Our Team

Mangesh Wange

Mangesh Wange has been at the helm of the Swades Foundation as CEO since May 2016, applying his extensive experience in General Management and P&L oversight to drive the organization’s mission.

His career began with Mahindra Tractors in 1987, followed by key roles at Godrej Agrovet where he spearheaded the Agri Inputs and Animal Feeds verticals. Mangesh then played a pivotal role at Godrej in establishing the modern retail ventures of Nature’s Basket and Aadhaar.

In 2007, Mangesh transitioned to the microfinance sector with Fullerton India, where he spent three years doing HR and business roles. Thereafter he continued his journey with Thomson Reuters, where he was responsible for startup of Reuters Market Light by focusing on mobile information services for rural India.

Mangesh holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering from PAU, Ludhiana, and a Postgraduate degree from IIM, Ahmedabad. He is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) accredited by the International Coaching Federation.

Amit Gupta

Amit is a seasoned finance professional with over 20 years of experience, driving transformation and strategic initiatives across functions in various sectors, including Healthcare, Telecom, Commercial finance, Financial Services and Oil & Gas. He has a proven track record of leading high-impact projects that deliver operational excellence and organizational growth.

As CFO at Swades, Amit successfully led the organization’s listing at the Social Stock Exchange (SSE) with the highest amount raised. In addition, he heads the Monitoring & Evaluation and Donor Engagement verticals, spearheading the digitization of operations to align processes with cutting-edge technology for enhanced efficiency and impact.

Before joining Swades, Amit worked at renowned organizations such as International SOS and Bharti Airtel, GE Capital, Genpact, and Indian Oil Corporation, consistently contributing to financial strategy and transformation efforts.

Amit is a Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in Commerce, providing a robust foundation in financial management and strategic leadership across all his roles.

Bejoy Davis Chiramel

Bejoy has over 19 years of experience in Projects & Maintenance, Project Procurement, Managing Construction, renovations and Vendor Management. He has been associated with organizations like Blue Sky Luxury Apartments Pvt. ltd. as Construction Project Manager(Srilanka), with Nilgai Foods Pvt. Ltd. as Head of projects & maintenance (Mumbai), with Ka- Restaurants as AVP Projects and Maintenance, with Mirah Group as AGM Projects and Maintenance, with YUVA(NGO) as GM.

Bejoy has done B.E. (CIVIL) from Mumbai University.

Neeta Harmalkar

Neeta is a seasoned professional with over 16 years of experience, known for inspiring teams and driving organizational growth through people-focused development programs. As a Director, she possesses a unique blend of strategic acumen and hands-on leadership, consistently delivering high levels of employee and community satisfaction. Her diverse background includes teaching, training, and project management across various domains.

Since joining Swades in 2014, Neeta has played a pivotal role in driving the growth of two major verticals—Health and Education—within the organization. In her current role as Director of Economic Development at Swades Foundation, she is renowned for her approachable demeanor and strong interpersonal skills, making her widely recognized as a people’s person. Her leadership has been instrumental in implementing impactful initiatives that address critical community needs.

Neeta holds a post-graduate diploma in management and education (PGDME), along with an MA in Marathi Literature and Education. Early in her career, she dedicated herself to projects focused on HIV/AIDS awareness and women’s empowerment, collaborating closely with organizations such as UNICEF and Roshni Shikshan Prasarak Mandal. Her commitment to social causes and her ability to drive tangible results make her a valuable asset to any organization.

Pradip Sathe

Pradip holds a Master of Education degree from Aurangabad University. He started his career in 2004 as a teacher and moved on to a mentorship role by training teachers and re-enforcing quality education, over 68,947 teachers from 5000 Govt schools and private schools have been trained by him. Pradip was associated with Pearson Education Service Private Ltd. as a Project Manager for CSR projects for four years and during his tenure he served 3000 Zilla Parishad schools across all the districts of Maharashtra. He was a part of Bal Bharti, Bal Chitrawani & MSCERT (Maharashtra State Council of Educational Research & Training)team for content up gradation and approvals for Rural School Transformation. He was instrumental in organizing a mega event in State to create awareness about ‘Integrating ICT in Education in Rural Schools’. Pradip’s key skills include monitoring teacher training programs, managing stakeholder relationship, budgeting and implementation of projects.

Prasad Patil

With over two decades of experience in the development sector, Prasad has been a part of the Swades Foundation for the past 14 years. Contributing to Swades verticals like Community Mobilisation, Economic Development and Health, Prasad has been the representative of Swades Vision and Mission for all the visitors and donors. He is currently leading the L&D function along with other initiatives. Community Mobilization and Community Connect are his core expertise. In 2010, through Swades, he participated in an International Exchange Programme in Finland. Before joining the Swades Foundation, he has worked in various programmes like domestic violence and family counselling, community institutions and local self – governance. He has received recognition for his body of work in minimising domestic violence cases in Sindhudhurg district of Maharashtra by ex-Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Prasad holds a master’s degree in Social Work from CSIBER Kolhapur.

