Peo Nathan
Board Chairman & President

Peo Nathan is one of the founders of the Next Generation Foundation. He has a MS from UMass and is the Chairman & Chief Technology Officer with Advans Technologies with its corporate office in Worcester, MA. He resides in Shrewsbury, MA with his wife and two sons. He is originally from the southern part of India and hopes to return back to influence social changes to empower the poor in the subcontinent. He is an ardent practitioner of meditation and is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. more...

Vidya Vasudevan
Executive Director

Vidya Vasudevan is the president of SolveIT Inc., an IT services firm based out of Westborough, MA. She holds a Master’s in Communication from the University of Madras , Chennai. She resides in Grafton with her husband and 2 children. In her free time, she loves to read, sing and listen to music.

Monalisa Patnaik
Board Director & THRIVE Project Director

Monalisa Patnaik is the founder of THRIVE -To Help Rural Indian Villages Emerge. Monalisa is a Strategic Consultant for Humana. She received her pharmacy degree from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy (MCP) and is pursuing an MBA at the Heller School, Brandeis University. She manages the NGF's THRIVE Project.

Naveed Deshmukh
Board Director & Treasurer

Naveed Deshmukh is a Sr. Manager at Fidelity Investments. He holds an MBA degree from Clark University. Naveed is currently the Treasurer for NGF and has been involved with NGF since its inception. He currently lives in North Carolina with his wife and two daughters.

Pramit Makoday
Board Director & Secretary

Pramit Makoday has a Masters in Computer Applications from DAVV a reputed University of Central India. In his 10 years of IT experience he has worked as software consultant for companies of international repute and currently working as a software consultant at Fidelity Investments. Right from his student life he was very actively involved with lot of social, cultural, sports initiatives in Madhya Pradesh India. He has received recognitions from state leaderships for his contributions to the social initiatives. He was particularly active with the Computer Society of India during his post graduate studies. He lives in Westborough MA with his wife and daughter.

Ganesh Davuluri
Public Relations Director

Ganesh Davuluri consults for Fidelity Investments. He serves as the President of Lalitha Kala Lahari, is on the board of IAGB, serves on the Executive Committee of MITHAS, and volunteers for NGF. His other interests include traveling, photography, Indian classical music and performing Vedic pujas/samskaras.