working for the education and welfare of migrant children. He believes that the only thing that limits us is our imagination.
Hemang Srikishan
An Indicorps fellow alumnus, Hemang has been connected with education in India and the United States for over a decade. As a resident of Chicago, he has been teaching mathematics in under resourced schools since 2011. Hemang loves mindfulness and shares this with his students and teacher colleagues through regular guided meditation.
our advisories
Wynne Korr
Dr. Korr was among the founding deans for the award-winning I-Venture Accelerator and on the initial executive committee for the Siebel Center for Design. She serves her local community as member of the board of the East Central Illinois Community Foundation and as an adviser to the Community Solutions nonprofit incubator. She is also a member of the United Way Community Impact Committee.
our volunteers
Ayushi Chaurasia
Backend work pertaining to Fundraising and conducting sessions in KGBV Jalmana
Mahima Jaju
Marco Toc
Marketing Strategists
Deepak Vamsirajavarappu
Vaishnavi
Shafagh Hadinezhad
Developing a Pedagogical Toolkit
Iran