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School Choice Team
| Parth J Shah, Chief
Mentor |
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Dr Parth J Shah is President of the
Centre for Civil Society, a think tank for public policy solutions
within the framework of rule of law, subsidiarity, and competitive
markets.
Parth's research and advocacy work centres on the themes of economic
freedom (law, liberty and livelihood campaign), choice and competition
in education (fund students, not schools), property right approach
for the environment (terracotta vision of stewardship), and good
governance (new public management and the duty to publish).
He has conceptualised and organised liberal educational programs
for the Indian youth including Liberty & Society Seminars, Jeevika
Livelihood Documentary Competition, and Researching Reality Internship
Program. He has edited Morality of Markets, Friedman
on India, Profiles in Courage: Dissent on Indian Socialism,
Do Corporations Have Social Responsibility? and co-edited
Law, Liberty & Livelihood: Making a Living on the Street;
Terracotta Reader: A Market Approach to the Environment;
BR Shenoy: Theoretical Vision and BR Shenoy: Economic
Prophecies and Agenda for Change.
Parth is on the editorial board of EducationWorld, Vishleshan,
and Khoj, and is informal advisor to many non-profits.
He has taken liberal ideas to numerous national and international
workshops and conferences and writes regularly in the popular media.
He is the youngest Indian member of the Mont Pelerin Society. |
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| Jan Sjunnesson Rao,
Associate Director, School Choice Campaign |
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Jan manages the campaign together with the dedicated
team members. Born in Sweden and married to an Indian from whom
he aquired his second last name, he has worked as a teacher in adult
liberal education in Sweden, as school manager of primary and secondary
schools and as teacher trainer at Uppsala and Stockholm universities.
He has also worked as a journalist at Swedish newspapers and free
lance writing, inclugin a stint in India 1987/88.
He holds a M.A. in philosophy from Södertörn University
College, an M.Ed. from Uppsala university and has done post-graduate
studies at universities in Switzerland and USA.
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| Baishali Bomjan, Manager,
Communications & Programs |
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Baishali Bomjan joined the Centre for Civil Society
as Manager- PR and Communication in April 08. She holds a Masters
Degree in Zoology and has over six years of rich experience in Strategic
Planning & Management, Editorial Operations, Corporate Communication,
Content Development, PR Functions and Team Management.
Baishali holds distinction of functioning as “Director”
of a reputed NGO “Nuns Welfare Foundation of Nepal”
and has worked in various editorial capacities for some of Nepal’s
leading business and lifestyle magazines like ‘the boss’,
‘Voice of Women’, ‘ECS’ and ‘Spark’. |
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Leah Verghese, Senior
Associate |
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Leah is a Senior Associate with the School Choice Campaign. She is a graduate of National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She worked as an in-house counsel with ITC Limited for four years advising its various business divisions, before joining the School Choice Campaign. She seeks to contribute to the campaign by drawing from the insights gained from her rigorous legal education and diverse corporate experience.
When she can steal time from work she likes to go explore new places, camera in hand. |
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Shekhar Mittal, Senior
Campaign Associate |
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Shekhar is a graduate of Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi University. He began his career as a Software Developer at Cisco Systems, Bangalore. After 2 years at Cisco, Shekhar got bored with his life as a software developer and involved himself full time with an online platform called Praja.in. Shekhar will contribute to the campaign by using his rich experience at Praja and his technology background to empower the Right to education portal. He joins the School Choice Campaign as a Senior Campaign Associate.
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| Shreya Agarwal, Research
Associate |
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Shreya is currently working as a Research Associate
with Centre for Civil Society. With a Masters in Development Studies
from the prestigious Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University
of Sussex and a Bachelors in Mathematics from Lady Sri Ram College,
Delhi she is able to apply a mix of quantitative and qualitative
skill along with an understanding of development theories and concepts
in her research. Having worked as a research assistant at IDS and
conducted a number of field-based research projects with NGOs such
as PRADAN, SIDH and PLAN she hopes to contribute good research practice
and objective analysis to the School Choice Campaign. |
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