Leadership Team:


GDF initiatives are managed by a diverse team comprising of professionals with wide-ranging experience in the development sector.

They hold expertise in the fields of education, government systems, leadership development and behavior change.


Shalini Sahay

Founder Director
  • A Quality professional with more than 17 years of experience.
  • An expert in Quality Assessment, Accreditation, Audit, Process Excellence and Compliance.
  • She is certified Lead Quality auditor,
  • A Six Sigma Black Belt and Business Analyst from IIM Calcutta.






Rahul Bhatia

Director

More than 26 years of experience in Business Development/ Planning, analysis and launching new business Initiatives in the area of Higher Education.

He has experience in Marketing and Business Development of various unique e-learning products for K-12 segment.

He is also an expert in branding and launch initiative of various graduate and post graduate programs from Leading Indian, British and Australian universities for various campus PAN India

Ms. Indu LP

Associate Director

A communications specialist, who has worked in the sectors of publishing and education for 25 years. 

Indu has worked with organisations like Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti and India Today Group Co.  She was also associated in the production of the first television series on social issues, Aarsi Social Watch, aired on Doordarshan. 

She has contributed extensively in assessment to address assessment challenges and transform academic standards.

Advisors :

Raj Kumar Bhatia: Ex. Principal, Modern School Barakhamba Road, New Delhi, Director of GD Goenka school-Vasant Kunj , Advisor of Venkateshwar International school, Dwarka.

Prof (Dr.) Gyana Nand Sahay: Ex. DEAN Appejay College, Faridabad, Rtd. Professor & Head of the Department, Math, Patna University

Team members :

Vandana Srivastava :30 YearsMA, Worked as Principal.Expert in Content development

Anupama :20 years MBA HR, MA Sociology

Priyanka Parashar : 10 years PG Diploma in NGO Management

Prabha Mishra : 8 years Vocational/Skill Building Sector MBA

Quality and Data Analyst: 8 years PG Statistics, Data Analytics Lead Auditor of ISO 9001