Our Founder

Dr. Kailash Brijwasi has over 30 years of experience of working at the grassroots. His area of expertise is education. He was with Seva Mandir , Vidhya Bhawan Education Center and Lok Jumbish Project. He was earlier an Associate Professor at the Centre of Women’s Studies at Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University, Udaipur. His other area of keen interest has been in women’s issues in various sectors : gender, education, health and reproductive rights.

He established Jatan in 2001 and has nurtured it till date expanding work into many districts of Rajasthan and other area in India. Dr. Brijwasi holds a Doctorate in Sociology from the Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, a Masters in Social Work from the Rajasthan University, a Masters of Arts in Sociology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Mohan Lal Sukhadia University.

Dr. Brijwasi strongly believes in the philosophy of empowering youth as the key to changing the nation and has been successfully demonstrating it through his endeavors for the last three decades.

Our Team

Members of the Board

We have 3 teams, Members of General Assembly – the Board, Members of Advisory Committee and Core Team members.

Mahesh Dadhich
Mahesh Dadhich

Chairperson & Advocate

Legal Advisor, Municipal Board of Gangapur Bhilwara

Dr. Kailash Brijwasi
Dr. Kailash Brijwasi

Secretary & Executive Director

Jatan Sansthan

Goverdhan Singh Chouhan
Goverdhan Singh Chouhan

Treasurer & Deputy Director

Jatan Sansthan

Dr. Lakshmi Murthy
Dr. Lakshmi Murthy

Additional Director

Jatan Sansthan

Ranveer Singh
Ranveer Singh

Deputy Director

Jatan Sansthan

Ashwani Paliwal
Ashwani Paliwal

Secretary

Aastha Sansthan

Prakash Bhandari
Prakash Bhandari

Assistant Resource Person

Samgra Shiksha Abhiyan

Govind Singh
Govind Singh

Research Associate

Vidya Bhawan Society

Sanjay Chittora
Sanjay Chittora

Program Manager

Skill Training, Employability and Placement (STEP) Academy

Dr. Gaytri Tiwari
Dr. Gaytri Tiwari

Associate Professor & Head

Home Science College, Udaipur

Mohammad Yusuf Pathan
Mohammad Yusuf Pathan

Civil Engineer

Udaipur

Vardhini Purohit
Vardhini Purohit

Former Sarpanch

Oda Panchayat Samiti, Railmagra

Geetika Ramchandran
Geetika Ramchandran

Chief Operations Officer

arroWebs Solutions Private Limited

Mukesh Sinha
Mukesh Sinha

HR & Admin

Jatan Sansthan

Advisory committee members

Smita Bajpai

Project Director, Centre for Health , Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness (CHETNA), Ahmedabad

Dr. Valleri Ramakrishnan

Gynecologist, Shreyas, Children and Maternity Hospital, Udaipur

Dr. Avinash Nagar

Asst. Prof. Udaipur School of Social Work, Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidhyapeeth University, Udaipur

Smriti Kedia

CEO, Sadhna, Udaipur

Manoj Dashora

AAO II, Govt. of Rajasthan

Shashi Jain

Former Dean, College of Community and Applied Sciences, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur

Hemu Rathore

Associate Prof., College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur

Bhanwar Lal Bagrecha

Social Activist and Member of DRG Rajsamand

Pushpa Karnawat

Social Activist and Member of DRG Rajsamand

Anjali Gupte

Design Team Lead, Kshamtalaya Foundation