Our Team
Solomon Prakash, DirectorSolomon JP has an engineering background and began his career in the electro-chemical processing industries. He later worked in Europe for an international youth exchange organization. Back in India in 1989, Solomon founded MAYA with a focus on children's rights and the eradication of child labor. Read more >> | |
Manoj Chandran, Marketing DirectorManoj has joined Ashoka India as its marketing director. In this role, Manoj will build a marketing, branding and communication strategy for Ashoka with the objective of making Ashoka's vision and its various programs successful in India and South Asia. | |
Vishnu Swami, India Country DirectorVishnu joins Ashoka with more than 14 years of experience as entrepreneur and innovator. He started two IT based companies in Singapore in the areas of financial transactions and animation technology. Read more>> | |
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Sutirtha Roy, Senior IntrapreneurAt Ashoka, Sutirtha is part of the Full Economic Citizenship team where his energies are focused on building access to housing and housing finance products to low-income informal sector communities. Read More>> |
Supriya Sankaran, Venture ManagerSupriya joined Ashoka India in 2010 as the Venture Manager. She coordinates the search and selection process of social entrepreneurs in India and with them, she is helping to build collaborative entrepreneurship platforms. Read more>> | |
Ira Snissar, Venture AssociateIra joined Ashoka in August 2010 as part of the venture team. Originally from Kazakhstan, Ira got involved with youth empowerment when she was at high school. Read more>>> | |
![]() | Richa Govil, Director, Rural Innovation and FarmingRicha leads Ashoka's Rural Innovation and Farming Initiative in India. In this capacity, Richa is designing an agriculture sector platform with the triple objectives of increasing farmer incomes and creating economic opportunities in agri-business. Read more>> |













