Team
Dr. Kalyanashish Das
Dr. Kalyanashish Das is a doctor by profession with MBBS and DCM (Postgraduate in Clinical Paediatrics). He has been deeply connected with social issues and thus by choice he is a social development professional.
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Dr. Kalyanashish Das is a doctor by profession with MBBS and DCM (Postgraduate in Clinical Paediatrics). He has been deeply connected with social issues and thus by choice he is a social development professional. Dr. Das is a competent medico-socio professional with more than 17 years of both public health and clinical experience with special emphasis on nutrition, child and adolescent health, program implementation on integrated health, WASH, livelihood, and disaster management with clinical management at the primary health setup. He has worked with various international NGOs like CARE International and UNICEF as a child health expert at the country level. He has extensively worked with different state governments and has experience of training and working at the village level for improving child health across more than 10 states. He has been part of different health committees at the state and country level and represented in different forums internationally on child health and nutrition.Dr. Das is the Director of the Proaction Foundation since June 2021.
V. Susairaj Vedamuthu
Mr. Susairaj is a veteran in development sector with more than 4 decades of experience. He is also the founder of Jeeva Jyothi (JJ), an NGO that he established in 1994. Under his leadership, JJ has made significant contributions to improving lives of disadvantaged communities in Tamil Nadu.
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Mr. Susairaj is a veteran in development sector with more than 4 decades of experience. He is also the founder of Jeeva Jyothi (JJ), an NGO that he established in 1994. Under his leadership, JJ has made significant contributions to improving lives of disadvantaged communities in Tamil Nadu. Before that, he worked with different leading Human Rights Organizations such as Child Workers Asia and also with activists like Kailash Sathyathri, operating in direct contact with young people from 1976 to 1983 in India and as Coordinator from 1983 to 1990 in Asia Pacific countries.Mr. Susairaj worked with unorganized workers - mainly workers of rice mills and brick kilns. In the field of women’s protection, he contributed to the formation of more than 400 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and in the establishment of federations and movements for women’s development.
He’s currently State level convener for Tamil Nadu and Chennai’s NGO Forum for street and working children, TAFRE – Tamil Nadu, and Tamil Nadu Child Rights Observatory.
Susairaj is the Director of the Proaction Foundation since June 2018.