Our Team

Meet the team driving the positive change at Aastrika

Board & Advisors

Our Directors

Nirmala Narasimmaiah

Director - Finance & Operations

Visveswara Gupta

Visveswara Gupta

Director - Partnerships & Platform Adoption

Sarah Coxon

Sarah Coxon

Director - Midwifery Initiatives

Chitra Paradkar

Chitra Paradkar

Associate Director - Sphere Programme Management

Aastrika Sphere

Jyoti Baghel

Jyoti Baghel

Manager - Partnerships

Sarvesh Deshpande

Sarvesh Deshpande

Manager - Partnerships

Rachana Raj

Rachana Raj

Lead - Platform Adoption

Aastrika Midwifery

Lakshmi Viswanatha

Lakshmi Viswanatha

Manager - Maternal Health Initiatives

Bheemaray V M

Bheemaray V M

Senior Lead - Midwifery Initiatives

Eathel Zechariah N

Eathel Zechariah N

Trainee National Midwifery Educator

Jayanthi Yesuraj

Jayanthi Yesuraj

Trainee National Midwifery Educator

Mary Christinal M

Mary Christinal M

Trainee National Midwifery Educator

Jayanthi Gopal

Jayanthi Gopal

Trainee National Midwifery Educator

Merilyn Nangsha

Merilyn Nangsha

Trainee National Midwifery Educator

Papia is a Midwifery Educator , who is part of the Sphere In-Person programme. She brings over 7 years of experience in clinical practice and teaching.

Papia Begam

Midwifery Educator

A. Arunya is a Trainee National Midwifery Educator at Aastrika Foundation

A. Arunya

Trainee National Midwifery Educator

Anitha Pradeep is a Trainee National Midwifery Educator at Aastrika Foundation

Anitha Pradeep

Trainee National Midwifery Educator

Advocacy Programs

Finance and Admin

Aditi Roy

Aditi Roy

General Counsel

Mahua Chanda

Mahua Chanda

Lead - Human Resources & Administration