Alpa is a developmental professional with more than 2 decades of work experience. She holds a Masters in Social Work from Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai University and an Executive MBA from IIM Kozhikode. She started her career as a Programme Coordinator with World Vision of India, was the National Programme Head with Concern India Foundation and prior to joining Magic Bus, was with Sonrisas de Bombay, a Spanish organization as the Executive Director.

Alpa's skills are in Programme Design and Implementation, Donor Management and Servicing, NGO Due Diligence and Empanelment and Grants Partnership Management.

Alpa is a nature and wildlife lover, extremely passionate about travel especially road trips and is a foodie, addicted to regional cuisines.

Anuj has 16 years of diverse experience in high-growth sectors like Aviation, Supply Chain & Logistics Management, and Vocational Education & Training (VET). He is well networked with the Central and State level Government, Ministries & International Agencies, as well as professionals and bodies like MoRD, MSDE, MHRD, MoMA, MHA, NSDC, SSCs, State Skill Missions, World Bank, ADB, CII, FICCI, NABCONS, NIRD, etc. 

He has worked with Don Bosco Tech Society as Chief Strategy Officer and also worked as Chief Operating Officer with Safeducate Learning Pvt. Ltd. (a Training, Skilling & Consulting arm of Safexpress Group)

Arun has more than 38 years of experience. He has worked in corporates for 30 years at senior management positions, in India. Arun’s last assignment was in Accor as Country Manager, India where he scaled up the organization into a large player in the loyalty space.

Arun shifted to Magic Bus 5 years ago with a sense of giving back to the society and used his strong understanding of building and managing partnerships to build robust and large-scale collaborations between Magic Bus and Industries. Arun is a resident of Mumbai, India and regular in the speaker circuit in the Social Sector. Arun has attended Harvard Business School Spin program.

Dipnarayan comes with 14 years of experience in the education sector. He holds a Masters Degree in English Literature and Linguistics from the University of Kolkata. He has been in Content Development during initial years of his career and has worked with organizations like Tata Interactive Systems and LearningMate. Prior to joining Magic Bus, he was Research Head - Instructional Design at Zee Learn. He shall be leading Curriculum and Training Team at head office.

Monika has earned her Master’s in Personnel Management from Pune University and BSc (Maths) from Delhi University. She has about 20 years of experience in the entire gamut of Human Resources as an HR generalist and HR Business Partner in the Engineering, Language, Technical Writing, IT and Fintech Industry.

Monika’s most recent employment was with Ingenico Group as Director – Human Resources. She was responsible for entire employee lifecycle starting form Talent Acquisition, HR Operations, Employee Engagement, Performance Management, Organization Design, Compensation and Benefits, Learning and Development, Employee Benefits, Employee Wellness, and Strategic HR. Prior to Ingenico, she has worked with US multinational Lionbridge Technologies, Larsen & Toubro and Onida Finance.

At Magic Bus, she has joined as Director, Human Resources and will be based out of Mumbai office.

Nikhil has over 15 years of consulting experience in driving business strategy and leading transformation programs for 40+ corporate clients across Automotive, Engineering, Industrial products, Consumer products and Healthcare sectors. Prior to joining Magic Bus, Nikhil worked with EY, KPMG, PwC and ECS Limited across a variety of competencies such as Operations Excellence, Lean Supply Chain, Strategic cost reduction and Working Capital Efficiency.

Nikhil is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from VJTI - Mumbai University and holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Ahmedabad.

Nikhil is an avid fitness enthusiast and enjoys yoga, cycling and running. He is also a black belt in martial arts.

Nitin comes on board with over 25 years of experience having worked with leading domestic and global brands like Times Of India, Atos, Tata AIG, Merrill Lynch, Hero. He has successfully led several digital and enterprise transformation initiatives. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce and has completed his Post Graduation in Financial Management. Nitin is a fitness and travel enthusiast and enjoys swimming, badminton, trekking.

At Magic Bus, Nitin is responsible for leveraging technology to maximize the benefits and impact of Magic Bus programmes, improve transparency in donor relationships and automate and transform processes for organisational efficiency.

Mr. Pranay D Gandhi heads the finance and legal function at Magic Bus. Mr. Gandhi is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary and has thirty-seven years of professional experience in senior management roles with reputed organizations.

Sharmila is a communications professional specialising in brand building in the development sector. She has twenty-six years of experience and has managed a gamut of brands in the FMCG sector like Pantene, Whisper, Borosil during her stint in Advertising at Grey Worldwide, Enterprise, Speer. In the last 10 years, prior to Magic Bus, she has worked at the K C Mahindra Education Trust on Project Nanhi Kali, Mission For Vision and Child Rights and You (CRY).

She is a graduate in Economics and Political Science from Mumbai University, with a Diploma in Advertising and Marketing from Xavier’s Institute of Communication, Mumbai. With her first love being for her huge and extended family, her next few loves are travel and food.

Aniket has completed his graduation in Chemistry from Mumbai University. He has 16 years of work experience in the field of Operations Management, Strategic Planning & Business Development, Client Relationship Management, Customer Service, Training and Recruitment. Aniket’s most recent employment was with Quality Application Solutions Pvt Ltd (APPCO) as General Manager, he was associate with them for over 7 years. Prior to Quality Application Solutions, he has worked with organizations like Stream Global Services (Hewlett Packard) and Wipro BPO. At Magic Bus, Aniket will head the Retail Team and will help define the roadmap for our Individual Fundraising vertical.

Sandhya’s areas of expertise are in HIV AIDS, education, health, livelihood training and research, communications, establishing strategic partnerships with Government and non-Government bodies. 
She is a Graduate in Economics from Kolkata. Prior to Magic Bus, she was associated with International HIV/AIDS Alliance as the Director – AD & KM.

Dhanashri is a postgraduate from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She has more than 24 years of rich experience in gender and rights based programming as well as in the areas of health, micro-finance and adolescent empowerment, at the grassroots, in the government and with the UN alike.

Dhanashri’s recent employment was with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), as National Programme Specialist, Gender. She was responsible for leading overall programme coordination with specific focus on gender and rights portfolio management that also included government and partner management. Prior to UNFPA, she has worked with the World Bank and IFAD assisted Swa-Shakti Project in association with the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Govt. of India. As an individual consultant she has worked with clients such as South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude and Seva Mandir, Udaipur. The latter also being her first exposure to grassroots development, helping to build a keen sense of programming with an eye to ground realities.

Dr. Shankar has completed Ph.D. in Extension Education from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi with Gold Medal for an outstanding academic research. He was awarded Commonwealth Fellowship by the British Council to conduct research in development communication at the University of Hull, England. He was also a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Georgia, Athens, USA. He carries more than 20 years of rich experience in the broader area of development, including – Health, education, water and sanitation, migration and livelihood. His expertise is in large-scale national surveys, quantitative & qualitative research, and PRAs.

His recent employment was with TechnoServe, as Senior Practice Leader – M&E. He has worked as an independent consultant with various national and international organisations including FHI360, PSI, CARE India, ILO, PopCouncil, Futures Group, Oxfam, and IBSRAM. Prior to this, he has worked as a public systems researcher in leading market research agencies, including ORG-MARG (currently known as AC Nielsen) and IMRB International.