Rahul Katariya

Ranjish Kattady

At Swades, Ranjish has dual responsibility – firstly heading the HSBC Skills for Life programme, a 50 Cr investment by HSBC Bank to train and place over 30,000 youth across the country and secondly, heading the Health Vertical to ensure adequate access to public and private health services for our rural communities.

Ranjish has over 18 years of experience, spread across project conceptualization, project management and communications.

Before joining Swades Foundation, he spent two years heading the Mumbai operations of Times Foundation (CSR of the Times Group) and prior to which, over a decade with Sightsavers, an international development organization working to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.

Over the 18 years, Ranjish has been involved in initiating and managing many projects – some in the difficult parts of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal (especially in the Sundarbans). He has also implemented a multi-country training programme for Ophthalmologists and was involved in setting up tertiary care centers for Child Eye Cancer and Retinopathy of Prematurity at a premiere institute down south.

He has also been an enabler for fundraising and advocacy initiatives at Sightsavers, setting up the communication ecosystem for the organization.

Tushar Inamdar

A master in social work with over 19 years of experience in managing programmes across various social & rural themes – proven expertise in managing programmes for Corporate Social Responsibility, Rural development and Community development.
 
Tushar was the one of the first employees for Swades based out of Raigad and led the district team for 12 years. Thereafter, moved into community mobilization and resource mobilisation and now with the ‘Government Affairs and Partnerships’ team building a robust working partnership with the government and ensuring the people in our geography benefit from various government led schemes.
 
He presented a paper at an international conference in Hong Kong (2007) on conflict resolution among the target communities and was also the Indian representative at an international conference on ‘Rural Social Work’ held in China. He also participated in an International exchange program to Israel in 2010.
 
In 2013, he received Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) recognition through Rotary International for his most valuable contribution to integrated community development in India.

Tushar Sud

Tushar is an ex-banker /strategy consultant turned social development professional with 19+ years of management experience including the recent 7+ years in social organizational leadership. Since coming on board at the start of 2016, he has been heading partnerships around institutional giving, international grants & individual philanthropy at Swades.

His corporate career began with financial services in 2003, followed by strategy consulting & business development across MNC Banks such as JP Morgan, Royal Bank of Scotland and Deutsche Bank. In his social avatar – prior to joining Swades, he briefly led philanthropic & wealth partnerships at a social catalyst foundation. Tushar’s expertise is in strategic consulting, planning & analysis, business development, forging partnerships, client & stakeholder relationship management, and understanding of philanthropy & CSR. He is an MBA in Int’l Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi and a B.Com. from Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Rediscovering his passion with permanent social impact, he enjoys roles that inspire thinking around & out of the box and beyond. Having lived, studied & worked in various geographies, his other interests include travelling, trekking, mountains & open waters, meeting new people & sharing experiences, gourmet food, reading, music & playing the guitar.

Prashanti Mikayla

In Swades, Prashanti heads Marketing & Communications with the long-term goal of enhancing the share of voice for the organization to make it a preferred choice for donors and partners to associate with.
 
Prashanti brings to the table over 25 years of experience, straddling both the corporate and development sectors across communications, brand strategy, messaging, and narrative building, with a passion for human and organizational development, training, and L&D.
 
In her most recent 8-year stint with International Justice Mission, an organization working with the government to combat the crimes of human trafficking and bonded labour, Prashanti has developed a content strategy for messaging about the issue and built the narrative repository of the organization. Some of the other social causes which Prashanti has worked with include Gender Sensitization, Women and Children with AIDS, Community Development, Child Sponsorship and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse. As a Communications professional, Prashanti has garnered experience with IT companies like Cisco Systems and has added to her repository with two years of agency experience.
 
Prashanti has been instrumental in setting up and managing the Communications ecosystem in several of the organizations she has worked with, giving her a 360-degree perspective of the function’s impact for excellence.

Dr Surendra Yadav

As a detail-oriented professional, he has more than 25 years of extensive experience in implementing Public Health and Development programs. His expertise lies in preparing a strategic plan for Public Health programs and strengthening the implementation of large-scale Public-Private Partnership programs. Throughout his career, he has worked with multiple stakeholders at the state and national level, including government departments, the private health sector, and bilateral organizations such as MSACS, CGSACS, UNICEF, GFATM, SAATHII, FOGSI, IAP, API, NACO and Swades Foundation.

He has successfully led major national public health programs, such as Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Syphilis, National Blind Control Program, Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), Anaemia Control Programme, and Nutrition Program. His role encompassed program design, budgeting, monitoring, and implementation.

Academic Qualification: MPH, DIH, FHM, BAMS, DMLT