School Choice Team

Parth J Shah, Chief Mentor

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.

Anusha Raturi, Sr Associate, Project Patang

Anusha is currently working as Project Associate with Project Patang, under the School Choice Campaign. Prior to this, Anusha was a Teach for India fellow, where she taught 3rd and 4th standard at a low income private school. She has also worked with various international development organizations including ICF International, The World Bank, and Human Rights Law Network. Anusha graduated from the University of Virginia with a BA in Foreign Affairs and Economics.

Devendra Damle, Associate, Research

Devendra has done MSc in Biotechnology and holds MSc In Development Planning, both from University of Pune. He has worked as a development planner on projects run by (among others) UNICEF, Plan India, Ministry of Panchayati Raj (Govt of India), and State Govt of Maharashtra. He is interested in public policy, law, economics, geopolitics, and science and technology. In his spare time he like to cook, play chess, and read.

Meril Antony, Associate, Research

Meril Antony has started working as a research associate with the School Choice Campaign. She has completed her masters in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University and her graduation from St. Stephen's college, Delhi University. She has previously interned with Centre De Sciences Humaines (CSH), Delhi and worked on few field projects with grass root level organizations.

Nikunj Beria, Manager, Programs

Nikunj has worked as the Government Relations and Alumni Impact Manager at Teach For India,Mumbai. Prior to that he completed his Teach For India Fellowship between 2011-2013. During his Fellowship he initiated and implemented a few projects with the community and the school where he served for two years. He has a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications from Manipal Institute of Technology.

Rohan Joshi, Associate Director, Advocacy

Rohan has a long experience of working in Education and Skill Development sectors with wide variety of organizations ranging from NGOs, Private companies to Government Departments. Rohan has led multiple large scale projects in Education sector such a School Excellence Program of Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Skill Development Cell of the Dept of Social Justice and Special Assistance, Govt. of Maharashtra.  Rohan’s specialization is in working with the government on both strategy and implementation of projects run in collaboration with non-government and private players.

Rohan has a Master’s Degree in Education from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, with specialization in Language Pedagogy and Education Policy. Rohan is affiliated with a few non-government organizations in India in the capacity of advisor and board member. Besides Education, Rohan’s main area of interest is Public Policy.

Rohan speaks several languages and has keen interest in Spanish language and culture. In his spare time, Rohan enjoys listening to world music, traveling and cooking. Rohan is currently getting trained in Classical Guitar.

Sajad S Santhosh, Associate, Research

Sajad did his Masters in Development Studies from IIT Madras. His interests include public policy and urban studies. He spends most of his spare time watching, playing or reading about football. He is also a big fan of long-form journalism and all kinds of cinema.

S R Thomas Antony, Associate, Advocacy, NISA

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