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
Director of Training

Dr. Avinash Pol
Pramukh Margadarshak

Suresh Bhatia
Creative Director

Christopher Rego
Creative Head

B Srinivas Rao
Associate Producer –
Aamir Khan Productions
(Board Member)

Anand Desai
Managing Partner –
DSK Legal
(Board Member)
Suresh Bhatia
Creative Director
Christopher Rego
Creative Head
Neeraj Narkar
Creative Associate
Vaibhav Hiwase
Creative Associate
Vijay Kumbhar
Editor
Pratik Jadhav
Editor
Neileshchandra Bhatkal
Head – Data, Equipment and Storage
Arjun Pavane
Assistant Manager – Data, Equipment and Storage
Sukhdev Bhosale
Satara, Pune, Jalgaon,
Nandurbar, Buldhana
Satyavan Deshmukh
Solapur
Santosh Shingare
Beed, Nanded, Hingoli
Bhushan Kadu
Nagpur, Amravati, Wardha
Pralhad Arsul
Aurangabad
Ujjwal Bolwar
Washim and Akola
Prashant Gavandi
Sangli
Vikram Fatak
Ahmadnagar and Nashik
Lancy Fernandes
Director – Training
Sahil Bhattad
Programme Head – Training
Harsh Raveendra
Research and Operations
Master Trainers
Rajesh Hivare
Ravindra Pomane
Sandesh Karande
Onkar Surve
Vinod Thombre
Trainers
Sanket Jadhav
Nitin Pahurkar
Avdhoot Gurav
Tapasvi Khelurkar
Vaibhav Survase
Jitendra Fadtare
Ashish Lad
Vikash Kalamkar
Savita Petkar
Mohan Gavande
Nanansaheb Suryavanshi
Tushar Raut
Gaurav Swargiya
Pranay Gorivale
Bharti Shinde
Satish Ambhore
Pandhari Hekde
Kalyani Wadaskar
Minakshi Kubde
Hitesh Sarap
Megha Chaudhary
Prashant Deole
Gajanan Ganjre
Komal Adsad
Mahesh Lakhe
Siddharth Kavde
Vishal Karande
Pravin Khule
Anil Rathod
Satish Bhise
Shraddha Thombre
Akshay Deshpande
Shubham Ambhore
Padmaja Kawade
Manager – App Development
Yash Gandhi
Manager – Data
Sagar Shelar
Assistant Manager – Data
Dheeraj Prashar
Head – Production
Namdeo Nanaware
Program Director – Government Relations
Lipi Mehta
Head – Outreach & Partnerships
Minaj Latkar
Manager – Social Media
D. L. Mohite
Head – Sheti Shala and Agronomy
Nikhil Joshi
Program Head – Sheti Shala
Ravindra Pomane
Master Trainer – Sheti Shala
Rohit Kamble
Sr. Accountant
Satish Tribhuvan
Accountant
Satish Tambe
Accountant
Prithviraj Lad
Mayur Salunke
Rahul Bhasal
Jitendra Shinde
Adhik Jagdale
Sanjay Sable
Dayanand Nikam
Suhas Patil
Rajendra Jadhav
Dilip Katore
Ajinkya Gurav
Ganesh Khamkar
Sunil Patil
Trushal Taywade
Bhushan Thakare
Gunvant Patil
Brahmadev Girhe
Nilesh Badhe
Shivhari Teke
Vaibhav Nayse
Jaykumar Sonule
Nikhil Ambulkar
Ram Ambhure
Jeevan Gawande
Sanghpal Wahurwagh
Vidya Akode
Ravindra Lokhande
Subhash Gawai
Pravin Kathwate
Nitin Patole
Shivlishwar Medne
Mahesh Gulbhile
Bhagwat Kotkar
Rajabhau Kadam
Dnyaneshwar Idhate
Aslam Baig
Bibhishan Bhoite
Nitin Yedre
Lila Yelkar
Vikram Bhandari
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