
Team
Shemeer Babu (CEO)
Shemeer is passionate about supporting change makers working in social good and has 15+ years of experience in leadership, design thinking and impact technology.
Chhabil Gadia (CFO)
Experienced in Financial Controlling, P&L Management, developing Annual Operating Plans, Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial Modelling & Forecasting, Risk assessment & mitigation, Fundraising, and Investor Relationship Building. (Ex-Lenovo, Microsoft, Tata, Start-ups).
Jinso Raj (aikyam fellow, 2023)
The quiet, unassuming tech superhero; Jinso brings a single-mindedness to his work as a full stack developer as he does for his weekly movie outings.
Greeshma Thottingal (aikyam fellow, 2026)
Greeshma works on aikyam jobs helping people find meaningful work in the social sector. Beyond curation, she supports various community initiatives focused on social growth and impact.
Vivek V(aikyam fellow, 2026)
Vivek manages aikyam space and works with people and organisations to build strong community connections.
Mary Gracy (Upcycling Clothes & Tiny Entrepreneur)
Mary collects cut pieces from tailoring shops in Fort Kochi and upcycle to bags to reduce landfill wastage. She loves to teach stitching.
Haseena (Facilities & Tiny Entrepreneur)
Haseena ensures that the garden, spaces are well maintained. She also loves cooking.
Nasini Asharaf (Facilities & Tiny Entrepreneur)
Nasini helps keep aikyam Space clean, welcoming, and comfortable for the community. She also enjoys kitchen gardening and loves caring for the plants and green spaces around the space.
Shabana K H (Community Coordinator)
Shabana supports community building, outreach, and livelihood programs at aikyam. Her work centres on connecting people and enabling sustainable opportunities.
Aparna R (Communication Associate)
Aparna leads communications and storytelling at aikyam. She focuses on articulating our work through an inclusive and accessible lens.
Krishnan Ghosh (aikyam fellow, 2026)
Krishnan works as a spatial designer at aikyam, facilitating design consultations and needs for all people at the space and the space itself.
Sentinaro Shiu (aikyam fellow, 2026)
Sentinaro is a mental health professional working with aikyam jobs to make meaningful employment more accessible in the social impact sector by connecting organizations with the right talent.
We are looking to hire social entrepreneurs, technologists, storytellers, advisors — spanning experience in program design, fundraising, writing, finance, and grassroots engagement.
Advisors
Deepali Kulkarni (Advisor)
Deepali is passionate about projects where technology is used for the greater good. She helps aikyam stay close to our mission and guides us with her leadership and mentoring.
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Ramya Sundararajan (Director, Board Member)
A storyteller at heart, Ramya is CEO at WeLive Foundation and is associated with Azim Premji University’s English Language Support Centre.
Veena Gadia (Director)
A post-graduate in Chemistry, Veena volunteers with organisations that support children with special needs, offering counselling and support to parents.
If you are passionate about contributing to the work done by social impact organisations through volunteering your skills in design, technology, strategy, fundraising, storytelling, talent management, finance, etc - please do write to us at shemeer@aikyamhq.com