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 Dutta
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
Apurva Bardapurkar
Editor
Hemant Patil
Illustrator
Neileshchandra Bhatkal
Head – Data, Equipment and Storage
Vijay Kumbhar
Manager – Data, Equipment and Storage
Aaba Lad
Pune and Satara
Satyavan Deshmukh
Nagpur, Amravati, Wardha
Santosh Shingare
Beed, Nanded, Hingoli
Hina Mujawar
Sangli
Pralhad Arsul
Aurangabad
Subhash Nanawate
Washim and Akola
Sukhdev Bhosale
Jalgaon and Nandurbar
Vikas Gaikwad
Solapur
Vikram Fatak
Ahmadnagar and Nashik
Namrata Bhingarde
Head – Social Media
Kapileshwar Bodke
Editor
Lipi Mehta
Lead – Outreach and Partnerships
Rajesh Hivare
Ravindra Pomane
Sandesh Karande
Sumit Gorle
Onkar Surve
Jyoti Surve
Kailas Jadhav
Pooja Shelar
Prashant Deole
Rita Thavkar
Roufahemad Sayyad
Seema Taksande
Suvarna Shinde
Ziya Bano Sayyed
Pranay Goriwale
Jeevan Gawande
Samiksha Pimpalkar
Ujwal Bolwar
Vinod Thombre
Sharad Bhangade
Nikhil Joshi
Head – Impact Assessment
Sagar Kunsavlikar
Manager – Data
Padmaja Kawade
Manager – App Development
Sagar Shelar
Assistant Manager
Yash Gandhi
Assistant Manager
Dheeraj Prashar
Head Of Production
Dayanand Nikam
Production Associate
Aakash Sawant
Production Assistant- HO
Praful Kolhe
Production Manager
Amit Yadav
Production Manager
Santosh Kendre
Production Manager
Ashok Ingole
Production Manager
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Ranjit Shinde
Production Manager
Shivaji Bali
Production Manager
Sultan Sayyed
Production Manager
Namdeo Nanaware
Program Director – Government Relations
Lipi Mehta
Lead – Outreach & Partnerships
Sahil Bhattad
Head Of Content
Narendra Kulkarni
Research and Operations Head
Rubali Chakraborty
Head – Finance
Rohit Kamble
Sr. Accountant
Satish Tribhuvan
Accountant
Satish Tambe
Accountant
Aarti Khadse
Abhijit Godase
Adhik Jagdale
Ajinkya Gurav
Ajit Pawar
Aslam Baig
Atish Dnyanoba Shirgire
Bibhishen Bhoite
Balaso Shinde
Bhagwat Kotkar
Bhairavnath Adling
Bramhadev Girhe
Dhananjay Sayre
Dilip Katore
Gajendra Yelkar
Srikrushna Kadam
Gunwant Patil
Hemant Pikalmunde
Jitendra Shinde
Kailas Panhalkar
Mahesh Gulbhile
Manish Mahalle
Manoj Kuyate
Nikhil Ambulkar
Nilesh Badhe
Nitin Atkare
Nitin Patole
Tukaram Patil
Pratik Gurav
Pravin Kathwate
Prithviraj Lad
Rahul Bhasal
Ravindra Lokhande
Sanghpal Wahurwagh
Sanjay Sabale
Sunil Patil
Subhash Gawai
Suhas Patil
Sushant Gaikwad
Swati Pandav Shinde
Trushal Taywade
Vaibhav Nayse
Vidhya Akode
Vinod Gosavi
Zumbar Kamble
Sachin Pimpalkar
Nitin Yedre
Lila Yelkar
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