Rajiv heads the organisation from the front by providing strategic vision and leadership. He is a law graduate from Delhi University and did his MBA from FMS, Delhi University. He has held senior management positions for over 25 years at Kodak, HCL and was also the CEO of Airtel Enterprise Services before he quit the corporate world to join the social sector. Sensing anacute lack of enough skilled people in the Indian job market, he started Empower Pragati to contribute to bridging this skill gap and led it to become one of the most admired and innovative skill training companies in India.

Pritha heads the Training, Placement and Human Resource wings of the organisation. An MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur, she has worked extensively in both the corporate and social sectors and has held leadership positions in organizations such as Oberoi Hotels, ICI paints, Airtel and Feedback Ventures. Pritha co-founded and nurtured Phicus Social Ventures before she quit to join Empower Pragati. With a passion in the fields of learning and development, she continues to drive Empower Pragati forward. She enjoys theatre and reading in her free time.

Sanjeev heads implementation of all Government Projects undertaken by Empower Pragati. He is an MBA fromS P Jain School of Global Management and has more than thirty years of corporate experiencein India, Middle East and Africa. He is known for his strategic insights to transform business results for profitable growth. He has had immense exposure in managing resources to improve organisational performance and enhance productivity while creating high-impact strategies for value addition. He has received many prestigious awards such as NRI Achievers Award, Bharat Samna Pravasi Award etc. In his leisure time, Sanjeev likes to play golf and enjoys meeting people.

KBR heads the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) Project and the Marketing function of Empower Pragati. He holds a B.Tech from NIT, Calicut and an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He has been a member of the leadership teams at companies such as Airtel, Essar, Reliance Communications and Dimension Data. He has expertise in social entrepreneurship, vocational skill training, e-Commerce logistics, telecom and payments. He was also actively  involved in e-Governance initiatives and cloud adoptions at Central Government, State Government and Municipality levels. He is our resident social networking, cloud computing and generally all-things-technology expert.