Unnikrishnan S Kurup
Partner and Co-founder
Unnikrishnan is an entrepreneur and engineer with more than 20 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
Sumod Nambiar
Global Engagement and Mobility : Finland
Akshaya K
Research Program Cordinator
Sruthi MO
Project Officer
Sreedevi Devaraj
Member of the board
Bindu CS
Member of the board
Advisors
Antti Kariola
Pedagogy Expert, Advisor Finland
Vice Principal in Helsinki, Kalasataman peruskoulu. Master of arts (education), Helsinki university
Antti Kariola is a Finnish education professional based in Helsinki, combining everyday school leadership with a strong grounding in Finnish pedagogy. He serves as Vice Principal at Kalasataman peruskoulu, where he supports teaching quality, student well-being, and practical innovations in classroom learning. As a pedagogy expert and advisor, he helps schools and partners understand what makes Finnish education work: trust in teachers, inclusive support systems, student agency, and learning that builds deep understanding, not just test performance.
Raisa Sherif
Academic Research Advisor, EU
Senior Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
Raisa Sherif is a Senior Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance in Munich and an invited researcher at J-PAL. Her research focuses on understanding the drivers of climate behaviours, behavioural responses to policy interventions, and fostering long-term climate engagement through education. She studies these questions by combining insights from behavioural economics with experimental methods such as randomised controlled trials, lab-in-the-field, and online survey experiments.
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.