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Organising committee members<br />
Deepa Sundara Rajan<br />
Deepa Sundara Rajan works for the British Council as Head English Partnerships South<br />
India and is based in Chennai. Deepa has <strong>15</strong> years of experience in working in the Indian<br />
social development sector. During this time, she has worked with bilateral programmes,<br />
international NGOs and grass roots civil society organisations. She has worked<br />
extensively in rural India on issues of poverty and development with a special focus on<br />
women and children’s issues. She has in-depth knowledge of social development<br />
concerns in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Deepa<br />
holds a Masters degree in Social Work with a specialisation in community development<br />
from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.<br />
Vernon D’Souza<br />
Head Partnerships, English for Education systems (EES), India. Vernon D’Souza is Head<br />
Partnerships EES India and leads on partnership, stakeholder engagement and<br />
implementation plans. Earlier to this role Vernon led the British Council’s English team in<br />
expanding their work in the government sector to include innovative projects with the<br />
secondary schools and the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. Before joining the<br />
British Council, Vernon has worked on many government projects in Mumbai,<br />
Chhattisgarh North East and Delhi. His experience spans over 10 years working in the<br />
development sector on large-scale public and private partnership models, project<br />
management, operations management, partnerships and business development,<br />
stakeholder management and content development.<br />
Pratik Burman<br />
Pratik Burman is the Head Business Development, English Partnerships, India. Pratik has<br />
over seven years of industry experience in the Mobile, Education, Pharmaceutical and<br />
Retail industry in a variety of general management roles across India. He has a breadth<br />
of experience in business development, product management and managing partner<br />
relationships. Prior to this, Pratik was leading the mobile education initiative at an<br />
eLearning start-up. Pratik is an Engineer in Electronics and Communication and has an<br />
MBA in Marketing from IMT, Ghaziabad.<br />
Anu Thampi<br />
Anu Thampi is a Senior Project Manager with the English Partnerships team based in<br />
Chennai. She has over 10 years of project management experience and was previously<br />
the lead manager for the International Climate Champions programme along with<br />
managing the Marketing and Communications profile for the British Council in South<br />
India. She has worked for the British Council in various capacities since 2004. Anu holds<br />
an MBA in Marketing and a Post Graduate degree in Industrial and Personnel<br />
Management. She also has a Certificate in Human Capital Investment Planning (ROI<br />
Foundation Award) from abdi Ltd, UK.<br />
Ranjini Seshadri<br />
Ranjini Seshadri is Project Manager with the Programmes team based in Chennai. She<br />
has over eight years of experience in customer/client relationship management and<br />
project management. She has worked for British Council India in different capacities<br />
since 2010. Her previous employers include Jet Airways, HDFC Bank Ltd and Hanmer &<br />
Partners. Ranjini is a science graduate with a postgraduate diploma in International<br />
Business.<br />
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