SSF Executive Team
SSF is a group of academicians, professionals, social workers, entrepreneurs and volunteers that have come together to work on social, economic and environmental causes.
Vivek Singh
Vivek co-founded Saraswati Seva Foundation and is currently associated in Advisor/Enabler capacity. He has worked in senior management roles with global software & consulting firms for over two decades globally. He has set up new businesses, led practices, and managed large programs. Vivek is associated with the strategic government initiatives e.g. part of the advisory committee to the Hon’ble governor of Rajasthan, industry adviser to TIFAC (An agency associated with Department of Science & Technology, Government of India) and Co-Chair of Skills Future Technologies Working Group with IET India (Institution of Engineering & Technology). He works to bring the government, donors, CSOs, academia and media to build sustainable solutions to attaining SDGs. Vivek is trained in Management at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, studied Environment at King’s College, London, and International Development at the University of Cambridge.
Rahul Singh
As Cofounder, Rahul brings in rigour and ensures value in the delivery. Rahul is an internationally acclaimed professor and researcher with USAID, EU, Indian Regulatory authorities, and chamber of commerce. He has been invited for teaching and research in Germany, Austria, Canada, France, UK, USA, Poland and many other countries. In his role spanning teaching, leading research, anchoring capacity building and launching new successful educational products, Rahul brings in huge end-to-end expertise from program and academic perspective.
Vibhuti Mohan
Chief Operating Officer, Vibhuti is an expert in setting up and delivering strategic programs, managing large teams and metrics, and ensuring outcomes. Vibhuti has had leadership role in many large organizations panning across Northern India. He has been part of start-up ecosystem and specializes in sustainability. His professional experience with IDEA, Airtel, Reliance, and Coca-Cola gives him a rounded business view, which he brings in social development sector.
Amit Kanchanbaras
Management graduate, Seasoned Banker turned Academician having over 25 years of industry exposure, predominantly in the Banking and Financial Services space and Academia in the BFSI Domain based up-skilling.Worked with top Banks / Financial services firm – JP Morgan, Northern Trust, Birla Sun life Insurance and Citigroup. Commenced career with Ashok Leyland Finance Ltd, in 1994.
Currently heading the BFSI domain up-skilling vertical at Saraswati Seva Foundation.
Vivek Kumar
Technology Lead, Vivek Kumar is technology expert and has developed SSF’s Technology ecosystem for Skilling / Learning, online teaching, App management and server systems. He in an engineer by training and has been an enthusiast for Social sector since his graduation. He has won several awards for his engineering innovations and designs with his team, and has been recognised by Atal Incubation Centre for his ideas.
Neha Tripathi
Counselling Head, Ms. Neha Tripathi is a well-known Career Counsellor and for her service to the unprivileged community. A resource person for CBSE, Certified Master trainer in Career Counselling by CBSE, Global Career Counselling Green Belt Certification by UCLA, Certified Career Counsellor by IDC, she has conducted more than hundred sessions and workshops for students. Extensive edu-travel experiences including Campus visits at various Universities adds to her diverse experience.
Monica Gupta
Monica is SSF’s sustainability anchor with a keen eye on how to balance program metrics and sustainability. Monica brings in a fresh perspective by building resilience in the model. She has done PGDCA, and participates as a member of PAC committee in J B Academy (Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh). She is also associated with many social platforms like Agrawal mahila Sabha,Rotary Club etc.
Arshitha N
Arshitha works on program delivery and builds strategic partnerships across various sectors. She has also co-designed and facilitated courses and training workshops on digital awareness, teachers capacity building programs etc. She has been well recognised for her contribution in the many roles she straddled within the organisation. Arshita holds B.Sc, B.Ed, MTT in Early Childhood Education. Prior to joining SSF, she has worked as a teacher and as a coordinator in various schools. Arshitha is socially active and specially works in the areas of Education, women empowerment and children’s welfare.
Snehal Deshmukh
Snehal forms a part of the Communications Team. Her role includes managing the website, social media, blogs and print publications such as Annual Reports etc. She also works on specific projects as per the needs of the Foundation. Snehal is an alumna of Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College (Mumbai University)
We are also working closely with numerous interns. Some of them are as follows –
Ankur Verma (Program)
Anurudh Singh (Program)
Ayush Jain (Digital Marketing)
Rajneesh Verma (Program)
Riya Singh (Program)
Shambhavi G.K (Program)
Note: SSF has 50+ teachers / trainers who participate in various programs across geographies. Most of these trainers are from eminent institutions e.g. IIT, IISER, JNU & Delhi University etc.