Ashraya Management Summary

ASHRAYA management is (President, Treasurer, Trustees) fully run by volunteers based in the US and India. All management members of Ashraya have alternative primary careers and work on Ashraya-related matters in their spare time. In accordance to our edicts, all management members bear any incidental expenses involved in their activities. ASHRAYA’s 16 paid staff (full-time and part-time) are all involved in Seed Sensorium activities in the project area (project advisers, project coordinators, program teachers and librarians)

Vasuki Subbarao

President: Vasuki Subbarao currently works as Customer Insights Principal, Amazon Inc. He has a MS in Aerospace Engineering from Tennessee Tech University (Tennessee, USA) and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad, India). He has worked for the past 30 years in the areas of satellite communications, management consulting, enterprise software and analytics (Lockheed-Martin, Mitchell Madison Group, Zeborg, SAP and Amazon. He started ASHRAYA in 1991. He lives in Bellevue, WA, USA.

EMAIL: Vasuki.Subbarao@Gmail.Com

Jayanthi Rajagopal

Budget Coordinator: Jayanthi Rajagopal has a MS in Economics (Mysore University) and an MBA in Finance (Rider University, NJ). She has 20+ years of experience in Finance (British Petroleum, Sumitomo, Castrol and Travllers Insurance) with her most recent position being as Senior finance Manager in Holland Americas Group. She lives in Bellevue, WA, USA

EMAIL: jaydivas@gmail.com

Hiriyanna Shankaraiah

India Manager: Hiriyanna Shankaraiah worked in ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) in several capacities and retired as a Director in 2019. He has been involved in spreading the message of the role of science and space in education to several schools and colleges in Karnataka. He acts as advisor to ASHRAYA and provides feedback on our programs, visiting the project areas on a frequent basis. He lives in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

EMAIL: isrohiri@yahoo.co.in

Sundip Gorai

Chief Sponsor for Cafe Sensorium: Sundip Gorai works as a Senior Vice President (SVP) of analytics and data engineering at Coforge (earlier NIIT Technologies). He has 20+ years of senior management experience in the IT and analytics consulting space. He has a B Tech from IIT Kharagpur and MBa for IMT Ghaziabad. He lives in Atlanta, GA.

EMAIL: goraisundip@gmail.com

Savukar Raj

Project Advisor: Savukar Raj is the backbone of our operations in Seed Sensorium. He works as a science teacher in Kannur Government Higher Primary School and is based in Kollegal, Karnataka. He develops content for our programs, hires and trains our teachers and ensure smooth operations of our programs. He has been working as the main member of Seed Sensorium since we started it in 2008.

EMAIL: arivinaaramane@gmail.com

Shyam Shashikant

Indian Coordinator: Shyam Shashikant is based in Bangalore, India and conducts independent monthly financial and work audits of our programs. He owns and runs an accounting firm in Bangalore, India

EMAIL: cashyams@outlook.com

Prabhu Swamy

Indian Coordinator: Prabhu Swamy is based in Hanur, Karnataka, India and manages the day to day operations of Seed Sensorium full time.

EMAIL: swamylprabhu@gmail.com

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Seed Sensorium Staff

The ground staff of Seed Sensorium are the moments of truth for our main initiative. They include Ms. Shweta Shetty who runs our science club, Ms. Savita Rani who runs our book of the month, story writing and remedial clubs, Mr. Ramesh who runs our art club, Mr. Anil Kumar who runs our drama club and 9 librarians.

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Paul Raj

Paul Raj has been one of the guiding factors in Seed Sensorium when he was the Head Master of Kannur Higher Primary School (retired in 2012). We are eternally grateful to him for having helped us start our programs and promoting it to schools in the surrounding areas.