More Than Teachers.
An Ecosystem.

At ISDM, learning is shaped by a deliberately assembled ecosystem of faculty, sector practitioners, and bricoleurs. Together, they bring academic rigour, lived experience, and reflective mentorship to create a learning environment that is informed by the realities of the field, not instruction alone.

With our unique bricolage model, academic rigour meets field insight, and students are supported in integrating both into their own practice.

Advisors

We are privilged to be guided by sectoral leaders and influencers in our journey to create a vibrant and catalytic ecosystem for Development Management and Leadership in India.

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Advisory Board

Statutory Advisors

Team

At ISDM, we have some of the best minds to achieve our collective vision. We work relentlessly to create a work place culture based on respect, equity, compassion and integrity within the organisation across various teams and verticals.

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Faculty

ISDM has a reputable faculty from diverse backgrounds and with vast interdisciplinary experience in management as well as development. ISDM students are exposed to thought leaders and influencers from the industry, and people with wide and varied profiles and have the unique opportunity of interacting and working with them at ISDM.

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Visiting Faculty

Guest speakers

Board of Governing Trustees

ISDM BOGT shall be the key decision-making body without fiduciary responsibilities, focusing on strategic decisions and leaving operational tasks to the leadership team of ISDM and support from executive trustees as required. The Executive Head shall present all strategic choices and decisions to the BOGT for their consideration and approval.

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Founders

ISDM is a not-for-profit Section-8 company and has audacious aspirations to build this incredible institution and an enabling ecosystem to achieve impact at scale for the sector and society. We invite carefully identified people to become Founders of ISDM and along with their contribution also be able to join our Advisory Board and influence the shape and form of this legacy-building institution.

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Founder Patrons

Founder Sponsors

Founder Donors

Donors

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Statutory Advisors
Advisory Board
Guest speakers
Donors
Founder Donors
Founder Sponsors
Founder Patrons
Faculty And Bricoleurs
Sector Practitioners
Visiting Faculty
Team

Sparsh Verma

Manager - Marketing

Team

Swetha Prakash

Associate Director - Centre Lead

Team

Sowmya Rajaram

Senior Manager - Communications

Team

Simrita Kaur Takhtar

Bricoleur

Team

Sreya R Menon

Associate - Research

Team

Siddharth Dhote

Senior Associate - Data Analyst

Team

Tenzin Chorran

Associate

Team

Shruti Mishra

Executive - Research

Team

Shreyasi Banerjee

Manager - Curriculum & Content

Team

Shivika Kapoor

Associate - Programs

Team

Tias Dutta

Manager - Communications

Team

Shivakshi Bhattacharya

Senior Associate, Strategy and Operations, Founder's Office

Team

Trisha Varma

Director - Global Knowledge Hub

Team

Shikhar Jaiswal

Associate - Admissions

Team

Shelly Arpana Aind

Manager - People Management

Team

Tuhin Ghosh

Senior Associate - Marketing Operations

Team

Satender Rana

Senior Manager - Research

Team

Sanjana Kaushik

Manager - Admissions and Outreach

Team

Tushti Sharma

Executive - Marketing Operations

Team

Sangita Kumari

Associate - Communication & Engagement

Team

Vaishnavi Pawar

Senior Associate (Program), Center for Philanthropy

Team

Sajit Ravindran Nair

Senior Manager - Digital

Team

Rupal Singhvi

Senior Associate, C&P

Team

Vijay Sadasivani

Senior Associate - Communications (Graphic Designer & Video Editor)

