Meet the Team
Paani Foundation’s team comprises film-makers, communicators and a robust, full-time staff on ground, rich with experience in agriculture, water and soil conservation, and community mobilisation.
Aamir Khan
Founder
Kiran Rao
Founder
Satyajit Bhatkal
Chief Executive Officer
Reena Datta
Chief Operating Officer
Lancy Fernandes
Head of Training
Dr. Avinash Pol
Pramukh Margadarshak
Suresh Bhatia
Creative Head
Christopher Rego
Creative Director
Rajiv Luthra
Founder & Managing
Partner – Luthra & Luthra
Law Offices
(Board Member)
B Srinivas Rao
Associate Producer –
Aamir Khan Productions
(Board Member)
Anand Desai
Managing Partner –
DSK Legal
(Board Member)
Suresh Bhatia
Creative Head
Christopher Rego
Creative Director
Neeraj Narkar
Creative Associate
Vaibhav Hiwase
Creative Associate
Hemant Patil
Illustrator
Neileshchandra Bhatkal
Head – Data, Equipment and Storage
Vijay Kumbhar
Editor
Pratik Jadhav
Editor
Arjun Pavane
Assistant Manager – Data, Equipment and Storage
Aaba Lad
Pune and Satara
Satyavan Deshmukh
Sangli and Solapur
Santosh Shingare
Beed, Nanded, Hingoli
Bhushan Kadu
Nagpur, Amravati, Wardha
Pralhad Arsul
Aurangabad
Subhash Nanawate
Washim and Akola
Sukhdev Bhosale
Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Buldhana
Vikram Fatak
Ahmadnagar and Nashik
Lipi Mehta
Harsh Raveendra
Vijay Kumbhar
Rajesh Hivare
Ravindra Pomane
Sandesh Karande
Onkar Surve
Jyoti Surve
Hina Mujawar
Pooja Shelar
Rita Thavkar
Pranay Goriwale
Ujwal Bolwar
Vinod Thombre
Ashish Lad
Awdhut Gurav
Chitra Mankar
Komal Shingare
Megha Chaudhari
Pratibha Puri
Pravin Khule
Priya Patil
Satyashila Bhandare
Savita Petkar
Seema Padvi
Shubhangi Deole
Sunanda Bhoite
Sunita Patne
Tapasvi Khelurkar
Vinodini Desai
Anil Rathod
Gajanan Ganjare
Hitesh Sarap
Jitendra Phadatare
Kalyani Wadaskar
Mahesh Lakhe
Minakshi Kubade
Nanasaheb Suryawanshi
Pavan Walunj
Prashant Gavandi
Raghunath Jagtap
Satish Ambore
Shubham Ambhore
Siddharth Kawade
Supriya Kadam
Tushar Raut
Vaibhav Shinde
Nikhil Joshi
Head – Impact Assessment
Padmaja Kawade
Manager – App Development
Sagar Shelar
Assistant Manager
Yash Gandhi
Assistant Manager
Dheeraj Prashar
Head – Production
Namdeo Nanaware
Program Director – Government Relations
Lipi Mehta
Head – Outreach & Partnerships
Sahil Bhattad
Head – Special Programmes
Harsh Raveendra
Research Development and Operation
Shefali Hajee
Head – Finance
Rohit Kamble
Sr. Accountant
Satish Tribhuvan
Accountant
Satish Tambe
Accountant
Abhijit Godase
Adhik Jagdale
Ajinkya Gurav
Aslam Baig
Atish Shirgire
Bhagwat Kotkar
Bhushan Thackre
Bibhishen Bhoite
Bramhadev Girhe
Dayanand Nikam
Dilip Katore
Dnyaneshwar Idhate
Ganesh Khamkar
Gunwant Patil
Hemant Pikalmunde
Jaykumar Sonule
Jeevan Gawande
Jitendra Shinde
Kailas Panhalkar
Mahesh Gulbhile
Mayur Saluke
Nikhil Ambulkar
Nilesh Badhe
Nitin Atkare
Nitin Patole
Prashant Godbole
Pratik Gurav
Pravin Kathwate
Prithviraj Lad
Rahul Bhasal
Rajendra Jadhav
Ram Ambhure
Ravindra Lokhande
Sameer Pathan
Sanghpal Wahurwagh
Sanjay Sabale
Shivhari Teke
Shivleshwar Medane
Shrikrushna Kadam
Subhash Gawai
Suhas Patil
Sunil Patil
Sushant Gaikwad
Trushal Taywade
Tukaram Patil
Vaibhav Nayse
Vidhya Akode
Nitin Yedre
Lila Yelkar
Vikram Bhandari
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