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People & Team

Dr. Pellissery is a public policy expert in land governance, informal economy, social networks, and social science philosophy. He has held professorships at esteemed institutions including Oslo Metropolitan University, University of Bielefeld, Beijing Normal University, and IRMA, serves on key editorial boards and collaborates globally.

Dr. Sony Pellissery

Board Member (Non-Executive)

Depinder Kapur, a WASH and development leader, heads NIUA's C-Cube initiative and formerly directed SCBP, shaping national capacity and resilient sanitation frameworks. He held senior roles at CSE, Shiv Nadar University, WaterAid, CARE, Oxfam, WSSCC, SPWD, and AKRSP, advancing rural-urban and Global South water agendas.

Mr. Depinder Kapur

Board Member (Non-Executive)

With over a decade of cross sector leadership, Aseem has advanced livelihoods, mining, and urban WASH & Waste Management in rapidly transforming regions. He has led initiatives at Tata Trusts, PwC, and BORDA, promoting decentralized, nature-based, climate-smart systems across South and Southeast Asia and co-foundied FISH to drive accountable & sustainable urban transformation.

Aseem Acharya

Director, Programs

Jeevan Roy is an urban planner with expertise on water, sanitation, and integrated urban systems, bringing over ten years of experience. He has spearheaded initiatives with Tata Trusts, MDWS, NIUA, IPE Global, BORDA and international donors on impactful urban programs, and since 2025 leads FISH's technical portfolio.

Jeevan Roy

Senior Urban Planner

Meenal Katpalliwar is a civil engineer with experience in WASH and solid waste management. As Program Coordinator at FISH, she steers projects, partnerships, and sustainable service delivery, championing circular economy approaches and grassroots impact.

Meenal Katpalliwar

Program Coordinator

Vani Prabhu is a finance expert with over 20 years' experience in accounting, audit, budgeting, and MIS in the development sector. She has held senior roles at BORDA, Nightingales Medical Trust, Raleigh International India, and SVYM, and is a certified PFMS Master Trainer under the CGA, Ministry of Finance.

Vani Prabhu

Head of Finance and Compliance
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