Ayeshna works with rural communities in Haryana, North India on exploring solutions for quality teaching-learning in schools, advocating equal access to opportunities for all genders through leadership and skill-building and working with rural youth on self-led development. Prior to co-founding her non-profit, Varitra Foundation in 2018, Ayeshna worked as a CSR professional with Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai - an experience that marked her passage to ‘the other side’. Ayeshna completed her graduation in mass media from St.
Baljeet is the Founding Director of Varitra Foundation. Born in a small agrarian family, he has experienced the challenges faced by children in rural areas. Baljeet has grown with a keen interest towards improving of government school as a quality learning space, the thought of which has stemmed out of his personal experiences during childhood. He started missing classes from class VI onwards due to the inability to pay fees and to avoid the ensuing embarrassment by teachers.
