K S Murthy is a Post Graduate in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad with 25+ years’ experience in Social Development Sector as an Entrepreneur, Team Leader, Manager and Independent Consultant.

Murthy has held senior positions across Asia and Africa in international development organizations, corporate foundations, NGOs, and managed diverse projects in the areas of nutrition, agriculture and animal welfare, rural development, livelihoods, health sector reforms, maternal and child health, health & family welfare, reproductive healthcare. He has been involved in developing & strategizing sustainable policy & programmes, designing & implementing projects, setting up and managing processes and systems, institutionalizing and managing operations that benefit wide variety of communities through diverse clientele.

A Synergos Senior Fellow, he has established partnerships and collaborations between corporates, governments and civil society organizations. He was an instrumental force in convening Bhavishya Alliance – a unique multi-stakeholder partnership in India to develop a cohesive response to girl child undernutrition in the State of Maharashtra.

A social entrepreneur with a proven track record of developing a business model which is sustainable, equitable and profitable and made a successful Social Impact.

Driven by the belief that there is a fortune at the bottom of the pyramid. Ants has been a Pioneer in the field of Livelihoods, skill building and employment. Ants Clients include Central/State Govt., Corporates & their CSR activities, Local communities and Industries.

The core strength being a team player and rapid ramp-up of business. Rumi, has raised funds and worked for sustainability of the organisation through constant innovation and reinventing unique models to suit the needs of the people. Currently she is pursuing her Phd as a part of life long learning.

Shrihari has over 25 years of experience in varied sectors such as development banking, equity investments, and corporate finance in social impact sectors. He began his career in 1991 with SIDBI and later with SIDBI Venture Capital wherein he worked in sectors such as NBFCs, microfinance, technology development and modernization in SME clusters, infrastructure lending, life sciences, to name a few.

For a period of five years, Shrihari was part of an entity that offered e-governance and various other IT-enabled G2C/private services throughout the state of Karnataka. He has also worked for a company that installs and operates renewable energy–based mini-grids in rural parts of North India. Prior to joining Unitus Capital, Shrihari was associated with a water treatment company that provided treated drinking water to villages in South India.

Shrihari holds a BTech degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from IIM-Ahmedabad. He is also a Chevening Scholar from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

One of well-known name of Karnataka Bar Council, Preeti is a graduate of prestigious University Law College. A practicing lawyer since 1994, operates two offices in Bangalore and handles both litigation and non-litigation legal work. She has been advising many banks, companies’ as well individual clients for both criminal and civil litigation matters.

B Babita is an educator, educational filmmaker and art science enthusiast. She is a member of the Project Vision Research Collective, and the Center for Education, Research, Training, and Development (CERTAD) at the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology.

She has an M.S. in Mass Communication & Public Relations and also a certified trainer of the ‘National School Reform Faculty’ from Bloomington, USA. She also served on the committee of the Indian Censor Board to preview and award ratings for South Indian feature films.

She is passionate about using art and design approaches to navigate steep learning curves, in and out of school settings, through participatory approaches and networking with artists, scientists and other stakeholders in public spaces.