Our Team
MAIN TEAM
J.Vivek Anand
Chairman
A businessman by profession and a Philanthropist by passion, Sri. Vivek Anand has played a very important role in building the Management Systems, Strategy and global reach of the Akshaya Vidya Foundation. He strongly believes that we need to work towards a more equitable society.
He believes that the lack of quality education is not just a social issue, but an economic one too! The amazing children he has met in the slums have lead him to believe that with the right education, the future Ratan Tatas, Azim Premjis, Abdul Kalams are all there in the slums, just waiting to be recognised and given a chance to show their inner capabilities. His work is towards allowing them to shine.
T.Varaprasad
Founder, Trustee & Vice-Chairman
Sri. Prasad Tentu is the heart and vision behind the Akshaya Vidya Foundation. Having overcome a very poor childhood with minimal academic facilities, he understood the pain of the children who do not have access to quality education and made it his life mission to ensure no child should go through the same.
It is his passion and drive that had founded Akshaya Vidya in 2011 with 5 students and has brought it today to a level of having more than 3600 students across Hyderabad. Prasad believes strongly in the statement “Nation is my Family” and works for the upliftment of and a better future for all the children of our nation.
S.Janardhan
Founder, Trustee & Advisor
Sri. S.Janardhan garu is Managing Director of Deccan Coach Builders Pvt Ltd. He is actively involved in several social activities and NGOs. He has been instrumental in connecting many like-minded people to AVF and has also helped in raising funds for AVF through various organizations.
Sreedevi Mulpury
Academic Head
When the Akshaya Vidya Foundation was looking for ways to make the curriculum more fun and simultaneously encourage faster learning, Mrs. Sreedevi Mulpury was a godsend to us. With vast experience in developing learning environments and syllabus for various organizations, she is the ideal person to help develop a custom syllabus for these children with different levels of learning. .
Her passion has driven our Academic rigour and after experimentation with various forms, formats and processes of learning, she has been the key driver in Akshaya Vidya developing it’s unique model of learning in English, Telugu and Maths suited for self learning for these slum children irrespective of which level they are at. Her passion, expertise and large heart combined have made her more than just an employee and an integral part of the success of Akshaya Vidya Foundation.
S. Durga Sai Prakash
Operations Manager
S. Durga Sai Prakash, our Operations Manager, takes care of all the Operations in the field. He has an overall work experience of 5 years in the NGO sector. He is very passionate about working for the society. He worked in Pratham NGO as Divisional Coordinator in State Government project for primary education in government schools. He also worked as a Program Manager for various skill development projects in SEED.
TRUSTEES
P.Venugopal Reddy
Trustee
Sri. Venugopal Reddy is Trustee of Akshaya Vidya Foundation and the Founder & Chairman of Ekalavya Foundation (EF). He is the backbone of & the vision behind all that Ekalavya does. He has experience in social service, grass roots mobilization and organization building for more than 5 decades.
A strong believer in “Manava Seva being Madhava Seva”, he was instrumental in EF reaching out to most backward tribal communities in Adilabad district and through their various projects, providing health support, interventions in education and enhancement of livelihood activities amongst these tribals. He was also the editor of Jagruti, Telugu weekly magazine, Board of Director on Rachana Educational Society and a RTI activist. He is also Founder – Secretary of Shyam Prasad Institute for Social Service, Hyderabad, founded on 1991.
S. Pavan Kumar
Trustee
Sri. Pavan Kumar is a software professional and is working as a Technical Lead in Hyderabad. He, along with his spouse, Smt. Sailaja, has been involved actively as a part- time volunteer in Akshaya Vidya Foundation since 2011. He monitors the working of AVLCs in Borabanda area during his weekly visits. He engages children with stories and also guides the tutors whenever possible. He also participates in almost all AVF activities like Nivasivarga, Special Training Camps, Kathala Ratri, Bala Sabha , Annual Day, rally on Independence Day etc. He is very passionate about conducting Sunday Libraries in AVF.
He introduced joint entrance system for national level Skill trainers’ training programmes (CITS) and Advanced Diploma Course in Cloud Computing in association with IBM. He developed and implemented joint-venture training projects with MNCs(Ford, IBM etc. ). He worked in the selection committee for Trades to be taken up in World Skill, Kazan, Russia in 2019. He represented Indian Delegation led by Hon’ble Minister of Skill Development during official visit to Germany in June, 2018.
Mihir Parial
Trustee
Sri. Mihir Parial is a Trustee of Akshaya Vidya Foundation. He served as an officer in Indian Skill Development Service(ISDS)cadre and worked as a Director in Directorate General of Training(DGT), New Delhi, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India. He served as the Member Secretary NCVT, coordinated with all States & UTs, managed and monitored the implementation of national flagship schemes(ITIs & Apprenticeship).
He introduced joint entrance system for national level Skill trainers’ training programmes (CITS) and Advanced Diploma Course in Cloud Computing in association with IBM. He developed and implemented joint-venture training projects with MNCs(Ford, IBM etc. ). He worked in the selection committee for Trades to be taken up in World Skill, Kazan, Russia in 2019. He represented Indian Delegation led by Hon’ble Minister of Skill Development during official visit to Germany in June, 2018.
Mrudula Vemulapati
Trustee
Smt. Mrudula Vemulapati is a trained Anthropologist with 25 years of experience in the development sector, especially in Poverty eradication, Health and Nutrition, WASH, Child Protection and Gender advocacy. She worked for large bilateral projects supported by World Bank, European Commission, Netherlands Government and IDRC, Canada.
She worked as Director Community managed Pre Schools and Human Development Unit in SERP, worked on new initiatives in Sanitation, Health, Nutrition, Pre-school Education and Digital Literacy. Prior to SERP, she worked 8 years in Dr. Reddy’s Foundation a CSR organization as Project Head, School improvement programme and led the implementation of improving quality of education in 300 government schools in urban slums for quality education opportunities to more than one lakh children in primary schools and 10000 adolescent children through adolescent bridge courses. 4000 urban slum youth were prepared for 10th certification. As a part of this program developed leadership and social entrepreneurship training curriculum for the out-of-school adolescents by conducting short term vocational training for 1000 youth in Hyderabad slums. started a similar academic programme in Juvenile homes(including observation, special and care & protection centers) for 200children under government custody in Hyderabad, started single teacher schools in 100 construction sites and won a grant award of World Bank Development Marketplace – 2009 for improving the nutrition status of children of migrant construction workers in Hyderabad. She started in 2009 Sayodhya a short stay Home for women in distress and Need a unique initiative with the support of GHMC and Dr.Reddy’s Foundation. She is actively involved in campaigning against gender based violence and and currently serves on the POSH committees of 10 Corporate and government organisations in Hyderabad.
A. Pallavi, IAS - 2009 Batch, Karnataka Cadre
Trustee
