Deputy CEO
“Do not run after success. Run after excellence, and success will follow you”
School Administrator
“One hundred years from now, clothes, cars, houses, banks accounts, nothing will matter but the world may be a better place because I was important in the life of a child”
Head of Fundraising
Inspired by Joseph Murphy’s book, The power of your subconscious mind.
Born in London and after gaining and MSc in applied mathematics, Jaydeep started his career as an aerospace engineer followed by automotive engineering and worked for British Aerospace in England and Lear Motors in Germany.
After being inspired by Muhammed Yunus’ book, “Banker to the Poor”, and attaining an MSc in Finance from Cass Business School in London, he moved to India in 2006 to serve poor communities through microfinance. He worked for Unitus Capital in Bangalore before moving to the city of his roots, Kolkata, where he joined Arohan Financial Services Ltd as VP and headed finance, fundraising and HR.
In 2014, Jaydeep co-founded Wings Learning Centres, a chain of affordable education centres for low-income communities. He joined Calcutta Rescue as CEO in 2017.
Qualification – MBBS DCH CAL
Pastime – listening to retro music
Achievements – continually provide quality medical care, cost-effective medical services, a successful wound care clinic at Nimtala.
Inspirational Film – 3 idiots
Special feelings about CR – always feel motivated by Dr Jack’s vision of work, working here gives me a feeling of home, beneficiaries are close to my heart. happy to be a member of very dedicated team always motivated to face any kind of challenges.
Ajita Karar holds Bachelors of Commerce (Hons) from the Burdwan University and post-graduate in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations.
He has begun his career with Calcutta Rescue as a junior team member and gradually upgraded to the Managerial position. He has devised and developed Calcutta Rescue HR system and procedure way back in 2000 when the task was entrusted to him. He feels honored to be associated with Calcutta Rescue with this philanthropic work and for working with great personality like Dr. Jack.
Ruby Sen joined Calcutta Rescue in 2009. She has more than 24 years of experience in Finance and Accounts and has worked for both social and corporate sector. Having worked for the corporate sector for a few years, she switched to the social sector, motivated to give back to society.
She is a graduate in Commerce from Calcutta University and has completed the Chartered Accountancy Intermediate examination.
Besides managing her role as Finance Manager in Calcutta Rescue, she has taken an initiative and contributed to local fundraising to a large extent.
“Calcutta Rescue has taught me to be more compassionate, caring, humility gratitude and the importance of giving.”
Ananya joined Calcutta Rescue in September 2017. She wants to level the playing field by making a difference in the lives of the less fortunate children. She worked with leading CBSE schools in Kolkata for 23 years in the capacity of a teacher, teacher coordinator, HOD (Social studies), pre-school headmistress and primary school head.
Ananya is a CTET certified teacher who holds a Master in Sociology, B.ED with specialisation in teaching English and Social Studies as well as a diploma in pre-primary teacher’s training. She received the Best Teacher Award from NIIT in 2007 and was inducted as a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International for her social contribution.
She translated study materials for Sarba Siksha Avijan and also experimented some unique holistic teaching methods with urban underprivileged youth and adults in Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangkok. Ananya is a voracious reader, an ardent lover of nature and she enjoys travelling, painting, singing and cooking.
A post-graduation in Economics and a PGD in HRD, has around 2 decades of experience of working in the Development sector handling various portfolios in the field of health, microfinance, women and children issues, livelihood, agriculture, natural resource management sector in various responsibilities. Have closely worked with various government departments, corporates and international donors spearheading fundraising activities.
She had setup a startup which promoted the rural Kantha artisans work in a unique way and was selected by a programme called All India Road Show for Economic Empowerment of Women’s Entrepreneurs amongst the top 30 women entrepreneurs in India.
The trust and openness between Calcutta Rescue and the donors is very strong and is worth portraying.
