Team Members

Md. Noor Alam,
Executive Director 

More than 24 years of academic, research, training and project management experience in educational, research, NGO/development sector, works at Multiple Action Research Group (MARG) since 2009. Before joining MARG, he was a Project Fellow at Department of Gender Studies, NCERT, MHRD, Government of India and at various academic and community based organizations at state level. His academic training is based on Commerce, Law, Management and History. He has specialization in Gender, Active citizenry, Good Governance, Women’s Rights, Child Rights, Dalit and Minorities Rights. In 2017 he attended the Gender Forum in Vietnam and the Gender Academy at International Training Center of ILO, Turin, Italy. In 2018 he was a panel discussant in a ‘Conference on Gender Inclusiveness and Equality’ at Kota Kinabalu, organized by Sabah State Government, Malaysia. ITC/ILO recognized “Great Networker” amongst the 156 delegates of 54 countries from 5 continents at the Gender Academy in 2017.

D Edwin Charles,
Director Programme 

Mr. D. Edwin Charles is a post graduate in Social work from Madras Christian College, Chennai and MBA in Human Resource Management from Delhi.

He has 30 years of experience in programme development and management of various projects on Urban Poverty reduction, Sustainable Rural development Youth development focusing on the upliftment of most marginalized communities in India and Singapore. He has previously served in the Senior Management team of couple of Organizations and added values to programme administration, Grant management and Partnership coordination.

Puja Tamta 
Project Coordinator, SAMTA Project 

Puja Tamta is responsible for Coordinating and monitoring of all project activities for organisation. She is M.Sc. in Human Development & Childhood Studies from Lady Irwin College, Delhi University.

Pramod Kumar Pal 
Project Coordinator, PARIJAT Project

Pramod Kumar Pal is responsible for Coordinating and monitoring of all project activities for organisation. He is master in Social Work in Rural Development from Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad.

Arun Kumar Nayak
Project Coordinator, Project – Enabling Access to Justice 

Arun Kumar Nayak is responsible for Coordinating and monitoring of all project activities for organisation. He is Master in Social Work from Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Allahabad. 

Sanno Rai  
Project Implementer, PARIJAT Project, Gorakhpur

Sanno Rai is responsible for implementing  activities under the projects by the organisation.  She is Master in Social  Work from U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open  University Allahabad.  

Shikha Mishra
Law Researcher/Project Implementer, SAMTA Project, Maharashtra 

Shikha Mishra is responsible for implementing  activities under the projects by the organisation.  She is LL. M. from University of Kota, Rajasthan. 

Himaani Prabhakar
Project Implementer, SAMTA Project, Uttar Pradesh

Himaani Prabhakar is responsible for implementing  activities under the projects by the organisation.  She is B. A. LL. B. from USLLS, Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. 

Shazia Khan
Project Implementer, SAMTA Project, Bihar

Shazia Khan is responsible for implementing  activities under the projects by the organisation.  She is B. A. LL. B from University of Lucknow and LL. M from Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune. 

Kirti

Project Implementer, Project- Enabling Access to Justice, Karnal district, Haryana 

Kirti is responsible for implementing  activities under the projects by the organisation.  She is graduate from Kurukshetra University and MSW from Indira Gandhi National Open University. 

Rohit Raj
Project Implementer, Project – Enabling Access to Justice, Begusarai district, Bihar 

Rahit Raj is responsible for implementing  activities under the projects by the organisation.  He is graduate from Mitila University, Darbhanga  and MSW from Karnataka State Open University. 

Virender Kumar
Programme Assistant, Parijat Project – Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh

Working at MARG since 1998, Virender Kumar assists in projects and programmes of organisation. He is Bachelor in Social Work and pursuing MSW. 

Rajesh Kumar Sharma
Programme Assistant, Parijat Project 

Working at MARG since 2004, Rajesh Kumar Sharma assists in the projects and programmes or organisation. He is Bachelor in Social Work.  

Ajay Kumar Soni 
Project  Assistant, SAMTA project- West Champaran district, Bihar 

Ajay Kumar Soni is responsible for assisting in implementation of SAMTA project in West Champaran, Bihar. He is Bachelor in Political Science and has done certification course in social work from Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University. 

Avinash Kumar Mishra 
Project  Assistant, SAMTA Project- Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh

Avinash Kumar Mishra is responsible for assisting in implementation of SAMTA project in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh. He is Bachelor in Sociology from Nandini Mahavidyalaya, RMLAU, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh.  

Shraddha H. Suryawanshi 
Project  Assistant, SAMTA Project-Nagpur district, Maharashtra 

Shraddha H. Suryawanshi is responsible for assisting in implementation of SAMTA project in Nagpur, Maharashtra. She is B. Sc. in Agriculture and Master in Social Work from Tirpude College of Social Work, Nagpur.  

Nasreen W. Sheikh 
Project  Assistant, SAMTA Project-Bhandara district, Maharashtra 

Nasreen W. Sheikh is responsible for assisting in implementation of SAMTA project in Bhandara District, Maharashtra. She is Master in Social Work and English Literature  from Nagpur University.  

Sr. Advocate, Kiran Singh

Legal Consultant 

Advocate, Pankhuri Gupta
Legal Research Consultant

Pankhuri is a qualified lawyer with proficiency in legal research and implementation of the action research projects. She possess good understanding of the gender issues and women’s rights in India. She has a Bachelor’s degree in law from the Bishop Cotton’s Women Christian Law College, Bangalore. 

Advocate, Sana Siddiqui 

Advocate Ashok Kumar,

Project : ‘Enabling Access to Justice’ Legal Consultant, Karnal, Haryana 

Advocate Radha Kumari,

Project : ‘Enabling Access to Justice’ Legal Consultant, Begusarai, Bihar 

Manoj Kumar Thakur
Administrative Officer

Manoj Kumar Thakur has been working In MARG since 1994, He has 29 years working experiences in HR and Administration works of MARG. He has responsibility of MARG’s administrative works and office management works including project assistance, network management, events and other logistic support.  Academically B. A (Hons.) in  Geography, B. A. (Hons.) in Sociology and Master in Public Administration (M.P.A.).

Rashida Khatoon 
Accounts Officer

Ms Rashida is responsible for book keeping and accounting of organisation. She is expert in taxation accounting and financial management.  She has done B.Com. from Sindri College and MBA (Finance) from Vishvesvaraiya Technical University, Bangalore.  

Sita Devi

Office Helper