The document provides information on the board of directors and advisory team of Drishtee, an organization working on digital inclusion in rural India. It introduces 13 individuals, including the managing director Satyan Mishra, president of strategy and business development Siddhartha Shankar, co-founders Nitin Gachhayat and Shailesh Thakur, and advisor Hardika Shah from Accenture. It provides brief details about their educational qualifications and experience relevant to their roles at Drishtee.
1. Board of Directors <br /> Anantha Nageswaranleft0Dr. V. Anantha-Nageswaran is a Managing Director with Bank Julius Baer (Singapore) Ltd. and is the head of Investment Research for Asia-Pacific and Middle East. Bank Julius Baer is a Swiss financial institution and manages both institutional money and offers private banking services to high networth individuals globally. Other than Drishtee, he has been an angel investor for many technologies in India that have sought to bridge the digital divide on a commercially viable basis such as the Simputer (www.picopeta.com), n-Logue, etc.He has been writing regularly for financial newspapers in India since 1996. Since February 2007, he has been writing every week on Tuesdays for MINT, a new financial daily published by India's Hindustan Times and Wall Street Journal. He got his Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad in 1985 and his doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst in 1994 for his thesis on the empirical behaviour of exchange rates. TOP Brian Trelstadleft0Brian Trelstad is the Chief Investment Officer of Acumen Fund, a social investment fund investing in innovative social enterprises in South Asia and East Africa delivering critical health, water, housing and energy services to the base of the pyramid. He is a founding executive committee member of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE). Prior to Acumen Fund, Brian was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in their New Jersey office. He has co-founded and advised several early-stage technology companies and social enterprises and was the lead environmental staffer for President Clinton’s Corporation for National Service. He is a graduate of Harvard College, Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and the University of California’s College of Environmental Design. Nitin Gachhayatleft0Co-founder and Strategic thinker, Nitin has been mainly involved with the functional teams responsible for developing new services and applications for rural India that can then be sold through Drishtee and other kiosk networks. He did his Masters in Business Administration from FORE School of Management and also has a vast working and learning experience with him. Presently also working in the Executive position in Drishtee as Chief of Functions.TOPSatyan Mishraleft0Managing Director, of Drishtee, Satyan Mishra has a Masters in Business Administration from University of Delhi - Delhi School of Economics with International Business. Besides this he has extensive 11 years of enterprising experience. He has worked towards combining the passion with his managerial and technical expertise to create a viable organization. The concept has motivated like-minded people to come together and form an intellectual horsepower behind Drishtee. This team has also taken up limited equity in order to facilitate the growth of the organization along with few instituional investments.<br />Drishtee Team <br /> Siddhartha Shankarleft0President, Strategy & Business Development, at Drishtee, Siddhartha has an extensive professional experience of more than 20 years. He completed his MBA and engineering degrees from University of Delhi. He was also a Chevening Scholar and attended the Leeds University Management School, UK. Prior to leading Drishtee, Siddhartha was Chief Executive, Bulk Cement Corp., Head of Sales, ACC (Associated Cement Corporation Ltd.), and a consultant at UNIDO.Shailesh Thakurleft0Co-founder of Drishtee Development and Communication Limited and presently leading the operations as the Area Commander, Drishtee. Graduated from the Delhi University, Shailesh is using his life experience of rural background as well as professional exposure for the best resource implementation and utilization to occur on the field and ensure that the Business plan of Drishtee moves on trackTOPSanmoy Dasleft0Sanmoy Das has recently joined Drishtee as the Chief of Financial Services. He is a Bachelor Of Engineering (Mechanical) from Sambalpur University and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar. His work experience has primarily been in the domain of retail assets ranging from product development to collections. He has worked for various organizations like Axis Bank & GECIS and has a cumulative work experience of 10 years.TOPSwapna Mishraleft0Swapna Mishra has worked in various capacities in Drishtee and has her core expertise in managing projects and assignments related to Marketing, Training, overall Drishtee model and process implementations. She has played a key role in defining the women entrepreneurship initiatives within Drishtee with a focus on sustainable rural development. Swapna is operating as the AVP, Marketing & Communication and is also the Chief Editor for the Drishtee Foundation publication Ek Naya Drishteekon in Hindi and an Internal Newsletter - Drishtee Times.TOPTarun Aryaleft0As an Assistant Vice-President, Process & Planning, Tarun is responsible for designing and planning for a range of systems and processes in place and in development phase in Drishtee. Drishtee's MIS and order management systems are the examples. Tarun, has a Masters in Computer Application and several years of experience with Drishtee now. Earlier he has worked with companies like Raymonds.TOPAdvisoryHardika Shah left0Is an accomplished executive with Accenture's Communications and High Technology practice holding 14 years of management consulting experience across multiple industries and borders. Her core skills are in understanding key business challenges and creating and developing new capabilities. Currently, Shah is the global product marketing lead for the Embedded Software Initiative within Accenture, responsible for the launch and expansion of a new business area for Accenture to offer embedded software services to its client base.<br />