Rajesh Gowda (Permanent Trustee)
Rajesh Gowda has more than 25+ years of experience in social work in the areas of medical treatment and education support. He is a businessman in the profession. He has received many social awards for his social works in the Karnataka state.
Dr. Badri Narayanan (Honorable Member)
He holds a PhD in Economics from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, and a BTech. from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. He has been a consultant with several organizations including the World Bank, the Food and Agricultural Organization, the European Commission, and the Government of India. He is a member of AEA, AAEA, IEEE, IATRC, and the South Asian Network of Economic Modelling (as an Honorary Fellow). He is also on the Advisory Board of Government and Economic Integration through Free Trade Agreements (GIFTA), UK and ARTNet, United Nations ESCAP, Bangkok.
Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/badrinarayanang/
Blogs: http://indiaindustryresearch.blogspot.com/
Rishi Raj Mishra (Trustee & Regional Head)
Mr. Rishi Raj is the center head of Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Allahabad. He is in charge of coordinating all ground-level initiatives of the FARF organization.
Dr. Anand Pandey (Trustee)
Anand Pandey has more than 20+ years of Industry experience. He has completed his Ph.D. (Economics) in Financial Inclusion from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He did his Masters in Statistics from the University of Allahabad and two years M.Phil. Coursework from IGIDR Mumbai.
He has been working on creating awareness of government policies and local education/health/transport infrastructure development in some rural villages of Uttar Pradesh, as well as a few initiatives in Karnataka state.
Saurabh Pandey (Trustee)
Saurabh is an IT Professional and has more than 12+ years of experience. He is in charge of Research & Newsletter Support of the FARF organization.
Ajay Kumar (Trustee)
Ajay Pandey is an IT professional with over 12+ years of experience across various technologies and domains. He has completed bachelor of engineering in computer science.
Dr. T. P. Tripathi (Senior Advisor)
Dr Tripathi is a retired officer from IIT, Mankapur. He is in charge of coordinating all Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) level initiatives of the FARF organization.
Rahul Mishra (Head IT)
Rahul is an independent professional web developer based in Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh). He is in charge of FARF’s IT Support & Website development
Ashok Mishra (Co-Regional Head, Bhadohi)
Ashok is a lawyer in Bhadohi’s district court. He is in joint charge of Village Level Initiatives and FARF’s Adarsh Gram Yojana (FAGY).
Ridhima Sodhi (CSR & Research Coordinator)
Ridhima is a CSR coordinator and specialist in rural research. She received her Master’s in Public Policy & Management from Carnegie Mellon University in 2016 and also has a Master’s in Economics (2012) from the Delhi School of Economics, India. At present, Ridhima is engaged with FARF and envisions furthering its mission nationwide through a combination of research activity, fundraising, and more.
Webpage: https://www.ridhimasodhi.com/
Rashmi Pandey (Advisor)
Rashmi is an executive officer in the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW). She holds a Master’s degree in Extension Education. Her areas of interest are street children, child labor, surrogacy, women’s rights, and family studies. Blog writing on social issues: http://rashmiojhapandey.blogspot.com/
Dwijendra Nath Dwivedi (Advisor)
Dwijendra is an analytics professional and currently working in SAS, Dubai. He is one of the main coordinators for the middle-east region to expand our initiative “Child Education Support”. He is also a key contributor to rural research, plantation, and skill development.
Prashant Mishra (Legal Advisor)
Prashant is a legal advisor and currently practicing at Prayagraj High Court.