Testimonials

India - Operations Team

Dr. Sanjiv Sharma


Member - India Program Advisory Board

 

A dental surgeon by training and a gold medalist from Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), Delhi a top dental college in India. Dr .Sanjiv always had a passion for experiential and service learning. He will help design and administer our programs into India

 

 

Gurkamal Singh

Member - India Program Advisory Board

Gurkamal is the founder of a NGO in Delhi,a passionate supporter of global citizenship education and service learning. He has over two decades of experience in the Indian hospitality sector. Gurkamal will help design and administer our programs into India

 

 

Ashu (Ash)

India Operations & Logistics – Manager

Ash holds an undergraduate degree from Delhi University and MBA in tourism from Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management. Ash has over six years of experience in Indian tourism and experiential learning sector. Ash will help direct school outreach, assist in designing collaborative and experiential learning experiences for our study trek and global journey program into India and Thailand

 

 

Nishant Chaudhry

Member – India Program Advisory Board

Nishant holds bachelors, masters and M.Phil. degrees from Delhi University, is an Action Researcher and a Social Entrepreneur. He is founder/president of a social entrepreneurship venture called Urban Kyari in New Delhi, India. The vision of this venture is to provide an alternate livelihood option to the displaced farmers by utilizing their skills and expertise to build low cost rooftop vegetable garden setups that can provide high quality organic vegetables to Delhi NCR residents at the comforts of their homes.

Nishant also has keen interest in preserving the dying River Yamuna by promoting and giving importance to the community knowledge of the communities living along the river who know the river and its nature best, While attaching premium to the community knowledge, he advocates that only these communities can save the river from dying. He is also Associate Director of a documentary film on Yamuna called "The River and The City". Nishant will advise and assist our inbound programming into India and join our groups when ever he can.

 

 

Dr.Sanchit Misra

Member - India Program Advisory Board

A medical student at Banaras Hindu University (a top research university in India) and passionate experiential learning supporter, Sanchit helps design life-changing experiences for our study trek and global journeys program into India. Sanchit served as a chaperone during India Study Trek for Harvard students. He was immensely popular amongst students due to his deep knowledge and ability to explain Indian culture,traditions and view points. He shared his knowledge on Ayurveda - the world's oldest holistic treatment system with students..

Sanchit is author of an article on experiential learning in India which was published and widely circulated worldwide in "Nature"- an educational journal. Sanchit has recently completed his medical education and is now in residency.He will serve as a chaperone on our trips in India & Thailand whenever possible

 

 

Shashank "Shaq"

Member - India Program Advisory Board

Shaq is a professional multi medio/ video producer and helped chaperone students during Harvard India Study Trek, he did an outstanding job capturing the trek through pictures and videos. Shaq has a wonderful infectious personality and was immensely popular amongst Harvard students. Shaq is the professional talent behind our trip videos for our inbound and outbound programs into Thailand,India and Costa Rica.

He has done professional work for Indian news channels such as INDIA TV 24 and renowned professor and Padam Shree winner Dr.Pushpesh Pant on a documentary exploring Indian cuisine.

Shaq will help us design life-changing India experiences across our India & Thailand programs,chaperone trips while documenting them in India & Thailand utilizing various media resources

 

 

Daksh Jhangra

Member - India Program Advisory Board

Daksh is an excellent multimedia graphic designer,who can translate ideas into designed graphic products wonderfully. Daksh helped us design logos across all our programs worldwide. He will support and design our multimedia communication campaigns and transformative experiences through our India programs