Shraddha Narayanan

Shraddha leads the idea accelerator vertical at INKTalks, called INK Studio. She and her team collaborate with partners to give shape, structure, and direction to socially relevant programs. INK Studio strategizes, operationalizes and program manages the social impact initiatives from 0 to 3 years. Currently, they are working on 3 diverse programs:

1. Impacting nano- entrepreneurs via #RestartIndia (www.restartindia.in) with Muthoot Pappachan Group
2. Providing access to clean drinking water where it matters, rural India with Community Pure Water and
3. Looking at cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset in young leaders with the Youth INK program with Network Capital.

She holds a B.Tech degree in Biotechnology from ICFAI University, a Masters in Microbiology from Michigan State University, and a Business and Communications Certificate from Eli Broad School, MSU. She has about 13+ years of corporate experience, having previously worked in the Intellectual Property Rights division for Dr. Reddy’s and as the COO for a health and wellness startup in Hyderabad. Shraddha is also a talented dancer and dance fitness instructor and sangeet choreographer. She enjoys painting and up-cycling and creating home decor.

Prerana Priyambada

An engineer by qualification and a marketer at heart. Prerana loves to find the common thread between her two passions. A journey that started from the IT sector, her versatile experiences has seen her don various hats in different sectors. She lives by a motto that amidst everything that changes, what remains constant is learning, accordingly she believes she will always be a student for life! She believes, “There is only one way up from a low point, unless of course, you call it quits.”

Sharyl Coelho

Sharyl is our program manager for the India Youth Challenge. She comes with more than 9 years experience in the field of Education and has extensive experience as a Project Manager, Relationship Manager, Center Manager, Operations Management, and Organizational Process implementation. She is also well versed in Education management methodologies, team building, communication and organizational change management. Sharyl is a confident operations manager with a hands on approach in implementing strategies to cultivate positive experiences for all stakeholders. She has been an active member for ICYM (Indian Catholic Youth Movement) for more than 12 years and has represented India at several International forums for the same. Sharyl is the proud recipient of a national award in the year 2009 by ICYM for her work with the youth of Karnataka.

Ananda Nandi

Ananda has experience of 22 years that have honed his sales and business development skills. He has gained this expertise in working at critical positions with reputed media companies, including Star India, HT Media, Sun Network, and Next Radio, Pharma Companies like GlaxoSmithKline Beecham, Ranbaxy and Neon Labs. When not at work , he loves to travel and meditate.