Advisory Committee
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Dr. Madhav Chavan
Dr. Madhav Chavan taught Chemistry at University of Houston and University of Mumbai before getting involved with adult literacy in the National Literacy Mission in the slums of Mumbai, in 1989. He was instrumental in building the concept of a "societal mission" for universal primary education through Pratham. Pratham was set up as an initiative led by UNICEF in 1994. As CEO of the Pratham Education Foundation (the
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central body of Pratham) he remains central to the functioning of the Pratham network, which covers most of India and has chapters in the US, and UK among other countries.
In 2004, Dr. Madhav Chavan was invited to become a member of the now dissolved National Advisory Council of the Prime Minister, which was Chaired by Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, to help with the implementation and monitoring of the National Common Minimum Program of the UPA Government (2004-2008). He is also a member of the Governing Council of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Mission (SSA) of the Government of India and has been a member of four half-yearly Joint Review Missions of SSA over the past two years.
Mr. C. V. Madhukar
Mr. Harsh Shetty
Board Of Directors
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Mr. Prem Yadav
Co � Founder & Director
Prem being a co-founder of Sanchar, he joined Pratham in 1991 and was a part of the core team that laid the foundations on which the organization has been built. Having worked as the Chief accountant for Pratham, in 1998, Prem helped set up 15 computer labs in the municipal school of different wards of Mumbai, with the help of ICICI bank.
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The initiative as called Sanchar InfoTech, which was co-founded by him with his team today reaches 1.73 lacs children from disadvantaged sections of society in 400 schools across 08 states of India.Having been earned a B.A. degree in Sociology from Pune, Prem Yadav did his Master of Resource Mobilization & Management from S. P. Jain Institute of Management, Mumbai.
Besides contributing to many educational publications, especially on Computer related learning, he has been the Area Coordinator, CORO (Committee of Resource Organization for Literacy), Treasurer, Suvidha Co-operative, which was set up to operate the Integrated Waste Management Project; and is currently the Director of CAL & IT Training Program and a Trustee at Pratham InfoTech Foundation.
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Mr. Rajesh Thokale
Co - Founder & Director
Equipped with a Bachelor�s Degree in Civil Engineering from the Mumbai University, he has worked on various projects and in diverse fields. He has been the Co-ordinator for CORO for Literacy, worked on Integrated Waste Management Project, handled different roles at All India Radio, Mumbai, been actively involved in Construction Work; and is
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now the Director of the Vocational Skills Training Program besides being a Trustee of Pratham InfoTech Foundation.