Meet Our Team
Stephen Turban
Director
'I had an EXTREMELY short-lived career as a Tik Tok influencer in China before I got locked out of my account.'
Dhruva Bhat
Director
'I once challenged myself to go a whole year without eating chocolate - for research purposes, of course'
Prakriti Sharma
Head of Operations
'I enjoy thinking about the intersection of technology, media, and mental health, and love using this interest as an excuse to throw myself into conversations about pop culture & entertainment'
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Akanksha Banerjee
Head of Marketing
'I am a left-handed lover of pizza.'
Tyler Moulton
Head of Academic Programming
'Ding Ding Ding - Research Nerd Alert!!!'
Minru Zhao
Head of China
'I enjoy yoga, hiking and love ideas and people that challenge my original ways of thinking and being.'
Rithika Abraham
Head of People Operations and Insights
'I've never met a party theme I didn't love or a silence I didn't fill.'
Dhvani Thakkar
Program Manager​
'As a fellow human, the spaces I set to cultivate are present, slow, compassionate, nonjudgemental, curious, playful, loving and liberating'
Donna Cu
Business Development Associate
'Give me food and I'll love you forever.'
Anustup Garai
Publication Strategy Associate
'What languages do you know and can you teach me all of them?'
Tanvika Parlikar
Program Management Lead
'Always up for another coffee and always down for a late-night movie.'
Nina Reyes
Business Development Associate
"Whoever said orange is the new pink was seriously disturbed."
Saadia El Karfi
Head of US Partnerships
'Did you know that current living species on Earth represent less than one percent of all species that have ever lived on Earth?'
Mujibur Rahman
Finance Head
'I am responsible and a tech freak, who loves playing around to improve the processes'
Pravish Agnihotri
Program Manager
'I’m chronically online and constantly on the prowl for a new hobby to obsess over!'
Saumya Kaulgud
Program Manager
“The really important thing to be was yourself, just as hard as you could.”
Timothy Cordeta
Business Development Associate
'A coffeeholic who loves listening to indie music and Lorde.'
Srishti Bansal
Program Manager
'Did you know that cats share 95.6% of their DNA with tigers?'
Nirbhay Sharma
Partner Success Manager
'I am passionate about creating more accessible and equitable learning opportunities and believe that two pizzas is the perfect amount of pizzas for one person.'
Mari de Leon
Business Development Associate
'Just weaving order into the chaos of life through neatly colorful Notion pages and Google Calendar's scheduled events.'
Jianna Soldevilla
Student Enrollment Officer
"Alexa play 'Confidently Lost' by Sabrina Claudio"
Kiana Manian
Publication Strategy Associate
"Passionate about Marmite, Karaoke, and True Blood on HBO"
Reba Philip
Business Development Associate
'Always down for an impromptu running race!'
Samantha Silva
Program Manager
"I'm passionate about mental health, true crime, and french fries"
Kokila Mohini Beri
Program Manager
"If you ever need me, I'm probably at home asking my cat how she manages to look so cute all the time (while she claws my arm)"
Joyce Li
Program Manager
"Buy me a boba tea and I will tell you EVERYTHING!"