Our Leadership

VAIDYANATHAN KRISHNAMURTHY, ADVISOR

With over four decades dedicated to building India’s strengths in the social sector, working closely with both Public and Private entities, Vaidyanathan brings great value to the health, nutrition, water & sanitation and disaster management and disabilities arenas.

He provides CSR advice to corporate and Civil Society organisations. He is on the board of Trustees in other organisations and mentors their development outreach and management.

MADHU BAHL, CEO

Madhu Bahl has totally more than 30 + years of experience in the education space which includes teaching, designing, training, content creation and building profitable models and interventions that are both scalable and sustainable. She has worked independently as a design and training consultant with well-known funding agencies and social organizations. She also has 15 years of corporate experience at senior management level where she was responsible for profitability along with a deep focus on product development and business delivery. Her corporate responsibilities include experience in working with both the private and the government sector. She has built and worked extensively with large teams, both across physical geography and social demography.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FINANCE & RISK

A qualified finance professional (ACA, AICWA, ACS), Sudhir has served articles with A F Ferguson & Co and served MNCs – Shell, Siemens, Ferodo, Colgate Palmolive and Heinz (as CFO and Finance Director) as well as Owner Managed groups – Mittals, Bahwans and Mustafa Sultan as Group CFO. He has worked briefly in Australia, Mexico and for 22 years in the Middle East before joining Samhita.

SUYASH APTE, DIRECTOR, TECHNOLOGY

Suyash has been associated with Mastek since 1996 and was the Senior Technical Architect before joining Samhita. He has over 21 years of experience in software development, with expertise that included mentoring individuals & teams in their journey of Agile Consulting and engineering excellence. He was responsible for providing thought leadership and strategizing delivery.