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C V MadhukarMadhukar started his career as an investment banker and has later worked in senior positions in Pratham and Azim Premji Foundation. He has also worked with the World Bank in Washington DC. He was Edward S. Mason Fellow at Harvard University and holds an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, an MBA from University of Houston and a BE from Bangalore University. Madhukar is an Echoing Green, Ashoka, and Eisenhower Fellow. He was elected Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2008.madhukar@prsindia.org M R MadhavanMadhavan was Principal and Senior Strategist for the Asia region for Bank of America in Singapore. He started his career with ICICI Securities in Mumbai. He is a Fellow (doctorate) from IIM Calcutta, MBA from IIM Calcutta and holds a B. Tech degree from IIT Madras. He was recently selected as a Chevening Gurukul Scholar at the London School of Economics.madhavan@prsindia.org Aditi PatelAditi recently graduated from Wellesley College with a B.A. in Political Science, where her senior thesis compared poverty alleviation schemes in India and Brazil. She has previously served as an intern at the Observer Research Foundation in Mumbai. She also spent six months studying Spanish as an exchange student in Buenos Aires, Argentina.aditi@prsindia.org Anil NairAnil has worked in vocational education, software development and his experience includes sales and operations stints with organizations including GE and Marico. Previously, he worked with 'Avahan' - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Project on AIDS awareness in India. He holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta and a B.E from VJTI, Mumbai.anil@prsindia.org Chakshu RoyChakshu is a lawyer who specialised in real estate law and commercial agreements before joining PRS. He has earlier worked in corporate law with the Chamber of Law, New Delhi. He holds bachelors degrees in Commerce and Law from Delhi University.chakshu@prsindia.org Devika MalikDevika worked as a Correspondent with CNN-IBN in New Delhi, for 3 years before joining PRS. She was a Legislative fellow through the US Department for State in 2010 and worked briefly for a member of the United States’ Congress. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Lady Shri Ram College and a post-graduate Diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding.devika@prsindia.org Harsimran KalraHarsimran is a lawyer who specializes in intellectual property law. She has a degree in law from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata. She has worked with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. as a legal trainee and at Fidus Law Chambers as an Associate. She has previously interned with law firms such as AZB & Partners and J.Saga Associates.harsimran@prsindia.org Karan MalikKaran holds a Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University and an undergraduate degree in economics from the Singapore Management University. He previously worked with the Singapore Economic Development Board on foreign direct investment and human capital issues. He has also interned with the United Nations Development Programme in Slovakia and Voice of America in Washington, DC.karan@prsindia.org Kaushiki SanyalKaushiki worked for Capital IQ (a subsidiary of Standard and Poors), Inc. and with NDTV.com as a website reporter. She earned her PhD in International Relations and M.Phil and MA degrees in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University.kaushiki@prsindia.org Mandira KalaMandira has a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She was a researcher and now a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts. She was awarded the UNDP Asia- Pacific Human Development Academic Fellowship in 2008. Previously, she has worked with Azim Premji Foundation.mandira@prsindia.org Pallavi BediPallavi holds a Masters in International Law from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Boston and a degree in law from National Law Institute University, Bhopal. Before joining PRS she worked in the field of corporate law at Amarchand Mangaldas & Shroff for two years and thereafter worked with Dr. Rajeev Dhawan, a Senior Counsel at the Supreme Court of India in the field of constitutional law and public interest litigation.pallavi@prsindia.org Priya Thachadi SomanPriya holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Warwick, UK and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Mt. Carmel College. She has postgraduate degrees in Human Rights Law from NLSIU, Bangalore and Journalism & New Media from the Centre for Film and Drama, Bangalore. She has worked with Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and the DFID programme - Platform-2, in London. She has also worked as a journalist in Bangalore.priya@prsindia.org Rohit KumarRohit worked as a management consultant for BCG (The Boston Consulting Group) at their Mumbai office for 2 years before joining PRS. While at BCG, his work spanned strategy and implementation across sectors that included industrial goods, non-life insurance, education and telecom. He holds a B. Tech and a M. Tech degree from IIT Bombay.rohit@prsindia.org Sachin DhawanSachin clerked for Justice Dalveer Bhandari of the Supreme Court of India and previous to that was an associate in the office of Delhi-based advocate Amit Sibal. He holds a B.A in Economics and History from Amherst College and a J.D from the University of Wisconsin Law School.sachin@prsindia.org Sakshi BalaniSakshi worked on U.S. domestic policy as a research assistant to the North American Representative to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York. Prior to that, she interned at the Human Rights Watch in New York City. Sakshi holds a B.A. in Sociology from Colby College, Maine, U.S.sakshi@prsindia.org Sana GangwaniSana has worked on a project with the Financial Services Authority, London. She was previously an intern at the Department of Economic Analysis and Policy, RBI, Mumbai. She holds an MPA in Public Policy and Management from the LSE, London, M.A. in Economics from the University of Mumbai and a B.A. in Economics and Statistics from St. Xavier’s College Mumbai.sana@prsindia.org Vivake PrasadVivake was an Indicorps Fellow working on social enterprise projects at Grassroots Development Laboratory in Bagar, Rajasthan. As a student he served as an intern at the United States Environmental Protection Agency in Washington D.C., and at the law firm Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer in New Jersey. He holds a B.S. in Policy & Management and Political Science from Carnegie Mellon University.vivake@prsindia.org Kusum Malikkusum@prsindia.orgHemlata Bishthemlata@prsindia.orgKamal Bahadur |