Executive committee

Chairperson – G.Uma Devi

She has been actively involved in youth movements from 1976 to 1990 and has traveled extensively all over the state. She is associated with several campaigns for participatory development. She played key roles in the democratic rights movement since mid seventies. She has been associated with several movements in the state including trade union, rural women’s struggles against gender and caste discrimination, rights of forest dwellers, literary movement

She is associated with Telugu journals and publications on the people’s movement and democratic struggles.

She is postgraduate in social sciences and worked in Centre for Social and Economic Studies. She is currently working in ICRISAT.

Vice-Chairperson – Dr Vinita Pandey

Dr Vinita Pandey is a sociologist and is faculty in Osmania University. She is specialized in tribal development, participatory research methodology. She has publications in PRA methods in tribal communities.

She has several studies on rural development, participatory approaches, women empowerment, and tribal development. She has completed Ph D in Sociology

Secretary – M.Bharath Bhushan

M Bharath Bhushan is the founder Secretary of CARPED and has been associated with developmental interventions since 1986. He has been an active member of several campaigns and movements in Andhra Pradesh. He is the founder Convenor of A P Alliance for Child Rights, a network of NGOs engaged in promotion of CRC. He is also the founder Convenor of state network of NGOs engaged in promotion of participatory forestry. He has several publications on themes of development concern and tribal movements. His contribution to developmental activities in AP is more in the areas of child rights, environmental protection and tribal development.

During his career from 1978 he has worked with ICRISAT, Centre for Environment (CEC), Institute of Asian Studies, Adam Smith Institute, and has been advisor to Andhra Pradesh and Orissa governments on alternative livelihoods and safety nets. He is the founder member of CEC, Movement Against Child Labour, Medak District Voluntary Association Network and Adyayana and been active in several civil society initiatives in the state and country.

Joint Secretary – G.Ernest Leslie

G.Ernest Leslie is Joint Secretary of CARPED. He is also the founder member of CARPED. His educational qualifications include Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and Master’s degree in Sociology. He has been working for the poor and downtrodden since 1987.

He has been associated with several developmental interventions in agency areas of Khammam and Vishakapatnam. He has been actively involved in Youth Development Services and worked with AP MAST in the capacity of HRD Manager. He has been associated with varied research projects in the capacity of Research Associate in Administrative Staff College of India. Presently he is working with community development wing of Lanco Group

Treasurer – L.Vidya Sagar

He is a professional photographer and cameraman. He has done diploma in Electrical Engineering and also holds diploma in Photography from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.

He has worked on documentary films on environment protection and sustainable agricultural practices. He is associated with educational interventions for children. He is working for ICRISAT.

Executive Member- Ameena Wasif

She is involved with the programmes for the development of women and adolescent girls of minority (muslim) group in the old city of Hyderabad. The programmes mainly focus on education, livelihoods and reproductive health and children. Her study on the reasons of poor educational standards among Khoja (a minority community) helped school management to implement the recommendations to improve the standards.

Her educational qualifications include Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Social Work.