Our Team
The people behind a water-secure India
Practitioners, policymakers, scientists and field associates — the full GuruJal family working from boardrooms to riverbanks.
Governance
Trustees
An experienced board guiding GuruJal's mission, finances and public accountability.
Mr. Ashok Kapur
Former Special Cabinet Secretary, GoI (Retd. IFS)
Mr. Ashish Dev Kapur
Trustee & Vice-Chairman
Ms. Elisha Suri
Former Director of SD Apparels
Mr. Kapil Jaiswal
Accountant
Ms. Shubhi Kesarwani
Co-Founder & CEO
Advisory board
Advisors
Domain experts and senior counsel who shape GuruJal's strategy, research and partnerships.
Mr. Upmanu Lal
Director, Columbia Water Center in the Earth Institute
Mr. Avinash Mishra
R&D Advisor & Chair of Advisory Board
Mr. Jagram Maan
Former District Development & Panchayat Officer, Haryana
Dr. Pradeep Monga
Ex-Deputy Exec. Secretary, UNCCD (Ex-IAS, GoI)
Mr. Ravi Pahuja
COO, Raman Kant Munjal Foundation (Hero Group)
Ms. Vandana Menon
Senior Design Architect, VM Architects
Mr. Lalit Arora
Former Chief Engineer at GMDA, Govt. of Haryana
Mr. Chetan Agarwal
Senior Fellow, CEDAR & Forest and Environment Service Analyst
Ms. Ranjana Ray Chaudhuri
Associate Professor & Head, Department of Regional Water Studies, TERI SAS
Ms. Sarika Panda Bhatt
Co-founder, Raahgiri Foundation
Ms. Zeenat Niazi
Chief Advisor, Development Alternatives
Dr. Amit Singh
Researcher, Guest Faculty at TERI School of Advanced Study
Ms. Ritu Mehrotra
Former Regional Director (APAC, China, Oceania) — Booking.com
Mr. Prakhar Bhartiya
Co-Founder, Indian School of Democracy
Ms. Ashita Mall
Communication Expert
Ms. Elisha Suri
Former Director of SD Apparels
Dr. Abhishek Kumar
President and CEO, Nilambar
Mr. Kevin Kwok
Ex-Head of HSBC ESG Advisory to Global Banking & Markets
Day-to-day
Executive Team
The people who turn strategy into pond rejuvenations, fellowship cohorts, research papers and ecosystems on the ground.
Ms. Sameera Satija
Senior Advisor
Dr. Syed Maqbool Geelani
Senior Project Manager
Ms. Deepa Agarwal
Business Development Consultant
Ms. Anisha Gupta
Communication Consultant
Mr. Faraz Ahmad
Assistant Manager — Governance
Ms. Anjali Singh
Manager — Communications
Ms. Shallu Chauhan
Assistant Manager — CEO's Office
Ms. Divyanshi
Project Associate
Mr. Jitander Kumar
Senior Project Associate
Mr. Aakash
GIS Associate
Mr. Ismail Ahmad
Senior Project Associate
Mr. Sachin Bhuker
Admin Associate
Mr. Deepak Kumar
Site Supervisor — Civil
Mr. Vinod Sharma
Site Supervisor — Forestry
Mr. Ajay Kumar
Field Associate
Ms. Khyati Rastogi
Partnerships Associate
Dr. Monika Sharma
Assistant Manager — Communications
Mr. Imran
Community Associate
Mr. Abhijeet Pratap Sen
Associate
Join the team
Build a career that restores water.
We're always looking for people who care deeply about groundwater, communities and ecological restoration — fellows, field associates, designers, engineers and policy nerds welcome.