Ideosync's core team consists of communication for social change professionals
with wide-ranging programmatic, creative, administrative, design,
and research experience.

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  Ideosync also welcomes
  interactions with creative
  professionals who are
  interested in working on
  development related issues
  and social change related
  materials. If you are an
  illustrator, designer, audio/
  video professional or web
  specialist, and would like to be
  on our panel of external/
  freelance consultants,
  write to us

N.Ramakrishnan Director of Projects
A mass communication professional with a Masters degree in Mass Communication from the Mass Communication Research Center (MCRC), Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, Ram’s work with Ideosync has centered on development communication policy design, communication needs identification, and communication strategy design. Ram was responsible for the design and development of Ideosync’s acclaimed sex education initiative for young people in South Asia, Growing Up. He is also a cinematographer, editor and director; and conducts workshops on community radio, developmental filmmaking and low cost radio and video technology.

Venu Arora Director of Projects
Also a mass communication professional with a Masters degree in Mass Communication from the Mass Communication Research Center (MCRC), Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, Venu is a specialist in the design, execution and implementation of integrated communication support plans for multi-sectoral development initiatives. After a two year stint with the UNDP REACH programme as Communications Officer, Venu is currently on special assignment as Regional Coordinator (South Asia) for the Equal Access Digital Broadcast initiative (DBI). She has also received the MacArthur Fellowship for Leadership Development (FLD) (2002); and has completed the Advances in Health Communication course conducted by the Johns Hopkins University/Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Sanjeev Kumar Verma Project Coordinator
With a Masters degree in the Social Sciences and a Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management, Sanjeev has extensive experience in organizing and coordinating capacity building programmes, workshops and training processes. He has organized and implemented programmes on literacy, employment generation, non-formal education, poverty alleviation and livelihood generation; and has hands-on field experience working directly with communities and youth groups.

Anisha Gupta Programme Officer
Anisha graduated in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and did her Master’s in Mass Communication from Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication. After a professional stint in scripting and direction for mainstream media, she moved to communication in the development sector. She has worked on a variety of education related issues, including a countrywide campaign to advocate for a wider choice of schools for the economically weaker sections of society; and is currently responsible for managing Ideosync's safe migration and HIV related programme, New Voices.

Naba Kishore Sarangi Radio Editor
An audio engineer with a post Graduate Diploma from the Biju Pattnaik Film & Television Institute of Orissa, Naba Kishore is responsible for the technical work on Ideosync’s radio and audio programming. With a number of credits as a sound recordist and sound engineer in the professional music recording, film and dubbing industry, he is responsible for recording and editing Ideosync’s radio programmes on safe migration - Sheher Ki Ore and Desh Pardesh – as well as Ideosync’s 52 episode radio series on HIV awareness, Nayee Disha. Kishore is also currently working as part of the training team on Ideosync’s community radio initiatives, training community groups in the essentials of recording and editing radio programmes.

Aarti Talwar Research Associate
Aarti has a degree in Biology from MD University, Rohtak; and a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Management from the Institute of Health Management Research (IHMR) Jaipur. She specializes in research on health and health initiatives, and was part of the IHMR team that was responsible for the evaluation of the Indian National AIDS Control Plan Phase II. At Ideosync, Aarti is responsible for the design, implementation and evaluation of the research components of its communication interventions.

Nabin Chandra Pradhan Nepali Field Producer
With a background in journalism and print design, Nabin freelances with Ideosync as a field producer on its cross border communication projects with partner organizations in Nepal. Currently, he is responsible for the field production and recording of the documentary components of Ideosync's radio programme on safe migration for Nepali migrants, Desh Pardesh. Nabin works full time with Studio Lynx, a design and graphics studio also based in the NCR of Delhi.