Manuski

Manuski Staff:

Maitreyanath Dhammakirti is the Chief Functionary of the Manuski Centre. He has worked for over 25 years helping to establish over 30 hostels, four of them for children affected by earthquakes and two for children affected by the tsunami. He has also helped to establish and develop over 50 health and education community centres in slums. He has worked closely with many other NGOs, foreign funding organisations and the Government of Maharashtra.

Priyadarshi Telang trained as a computer engineer and worked as a project manager in the Vishakhapattanam Steel Plant. After working with the public sector and private companies, he involved himself in entrepreneurial activities. He is a trainer in Management Information Systems. He has also acquired legal understanding in the area of FCRA, 80G and other fields. He is also involved in resource management within the Manuski centre. He is the secretary of the Manuski.

Mangesh Dahiwale is Bachelor of Electronics Engineer. He served Government of India for 5 years in the Department of Commerce during which he was involved in trade related issues with Latin America and World Trade Organisation (WTO) related issues.

Sameer Taware is Masters in Social Work (MSW) from TISS, before joining Manuski project, he worked with issues of abolition of Manual Scavenging.

Rahul Bhandare is Masters in Social Work (MSW) from TISS, before joining Manuski project, he worked in microfinance sector and dealing with Human Rights Advocacy in Manuski project.

Madhavi Kamble is Masters in Social Work (MSW) and she is working in Dalit Women Leadership development program.

Priyanka Jadhav is MSW and working amongst the most disadvantaged communities like Paradhi, Kaikali and Vadars.

Vaishali Bhadwalkar is MSW and working amongst the most disadvantaged communities like Paradhi, Kaikali and Vadars.

Archana Thosar is working as a Librarian in the Sangharakshita Library at Manuski centre.

Pradeep Bansode has worked extensively in the social movement and he is involved in publicity and archives.

Anil Tulse is working as a communication officer

Vivekmitra is the centre manager of the Manuski Centre

Kamlesh Kamble is office assistant

Vinod Patil is caretaker, gardener and driver

Volunteers:

Pandurang Rajuskar

Bharat Wankhede

Prashant Niswade

Manohar Mama

Advisors:

Haresh Dalvi is a trained social worker also holding an MSW degree from TISS, Mumbai. He has worked in various fields that encompass Self Help Groups,Heath Care Systems, Urban Sanitation and Disaster Management. He is a trainer in Result Based Management system, which includes Project Cycle Management, Log Framework Analysis and Vision Development. Besides this, he has personally contributed to relief work following the Gujarat Earthquake in 2001, the Tsunami disaster in 2004 and Mumbai Flood in 2005. He is the editor of tri-monthly social work magazine, “Samaj Karayachya Disha Karyakarta” (Directions in Social work: The Activist). He is pursuing his PhD in Indianapolis University.

Dr. Satish Shambharkar is trained doctor and campaigned for Justice in the infamous Khairlanji Massacre of 2006. He is now pursuing his masters in Public Health in TISS.

Nitin Salve is a production engineer, MBA from JBIMS, is a consultant in Financial Management. He has experience of work in a private company and a nationalized bank. He has specialised in Risk Management. He is the founding president of Indian Strategic Management Association (ISMA) which deals with innovations in entrepreneur processes. He is working towards developing entrepreneurial processes for sustainable developments for effective social change.

Sagar Zende is Masters in Social Work (MSW) from TISS and worked with Dalit Human Rights agencies before joining Manuski. He is pursuing his Masters in Lund University, Sweden.