MEET OUR PEOPLE

Rwitwika Bhattacharya
Founder/CEO

Uma Bhattacharya
Trustee
Uma Bhattacharya, Trustee at Swaniti Initiative, a serial entreprenuer. She has over three decades of experience in running and managing a host of businesses in the automobile and entertainment industry. She is a graduate of Loreto College, Kolkata. At Swaniti she ensures the overall growth of Swaniti Initiative.

Gaurav Bhattacharya
Research Director

Kisslay Anand
State Program Manager
Kisslay is a Research Associate at Swaniti. His expertise lies in Expenditure Analysis, Monitoring, Evaluation, WASH, Livelihood and Entrepreneurship Development. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management-Development Studies from Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India and a Bachelor in Computer Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University. Prior to joining Swaniti, he has worked with the National Institute of Urban Affairs where he was involved in coordination and management for effective implementation of Solid Waste Management Exposure Workshops for the Urban Local Bodies in India among other projects. gaurav.b@swaniti.in

Shruti Slaria
Policy Analyst

Chetanaya Sawhney
State Program Manager
Chetanaya Sawhney is a State Project Manager for Jharkhand State project, at Swaniti. He supervises the team working in Directorate of Horticulture and Department of Labour, Employment and Training, Government of Jharkhand. He comes from an engineering background, with a postgraduate degree in Renewable Energy from Loughborough University, UK, with specialization in Grid Integration and Distributed Generation from, University of Zaragoza, Spain and has worked as a Wind Data Analyst, in Project Engineering Department with DNV GL Energy, Zaragoza, Spain.chetanya.s@swaniti.in

Roshni Sekhar
Analyst