Director

Joydeep is CSR Head (New Ventures) at Cairn Oil & Gas; Vice President: Cairn Foundation. He has nearly two decades of experience at national and international level with private sector consulting, MNC and development sector organizations.  Previously he was CSR lead (India Sub-Continent) at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSK-CH); leading projects in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Prior to that he was an Associate Director at PwC and provided Responsible Business Advisory services to private corporations, NGOs and MNCs.

He initiated and successfully stirred the first technical support Hub of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance. He is a specialist in partnership building, government relations, fund management, risk management and project management. Sector-specific expertise includes watershed management, waste management, natural resources management, public health, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, WASH, livelihoods, income generation programmes and micro-finance.

Director

Niraj Agrawal is a development professional with over 29 years of experience in the social sector that spans public health and nutrition, education, livelihood and community development. As Director of program development, he supports the design and execution of the organization’s business development strategy and communication.

Since 2013, he has led several projects funded by USAID, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Global Fund and Nayara Energy (formerly Essar Oil) on TB, Nutrition, RMNCH+A and supply chain management. Prior to joining JSI India, Niraj worked with IPE Global as Director- Nutrition and Community Engagement for the DFID funded sector-wide approach to strengthening health (SWASTH project) in Bihar and as Senior Social Development Expert for Madhya Pradesh Health Sector Reform Project. He has headed Sahay, an Indian NGO working on holistic development of children and their families for 10 years.

He has also worked with DFID for the West Bengal Sexual Health Project and has worked with Child Relief and You (CRY) and Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA). Niraj has strong leadership, project management, communication and team working skills.