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We are an inter-disciplinary team developing games, simulations, and workshops to engage with wicked problems.

For the last 12 years, we have been making tools to help individuals, organisations, and policymakers understand the messiness and complexity of their landscapes. We focus on addressing vulnerability through data-informed and participatory policy-making.

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Meet our team


Anirudh G

Anirudh G

Communications

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Anirudh is a Bangalore-based social worker interested in the use of language and dialogue for collective action. They have been a part of grassroots movements since 2018, focusing on systemic change for the advancement of minority rights. They aim to leverage their understanding of the social sector to help FoV expand its reach and amplify its impact. Anirudh enjoys cooking, solving puzzles, and deep dives into mundane topics.

Karthik Natarajan

Karthik Natarajan

Co-lead

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A trained architect and product designer having trained in India and Germany. He has 18 years of working in various verticals from FMCG, Construction, to scrap metal recycling and Plastic recovery. His work ranges from scaling sustainability focused enterprises, to helping enterprises develop more user centric products and services. At FoV his interests lie in scaling of projects and finding cross-industry applications for research tools.

Kavitha Singh

Kavitha Singh

Accountant

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Kavitha has experience of more than ten years in the field of finance and accounts. She has experience in different sectors such as telecommunications, education , advertisement, manufacturing industries and hospitality. She enjoys baking and traveling.

Niharika Hari

Niharika Hari

Programmer

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Niharika is a creative technologist passionate about blending technology, art, and science. They believe in the power of interdisciplinary collaboration to bridge gaps between fields and create impactful outcomes that extend beyond traditional boundaries. Outside work, they enjoy crocheting, painting, gaming and creative coding.

Pranay Karmakar

Pranay Karmakar

Researcher

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Pranay is a designer and architect (since 2020), an urban planner (since 2023), but mostly he is an artist and curious person (since ever). He thinks asking valid question is the first step to bring any change in policy, social, urban development. He justifies his argument and policy questions through data analysis and modelling.

Sakina Attarwala

Sakina Attarwala

Designer

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Sakina is a visual designer grounded in problem-solving through storytelling. She has a background of working for and alongside diverse vulnerable communities, making her a strong advocate for inclusivity. Aiming to bridge these gaps and to help amplify the voices of those often marginalised. At FOV, she aims to find new ways to address and solve for disparities leveraging visual expression.

Shashikala Jalari

Shashikala Jalari

Administration

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Shashikala has more than 18 years of experience in HR and Administration. She has experience in different sectors like hospitality industry, construction, telecommunication and manufacturing industry. Her hobbies include gardening, reading books and enjoying listening to a wide range of music.

Sridhar Raman

Sridhar Raman

Programmer

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Sridhar is a software engineer and a transport modeller. He moved into the domain of public policy thirteen years back and has since then been working with local authorities in India and the United Kingdom. He is an avid advocate of sustainable mobility and likes to spend his free time cycling, hiking and reading. He is currently focusing on different aspects of public policy modelling and tool building.

Srinidhi Santosh

Srinidhi Santosh

Researcher

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Srinidhi holds a bachelor's degree in architecture from NIT, Tiruchirappalli along with master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from CEPT University, Ahmedabad. She has a keen interest in exploring different domains in the field of planning with a focus on the institutional framework and governance aspects. During her free time she enjoys dance, sketching and painting.

Sukanya Deepak

Sukanya Deepak

Senior Designer

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Sukanya Deepak is a multidisciplinary designer who works at the intersection of visual and user centred design. With seven years of experience in working as a designer across geographies and disciplines, Sukanya aims to make design solutions more transparent and participatory.

Yashwin Iddya

Yashwin Iddya

Co-lead

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Yashwin Iddya works towards social equity and sustainability by designing simulations using qualitative and quantitative data. Yashwin Iddya has a bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s in Sustainable Resource Management from Technical University of Munich, where he majored in Environmental Economics and Policies. He enjoys travelling, trekking and reading books.

Meet our board


Dr. Anjali Karol Mohan

Urban and Regional Planner
Partner, Integrated Design

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Dr. Gangadharan K V

Head, Centre for System Design (CSD) and Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIDS)

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Dr. Sudhir Krishnaswamy

Vice-chancellor of the National Law School of India University

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Nalini Shekar

Co-Founder Director of Finance and Special Projects at Hasiru Dala

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Ravi Chellam

Wildlife Biologist and Conservation Scientist

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Sudhira H.S.

Director at Gubbi Labs

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Sujatha Narasimhan

Chief Executive Officer, Wheels Global Foundation

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Meet our alumni


A. Selva

Abhinash Sahu

Abraham Lukose

Aditi Murthy

Akhilesh Kumar Vedam

Akshata Bhat

Amar Chadgar

Anaga Sivaramakrishnan

Andreas Frank

Anirudh Thimmaiah

Ankita Victor

Anna Jacob

Anurag Shanker

Anya Pathak

Arun Kumar

Ashamary Alexander

Bauke Bakker

Bhagyalakshmi Srinivas

Bharath M. Palavalli

Bharath Moro

Celesty Kumari

Chinmay Hegde

Daksh Varshneya

Darshini Ashok

Girish Krishnan

Harish R

Harsha Krishna

Iain Kettles

Jahnavi Koganti

Kannan Sobti

Kavvya Sankritik

Ketaki Paranjape

Ketaki Sardeshpande

Kshiraja Krishnan

Lisanne Binhammer

Maanavi Panwar

Marissa Memelink

Md. Hifzur Rahman

Meera Prajapati

Megha Jois

Mehr Amina

Merlyn Matthews

Miguel Ramos Carretero

Mosa al Husseini

Murali Krishna G

Nafisa N Crishna

Naisha Kamboji

Nandan Agarwal

Onkar Hoysala

Paran Amitava

Paromita Bathija

Pawan Dhananjay

Pragati Gupta

Pranav Chazhiyill

Prashant Aswal

Prashanth Raghuram

Priyam Vadaliya

Puja Laginya Raghuraman

Rajat Upadhyay

Rakshan Kalmady

Rashmi Verma

Rufael Negash

Saipriya D. Salla

Sandesh Sapkota

Sandro Miccoli

Shailee Patel

Shambhavi Singh

Sharanya Venkataraghavan

Shishira Krishnamurthy

Shiv Kanan Choudhury

Shivangi Singhal

Shubhangi Dubey

Sieta van Horck

Sneha Maria

Sonakshi Mehra

Sonika Tandon

Srijan Sil

Srijib Das

Srinivasan K

Sruthi Krishnan

Suchitra Venkatachalam

Sumit Sute

Sunayana Sriram

Suruchi Soren

Swapna Chakraborty

Tanmayee Narendra

Tarun Dutt

Tarun Vishwanath

Trina Talukdar

Ursula Uday

Vaibhav Dutt

Vardhan Varma

Vidhi Patel

Viyona Mohan

Yashvanth Kondi