Our Team

The Development CAFE team is diverse, international and multicultural.

Global Governing Board

Bavanirajan Joseph

Board Member

Internal Auditor, Arcot Lutheran Church and Research Fellow ICDR, Chennai.

Narine Aslanyan

Board Member

Deputy Head, UNICEF Libya

Devanathan Parthasarathy

Board Member

Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay

Valentine J,  Gandhi

Founder and Board Chair

Senior Researcher, Evaluator and ICT4D expert.

Beatrice S. Salasya

Board Secretary

Head of Impact Evaluation at KALRA, Kenya

Jane Thomason

Board Member

CEO, ABT Associates, UK and Australia

Indonesia Governing Board

Diastika Rahwidiati

Deputy Head of Office, UN Pulse Lab – Jakarta

Ida Ayu Cintya Yamaswari

Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex

Ida Ayu Gayatri

Sustainable Tourism Expert

Sangayu Laksemi (Board Secretary)

Dean, School of Design, Trisakti University

India Governing Board

Ninan John P (Managing Trustee)

Retired Professor, Madras Christian College

S Constantine (Treasurer)

HR Business Partner – PayTM

Jennifer Ruby

Senior Manager – IT Microsoft

Other team members

  • Country teams
  • Volunteers, moderators and members of our think-tank from 143 countries
  • Dedicated researchers
  • ICT Experts
  • Project officers and Consultants

Want to join our team or work together?

We always have inspiring opportunities to join.