ITfC Leadership Team

Anand Desai has rich and varied experience in Corporate and Development sectors. He worked in the field of Information Technology for 25+ years and has rich experience in solution architecture, program delivery and implementation of IT Solutions to solve complex business problems. He has been working in the development sector since 2000. He has always been passionate about improving the quality of education. At IT for Change, Anand’s work focuses on meaningful appropriation of digital technologies for social change – specifically in education sector. He is responsible for the stakeholder management and program management for the teacher education programs. Anand also manages the HR function at IT for Change.

Outside of work, he loves reading, traveling, and listening to music – mainly old songs.

Aparna’s work focuses on positively affecting gender-based risks faced by adolescent girls from marginalized communities, helping them build a positive self-image, and steering them towards a safe and secure adulthood. Her work encompasses offline and online safety issues of adolescent girls. In her work she designs empowering educational processes and uses many digital content formats. She has been in development sector since 2001 and is passionate about the intersections of gender dynamics with empowerment of adolescents, young adults and women.
She keeps a conscious eye on following pop culture to stay in sync with the changing interests of young people so that she can shape subversive discourse based on these. She is a fun person with penchant for humour!

Chandra provides technology leadership and support for projects at IT for Change. Previously, he has worked in the corporate sector implementing technology solutions for global enterprises, specializing in user-centric software design. He holds a Master's degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His interests outside of work include studying ancient writing systems, historical linguistics and cartography.

Chinmayi is a seasoned communications professional with a multidisciplinary approach to her work. She has a deep-rooted passion for community engagement, having worked alongside rural women, adolescent girls, and tribal communities among others. This hands-on experience in the field shaped her understanding of social change and storytelling. An educator and a trained filmmaker with extensive experience in community media and short documentaries, she combines her visual storytelling skills with a strong foundation in design. Chinmayi is an alumnus of the National Institute of Design. She’s a birdwatcher, loves being outdoors and is a serious film buff.

Mustafa leads the program team at IT for Change. His role is to bridge finance and management to facilitate smooth operations in the organization. He has over 20 years of experience in core accounting, financial analysis, statutory matters, costing analysis, and process management. As well as working with large platforms, he has experience in different industries. He has completed a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Karnataka University and completed 3 years of CA articleship.

He enjoys playing badminton and chess, and he is also interested in science and technology.

Natasha contributes to work on platform economies at IT for Change. Previously an academic, with a PhD in Social Science from Syracuse University, Natasha's long standing interests lie at the confluence of food, gender, the care economy, science and technology, the environment, and climate change. She also has a particular interest in ethnography-based pedagogy and enquiry. Prior to joining IT for Change, Natasha has held positions at the Office of the Commissioners for the Right to Food, as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, and as faculty at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She has also contributed in an advisory and consultancy capacity for non-profit and academic-led projects on food and social security.