Team

Roshan Nair

Centre Lead- Centre for Phlanthropy for Inclusive Development

Team

Roopa Sharma

Manager - Program

Team

Rohini Boppana

Executive - Secretary

Team

Vinita Yadav

Senior Associate - Counselling Lead

Team

Ritika Prajapati

Senior Associate- Strategic Projects

Team

Ritika Antonette Sebastian

Manager - Research

Team

Priyanka Rathi

Associate - Admissions

Team

Priyanka M Nair

Associate - Research

Team

Vishaka Gulati

Senior Associate

Team

Priyanka Chhaparia

Bricoleur

Team

Priti Dargad

Senior Manager - Research

Team

Pooja Yadav

Associate , People Management

Team

Nikkita Patro

Consultant

Team

Naghma Abidi

Program Director, Academics

Team

Muhammad Aamir

Associate - Programs

Team

Moni Tripathi

Manager - Admissions

Team

Monica Wadhwa

Manager - Administration

Team

Mona Dikshit

Associate Director - Program

Team

Mariyam Hisam Siddiqui

Manager - Programs

Team

Manu Saxena (Vedant)

Manu holds a Bachelor's degree in Hospitality and a Master's in Psychology, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Psychology.

Team

Manish Vaish

Associate - Finance & Accounts

Team

Maitrayee Mukerji

Bricoleur

Team

Mahua Paul

Senior Associate – Founder Officer

Team

Madhumita Mukherjee

Manager - Placements

Team

Krutika Rajendra Katre

Associate - Research

Team

Koyel Paul

Senior Associate - People Management

Team

Komal Waddhwa

Manager - Applications

Team

Komal Bhadana

Associate - Program (Research)

Team

Kankana Trivedi

Manager, Research, CIFSI, GKH

Team

Kanak Pathak

Associate - Program

Team

Kakul Misra

Director - Strategic Capacity Building

Team

Jyotiswarup Bhanja

Senior Associate - Admissions Marketing

Team

Justey P Alex

Manager - Program

Team

Dr Garima Sharma

Manager - Content

Team

Dishani Rathore

Associate - Graphic Designer

Team

Deepti Dwivedi

Senior Manager - Founder Office

Team

Deeksha Punia

Director - People Management

Team

Blessy Gladys Chacko

Manager - Finance Operations

Team

Bhavna Panda

Senior Associate - Communications

Team

Asma Bano

People Management

Team

Anuprova Ghose

Associate - Program

Faculty

Suman Srivastava

Founder, Marketing Unplugged

Faculty

Shashi Nair

Director, Viridus Social Impact Solutions; Trustee, Kiirti Trust

Faculty

Sandhya S. Iyer

Visiting Faculty and Development Economist; Chairperson, Centre for Public Policy, Habitat and Human Development, Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Faculty

Rama Kannan

Executive and Leadership Coach

Faculty

Rajeev Bhargava

Director, CSDS

Faculty

Muthu Kumaran

Manager at ACCESS Development Services

Faculty

Malini Thadani

Executive Director, India, World Monuments Fund

Faculty

Kritika Sethia

Senior Manager at We, The People Abhiyan

Faculty

Kenwyn Smith

Professor of Organisational Behaviour, University of Pennsylvania

Faculty

Kannan Gopalakrishnan

Business Coach and Mentor

Faculty

Aruna Pandey

Head - Research and MEL, Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation

Faculty

Arun Maira

Author and Thought Leader

Faculty

Anshu Gupta

Founder, Goonj and Gram Swabhimaan

Faculty

Kanu Priya Sekhri

Business Coach

Faculty

Pearl Tiwari

CEO - Ambuja Foundation

Faculty

T. R. Raghunandan

Director, Avantika Foundation

Faculty

Sowmyaa Bharadwaj

Development Sector Practitioner and Facilitator

Faculty

Soma Wadhwa

Qualitative Research Lead , India Development Foundation and Associate Professor, School of Modern Media, UPES

Faculty

Smith Shah

Content Creator, Copywriter, and Freelance Writer

Faculty

Saumya Seth

Independent Consultant (Education Strategy, Curriculum Development, Product Management)

Faculty

Sana Siddiqui

Executive Director, Multiple Action Research Group (MARG)

