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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