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
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
Namrata Bhingarde
Head – Social Media
Vijay Kumbhar
Social Media Video Editor
Rajesh Hivare
Ravindra Pomane
Sandesh Karande
Onkar Surve
Nikhil Joshi
Head – Impact Assessment
Padmaja Kawade
Manager – App Development
Sagar Shelar
Assistant Manager
Yash Gandhi
Assistant Manager
Dheeraj Prashar
Head Of Production
Praful Kolhe
Ashok Ingole
Ranjit Shinde
Shivaji Bali
Harishchandra Panchal
Anil Sagat
Rahul Gaikwad
Vijay Mane
Vinod Jadhav
Arvind Bhagat
Shrikant Nalawade
Anil Pawar
Lalit Patil
Ganesh Suryavanshi
Namdeo Nanaware
Program Director – Government Relations
Lipi Mehta
Head – Outreach & Partnerships
Sahil Bhattad
Head – Special Programmes
Rohit Kamble
Sr. Accountant
Satish Tribhuvan
Accountant
Satish Tambe
Accountant
Aarti Khadse
Abhijit Godase
Adhik Jagdale
Ajinkya Gurav
Aslam Baig
Atish Dnyanoba Shirgire
Bibhishen Bhoite
Mayur Salunke
Bhagwat Kotkar
Ram Ambhure
Bramhadev Girhe
Dilip Katore
Gunwant Patil
Hemant Pikalmunde
Jitendra Shinde
Kailas Panhalkar
Mahesh Gulbhile
Shivhari Teke
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
Trushal Taywade
Vaibhav Nayse
Vidhya Akode
Zumbar Kamble
Bhushan Thackre
Jeewan Gawande
Shivlishwar Medane
Rajendra Jadhav
Dayanand Nikam
Jaykumar Sonule
Dnyaneshwar Idhate
Prashant Godbole
Ganesh Khamkar
Sachin Pimpalkar
Nitin Yedre
Lila Yelkar
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