Faculty

Pia Bakshi

Doctoral Scholar in English; Co-Founder, ARTmosphere

Faculty

Aarti Madhusudhan

Founder, Governance Counts

Advisors
Team
Faculty

Prof. L.S. Murty

Dean, Indian School of Development Management

Team

Afsar Khan

Associate - Administration

Team

Aditi Tulsyan

Associate - Content Writer

Team

Adil Mushtaq Shah

Associate Director- PGP

Team

Aditi Jha

Senior Manager - Fundraising & Partnerships

Faculty

Shivangi Bhasin

Writing Instructor, ISDM

Faculty

Vijay Mahajan

CEO, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation; Director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies

Faculty

Mudit Kapoor

Associate Professor of Economics, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi

Board of Governing Trustees

Akshay Sethi

Managing Director of the Stellar Group of Companies

Board of Governing Trustees
Advisors
Faculty

A. K. Shiva Kumar

Chariman, Academic Council ISDM; Faculty, Harvard Kennedy School; Visiting Professor, Indian School of Business, Ashoka University, and S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research

Board of Governing Trustees
Faculty
Advisors

Sharad Heda

Founder, Pot2Kinetic Consulting; Strategy Consultant; Advisor, ISDM

Board of Governing Trustees

Vidya Shah

Exec Chairperson, EdelGive Foundation CFO, Edelweiss Financial Services

Why Management Matters in the Social Sector?

Impact does not scale on intent alone.

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India’s social sector is operating at an unprecedented scale and ambition—seeking to deliver measurable outcomes, manage complexity, and steward public and philanthropic capital responsibly.

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What holds the sector back is not ambition or intent. It is the absence of leadership and management capability designed for social purpose organisations.

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While business has Business Management and the state has Public Administration, the social sector has long lacked a comparable discipline to build leaders, strengthen institutions, and sustain impact over time.

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Development Management addresses this gap.

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It equips leaders to build organisations that endure, adapt, and deliver sustained impact at scale—without losing sight of purpose, ethics, or context.

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Because social change demands stronger leadership.

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What Is Development Management?

A discipline built for leaders of social purpose organisations.

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Development Management is a field of practice and learning focused on leading and managing organisations that exist to advance social development.

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It draws from management sciences, public systems, and social theory, but is fundamentally shaped by the realities of development work. It recognises that social purpose organisations operate amid multiple stakeholders, unequal power structures, uncertain outcomes, and deep contextual complexity.

At its core, Development Management helps leaders to:

  • build organisations that are mission-driven and well-managed
  • make decisions that balance impact, scale, and sustainability
  • design systems that respond to people, context, and change
ISDM’S Role

Advancing Development Management as a discipline.

ISDM exists to advance and anchor Development Management as a foundational discipline for India’s social sector.

Its role is to ensure that Development Management is not treated as an abstract concept, but embedded in how leaders are prepared, organisations are built, and institutions endure. By shaping leadership pathways, contributing field-informed knowledge, and strengthening organisational capability, ISDM helps establish Development Management as a shared standard for leadership and management in social development.

In doing so, ISDM operates at the level of the ecosystem—supporting the long-term capability of organisations and leaders working toward India’s social development goals.

Our Values

The beliefs that anchor our intent and ethics

Equity

‍We build leadership spaces where dignity, access, and opportunity are non-negotiable.

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‍We recognise structural inequality and work actively to counter it—across caste, class, gender, language, faith, sexuality, and geography. Equity shapes who gets to lead, whose voices are heard, and how institutions are built.


Compassion

‍We lead with humanity—towards others and ourselves.

‍We create learning environments that honour vulnerability, difference, and growth. Compassion at ISDM is not softness; it is the practice of listening deeply, engaging honestly, and holding complexity with care.


Courage

‍We choose clarity, even when it is uncomfortable.

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‍We question assumptions, redesign what no longer serves, and express principled disagreement when needed. Courage shows up in learning, unlearning, apologising, failing, and beginning again—with integrity.



Justice

‍We act with responsibility, transparency, and accountability.‍

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Justice guides how we teach, research, partner, and build institutions. We value truth, dialogue, and trust—and commit to practices that are ethical, sustainable, and rooted in democratic values.

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