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Anita Narayan Iyer: Founder, Managing Trustee and Chief Volunteer. A double graduate in Law and Psychology/Sociology, her prime focus is an inclusive society where People with Disabilities are empowered. After many years of volunteering with NGOs around the country and working with people with different disabilities, she founded EKansh and works personally on every project from conception to conclusion.She ensures that EKansh has a holistic approach to disabilities and related issues.
Anita Narayan is guest lecturer at MIT - College of Design, Loni. She has organized/conducted several workshops/sessions as resource expert at BNCA, IIT Rourkee, NASA [Arch]- North Zone Convention, West Zone convention, NICMAR, NIASA, Symbiosis School of Economics, MICA, etc. She has also mentored students interested in Barrier Free/Disabled Friendly Architecture/Design. She leads the team in sensitization sessions for companies/corporate houses that are [or are looking to be] equal opportunity employers.
She is an experienced and independent accessibility consultant and EKansh Trust is empanelled by the GOI under her expertise for access audits of Government Buildings.She is also recommended by the Disability Commissioner of Maharashtra to conduct access audits for Government Buildings in the state.
Anita Narayan is guest lecturer at MIT - College of Design, Loni. She has organized/conducted several workshops/sessions as resource expert at BNCA, IIT Rourkee, NASA [Arch]- North Zone Convention, West Zone convention, NICMAR, NIASA, Symbiosis School of Economics, MICA, etc. She has also mentored students interested in Barrier Free/Disabled Friendly Architecture/Design. She leads the team in sensitization sessions for companies/corporate houses that are [or are looking to be] equal opportunity employers.
She is an experienced and independent accessibility consultant and EKansh Trust is empanelled by the GOI under her expertise for access audits of Government Buildings.She is also recommended by the Disability Commissioner of Maharashtra to conduct access audits for Government Buildings in the state.
Bhakti Karia: Co- Trustee From a family of Hoteliers, she is the silent supporter of the Inclusion journey that EKansh has undertaken.
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Girish Sharangpani : Founder Member and Volunteer With EKansh from the beginning, Girish Sharangpani, Ex Symantec, is the CEO of Knowledge Labs. He provides the necessary humor and helps with drafting, funding and implementation of our project plans.
Nilankur Mazumdar: Member and Volunteer MBA and brings a 'corporate' perspective to our work. Senior HR at Johnson Controls, India.
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Geetanjali Joshi: Member and volunteer Daughter of a well known writer and a social worker in her own right, Geetanjali brings her literary sensibilities to the table as our "Marathi - English " consultant and member/volunteer.
Aparna Modak: Chief coordinator and our only staff member. [TISS MSW] comes with many years of experience of working at grass root level. Her fluency in Marathi and articulate interaction with the Anganwadi workers of urban slums under PMC have made our awareness programs in disability prevention, detection and early intervention a huge success. Her rapport with our trainees and candidates is also commendable.