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Team NGOPost

	Parul Gupta Co-founder and Executive Director Parul is a co-founder of NGO Post and handles several responsibilities from product design to establishing relationships with collaborators. Prior to this, she worked closely with several non-profit organizations in India related to education, child welfare and health and disabilities in a variety of roles including event organization, fundraising as well as spreading awareness. It was these experiences that contributed to a keen understanding of the challenges different groups face while working towards similar goals, possible solutions and avenues for collaboration and knowledge sharing. She holds a Bachelor of Technology from IIT Bombay and Masters of Science from University of California Los Angeles, both in Electrical engineering.
	Nitin Gupta Co-founder and Director, Technology Nitin has a long-standing interest in web-applications and social work, which come together beautifully in NGO Post. He has prior experience in building small websites and applications, including HindiKalam.com, a popular online transliteration tool from English to Hindi. As a founding member of Shiksha Sopan in Kanpur (India) and Udai at San Diego (USA), he has been involved in several service-related projects, including collaborations with non-profit organizations in India and US. Nitin is currently a PhD candidate in bioinformatics at University of California, San Diego, and holds a bachelors in computer science from IIT Kanpur. He is also a passionate squash player.
	Aneesh Subramaniam Director, International Relations Aneesh, a native of Bangalore, received a bachelor of technology degree from IIT Madras in 2004. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in climate research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, U.C. at San Diego. It was at U.C SD where he met Nitin and Parul and got an avenue to work on what had been his long standing interests of enabling the power of the internet to reach and change the society for its benefit. He has been involved in some service activities like teach high school students and help in the penetration of technology to the rural sector in a sustainable way.
	Rajesh Golani Director, Youth Engagement Actual name Rajesh Golani a.k.a Goli. Passed out of IIT Madras, India, in 2002 with BTech in Electrical Engineering. Worked as Hardware Engineer in Tejas Networks, and then at Elina Networks. Recently moved to Xilinx in Technical Marketing. Apart from work, interested in reading, writing, guitar'ing and travelling. Maintains a personal blog here. Writes monthly for a NGO magazine called Sattva.
	Anupama Garg Director, Resources Anupama is the Director, Resources of NGO Post and her role is mainly related to raising funds for NGO Post through different avenues. She has frequently been associated with NGO related work, ranging from child education to organising events for the unprivileged. NGO Post has given her opportunity to contribute to the society in yet another way. She holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engg. and Masters in Microelectronics from IIT Bombay. Having worked in the corporate world, she is currently exploring her interests as a Freelance consultant in Mumbai. She maintains a blog, with one purpose being, spreading awareness about ways in which a common man can contribute to the environment and society.
	Prateek Sharma Director, Web Strategies Prateek likes lurking in the dark alleys of the web and bragging about his latest finds. He believes that technology has the power to bring positive social change and he is excited about discovering new ways to use the web for a public movement. In the past, he has volunteered for a number of non-profit organizations. He also likes reading poetry and prose, watching random movies and singing classic rock and ghazals. In the remaining time, he does marketing for a telecom product company. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT-Bombay.
	Ameet Deshpande Director, Online Communities Native of Pune, Ameet is a doctoral student in Mechanical Engg. at UC SanDiego. Before coming to USA, he was working for GE Research in Bangalore, India for two years. He completed his Batchelor's in mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay. He is avidly interested in renewable/sustainable technologies, hobby electronics, and developmental economics. As a pet project, he also likes to muse about morality, and game theory! Ameet is an active member of Udai San Diego.
	Niket Sourabh Director, Media Relations Niket has extensive experience in running volunteer efforts. He has been a regular volunteer for the San Diego chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and has chaired several committees for organization of their multi-million dollar fundraisers. Born and raised in India, Niket moved to Southern california in 2002 after securing his undergraduate degree in engineering from IIT Kanpur. After a brief stop at University of California, Los Angeles for graduate studies, he joined Nokia for development of high end cellphones. He is currently employed at Qualcomm, working on navigation solutions for cellphone chipsets.
	Himanshu Khatri On Sabbatical! Himanshu is currently a PhD candidate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California San Diego working on radio frequency integrated circuits. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur and Masters of Science from University of California San Diego. Before joining UCSD, he worked in a Noida based technology startup, Atrenta India developing software products for VLSI CAD. Himanshu is involved in social welfare projects through Udai San Diego, promoting awareness and providing technological support to non-profit organization. Currently, he is handling international relationship at NGO Post.