Unnikrishnan S Kurup
Partner and Co-founder
Unnikrishnan is an entrepreneur and engineer with more than 15 years of working experience in creating companies and products especially in India and Europe.
Anup Jinadevan
Partner and Co-founder
Dental surgeon and former senior lecturer in organizational management., Turku University of Applied sciences, Finland
Jacob Roshan
Chief Program Officer in VentureVillage.
Prior to joining VentureVillage, Jacob worked as Manager (Research and Quality) at The Education Alliance (New Delhi). He completed a 5 year Integrated Masters in Economics from IIT Madras in 2015 and taught for 2 years in a Corporation School in Chennai as a Teach For India Fellow.
Shana Shihab
Business
and Entrepreneurship Lead.
Before joining VentureVillage , Shana worked as Senior Project Associate in Centre for Public Policy Research and as Programme Manager in Additional Skill Acquisition Programme, Government of Kerala. Shana is a graduate in Computer Science from
T K M College of Engineering and Post Graduate Diploma in English Journalism from IIMC, Kottayam.
Ann Mary Biju
Program Manager at VentureVillage
Ann Mary is a post graduate in Development studies from Azim Premji University, Bangalore and a graduate in Economics from Sacred Heart College, Ernakulam. She is a researcher by passion and interest areas revolve around culture studies, livelihoods and social perspectives of technology.
Ann Maria Sabu
SMC Program Manager at VentureVillage
Ann Maria is a graduate in English literature from Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam and a post graduate in Social Work from Mahatma Gandhi University. She has worked extensively with tribal women in southern Rajasthan, focusing on financial and digital literacy, women entrepreneurship development and menstrual hygiene management.
Mary Joe Augustine
Program Manager, Environment and Sustainability
Mary holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology. She joins us after her stint with Cochin Smart Mission Limited, Kerala & District Suchitwa Mission,Ernakulam
Elizebath Roy
Program Associate
Elizebath is a Postgraduate in Applied Psychology from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore with keen interest in Research and teaching. Her interests are specifically in topics related to women and youth.
Sreedevi Devaraj
Member of the board
Bindu CS
Member of the board
Advisors
Venkatraman Krishnamoorthy
(Venkat) Popularly known as “PENCILMAN OF UAE”
Advisor, India and Middle East
Venkat is a philanthropist in the field of education. He has been recognized as one of the most iconic NRIs in the UAE by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Govt. of India. He is a recipient of the Samaj Shakti Award for outstanding social service in Mumbai. His work has also seen him get recognised as one of the Aster 30 Heroes.
Venkat lives by the anthem that happiness and contentment is a state of mind which can be achieved by being selfless. For him, seva (service) is dharma (faith) and recognition is just its by product.
Matti Pettay
Advisor, Finland
Matti has immense experience in facilitating different development projects between India and Finland. His expertise spans domains like Education and Training, Waste Management, Recycling etc. He plays a key role in connecting VentureVillage with Finnish pedagogical experts.
Antti Kariola
Pedagogy Expert, Advisor Finland
Elementary school teacher in Helsinki, Kalasataman peruskoulu
Master of arts (education), Helsinki university