Team
Dr. Nachiket Mor
President
Nachiket Mor is a Yale World Fellow (2004); has a Ph.D. in Economics from the
University of Pennsylvania with a specialisation in Finance from the Wharton School; a
Master’s degree in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad,
and an undergraduate degree in Physics from the Mumbai University. While completing his Ph.D., he was associated with a Philadelphia based hedge fund (Quantitative Financial Strategies) for three years. He has worked with ICICI since 1987 in a variety of jobs, including Corporate Planning, Project Finance, Treasury and Rural Banking, and he was a member of ICICI Bank’s Board from 2001 to 2007. He is currently President of ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth.
In addition to his work with ICICI Foundation, he is a member of the Boards of CRISIL, RUDI (SEWA), FINO, IndiaMart, Shorecap Exchange (USA) and the India Advisory Board of Intuit (USA).
Ms. Ramni Nirula
Vice President - Partnerships
Ms. Ramni Nirula is Vice President - Partnerships for ICICI Foundation. Ms. Nirula has more than three decades of experience in the financial sector, beginning her career with ICICI Bank in 1976 in the project appraisal division. Since then she has held various leadership positions in areas of project financing, strategy, planning and resources, and corporate banking.
Ms. Nirula was part of the top management team instrumental in transforming ICICI Bank from a primarily term lending institution into a technology led diversified financial services group with a strong presence in India’s retail financial services market.
Ms. Nirula recently also headed the Corporate Banking Group for ICICI Bank. She subsequently assumed responsibility for the Government Banking Group and Corporate Agri Group based out of New Delhi.
Ms.Nirula holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economic and a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Delhi University.
Ms. Prerana Langa
Vice President - Strategy and Communications
Prerana Langa has been with ICICI Foundation since its inception and works on strategy and communications. Prerana also leads the ICICI Group’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team, which is responsible for the design and implementation of CSR projects for the ICICI Group of Companies. She also handles grant making and overseas the operations of the foundation.
Prerana's twelve years of work experience include providing strategic counsel, initiation of community partnerships, training, communications, designing marketing promotions and brand management communications projects. She has worked on wide range of social projects for ICICI Bank, Hindustan Unilever, McDonald’s India and others.
Prerana holds a Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) with a specialisation in Marketing from the University of Mumbai. She has a deep interest in social issues and volunteers with a CSO/NGO.
Ms.Vidhya Muthuram
Vice President - Policy
Vidhya has been working with the ICICI Foundation since Oct 2008. She is responsible for developing research and advocacy strategies for the Foundation in its core areas. Prior to joining the Foundation, Vidhya headed the Centre for Development Finance at the Institute for Financial Management and Research in Chennai. In that capacity, Vidhya provided research oversight, strategic guidance and management support to a team of 15+ researchers focused on developing sustainable financing models for infrastructure. She also worked for the World Bank in Washington D.C for 4 years on issues relating to pro-poor growth and inequality, national poverty reduction strategies and civic engagement in World Bank projects.
Vidhya holds a Master’s in International Development from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. She is a native of Chennai.
Ms. Padma Sinha
Senior Advisor - Corporate Social Responsibility
Padma is responsible for managing the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of the ICICI Group of Companies. She has worked in the consumer product space for 20 years with organisations like J&J, Lakme Limited and Hindustan Lever Limited. Her experience includes brand management, retail management, marketing services, project evaluation and incubation, research and training. Padma is also a part-time faculty member at the Xavier Institute of Communication and has been a course-coordinator for the post-graduate program in Advertising. She holds a Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) from IIM, Bangalore.
Ms. Ruta Kanade
Advisor - Corporate Social Responsibility
Ruta is responsible for managing the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of the ICICI Group of Companies. Her ten years of work experience in the development sector include designing CSR programs for corporate organisations; conducting feasibility and impact assessment studies; managing strategic partnerships with donors, government and communities; and developing strategies for resource mobilisation, organisational development and staff capacity building. She has managed projects in various social sectors for CSO Partners, Bombay Dyeing, Catholic Relief Services, Akanksha, and CASP.
Ruta holds a Master’s of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Mumbai. She has also pursued a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from Welingkar Institute of Management at Mumbai, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan at Delhi.
Ms. Deborah Gonsalves
Advisor - Corporate Social Responsibility
Deborah is responsible for the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of the ICICI Group of Companies. She has worked with organisations like Child Rights in Goa, Positive People, Hippocampus Reading Foundation and Habitat For Humanity India. Her experience includes working on issues of paedophilia in the costal belt of Goa, developing HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns, raising resources for educational resource centres in low income communities, and building homes for the less privileged. Prior to joining ICICI Foundation, she handled the CSR initiatives for ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.Deborah holds a degree in Sociology and Psychology from St. Xavier’s College, Goa University, and a Master’s degree in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
Mr. Hitesh Somani
Asst. Vice President – Finance
Hitesh is responsible for all the finance, accounting, administration, taxation, foundation fund management including allocation, disbursal and monitoring of end use of funds to grantees. He has over eleven years of post-qualification experience in various industries with eight years of experience in senior management in International NGO in the field of finance, administration, audit and other related areas.Hitesh has done his Chartered Accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Company Secretary from Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Mr. Loknath Satpathy
Manager - Finance & Accounts
Loknath is responsible for all accounting functions of the ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth. He has over four years of post-qualification experience in various industries as well as six years of pre-qualification experience in accounts, audit, taxation and other related areas.
Loknath has done his Chartered Accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi.
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