New Concept Information Systems was set up in 1988 by professionals belonging to diverse disciplines. We are a unique multi-dimensional, multi-faceted organisation. We have leveraged our diversity to provide a comprehensive package of quality services in the field of social development.
- T. S. Sankaran, Founder Member and Mentor
He has held important positions in the Indian Administrative Service, has authored several papers and continues to serve on many official and non-governmental committees on labour issues.
- Geetha Ravishankar, Director Business Development
Expertise – Business Strategy and Design Concepts
Geetha is one of our founding directors and has directed our business operations over the last 22 years. She has been a key force in establishing our creative design and production aspects of the business. Her keen sense of design and visuals, engendered by her academic background in architecture and planning, helps New Concept set its design standards. She has a thorough understanding of the social development sector based on many years of experience with several leading agencies.
Geetha studied urban planning at Columbia University (USA), following a B. Arch course from Madras University and worked as a Programme Coordinator - Madhya Pradesh for the Danish International Development Agency, (DANIDA) till she took on the challenge of building New Concept.
- Vimala Ramakrishnan, Director Marketing
Expertise - Social Research and Capacity Building; Sectors; Public Health, Poverty Alleviation & Livelihood
Vimala has 34 years of work experience in social development and has worked extensively with Government and Bi-lateral and Multi-lateral Donor agencies as well as in academic institutions and Indian and international NGOs. One of the founding directors of New Concept Information Systems, Vimala has led the company’s projects on primary and secondary research, monitoring and evaluation, capacity building and social mobilization across a hundred districts or more in a dozen states in the country. She has cross-sector experience that has contributed to her thorough knowledge of policies and programmes in education, public health, women's empowerment, poverty and governance. She is a highly qualified trainer and has led and facilitated many workshops and participatory sessions for various stakeholders including government officials, project personnel, community leaders, women and youth.
A social work postgraduate from Madras University, she was working as Consultant to Danish International Development Agency, (DANIDA) on Training, Education and Community Mobilization) before she took up the task of building New Concept.
- S. Raghavan, Director Operations and key Resource Person for projects
Expertise – Project MIS, Knowledge Management, Policy & Analytical Documentation; Sectors: Education, Public Health & Governance
With more than 22 years work experience and as one of the founding directors of New Concept Information Systems, Raghavan is proficient in areas as diverse as policy and advocacy documentation, operations research, data management and analysis, systems analysis, design and implementation of computerized systems and costing and financial management. He has managed several of New Concept’s significant projects over the years, including large scale surveys (across 8 states in Education), policy documentation in Health and Child Rights, setting up of large MIS, web-based repositories and databases (on TB, Maternal Mortality), Advocacy publications in print and on web for TB, HIV/AIDS, etc.
His knowledge and experienced leadership has given New Concept an edge in the Education sector – issues of quality and cost effectiveness of primary education through evaluation of programmes, review of curriculum and cost and financing of programmes and projects.
Raghavan is an engineering graduate and post-graduate in management from McMaster University (Canada), and has more than 30 years of experience in the IT and social development domains.
- Uma Seth, Director – Finance
Expertise – MIS, Financial & Management Accounting, Documentation
Uma is, in the main, responsible for the Financial, Costing and Treasury functions in New Concept. She has been directing the book-keeping and financial operations of the company since the last 11 years. Besides her core competency of financial/management accounts, she has strong analytical skills and considerable experience in documentation and evaluation studies.
She is a chartered accountant and a post-graduate in Agricultural Economics from North Carolina State University (USA).
- Vidya Raghavan, Assistant Director - Communications
Expertise – Advocacy, BCC, communication strategy & creatives, Print & Web media; Sectors: Public Health, Education, Livelihood
Vidya Raghavan, with more than 20 years of experience with the organization excels in executing communication projects - developing BCC/IEC strategy, conceptualising a wide repertoire of audio-visual and print communication material and taking them to completion. Her knowledge of BCC programs at the national level and in particular states, and her rigour for quality and innovation has positioned New Concept as a leader in this domain.
- Sudha Nair, Senior Manager – Operations
Expertise: Advocacy, BCC, communication strategy & creatives, documentation; Sectors: Health, Disaster Preparedness, SHGs & Income generation
Sudha has been instrumental in establishing New Concept’s presence in the development sector in Andhra Pradesh. She leads projects in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring states She has successfully built lasting relations with many clients and made wide contacts with funders and implementing agencies, resulting in positive growth of our business. She has substantial experience in print and audio-visual documentation, development of BCC/IEC strategies and conceptualization of advocacy material, as well as in process and policy documentation.
She is a postgraduate in Science from IIT (Mumbai) with a postgraduate diploma in communications from Xavier’s Institute of Communication (Mumbai).
- Pravin Ramteke, Senior Manager-Marketing
Expertise: ICT, Survey, Web-based data base & repository, Web design
Pravin leads the marketing team at New Concept. During his tenure of a decade with the organization he has acquired experience in projects in e-training, data management and analysis and Information Communication Technology (ICT) across the health, education and poverty alleviation sub-sectors. Pravin uses this to advantage to strategise the marketing endeavours of New Concept. He is an avid techy and very versatile in IT application to aspects of his work from developing a web-based information system to an audio-visual presentation using the latest softwares.
He is a postgraduate in Engineering from IIT Madras.
- Ramesh Dogra, Manager–Production
Ramesh heads the design and production floor. He has over 20 years of experience in design, pre-press and print. His in-depth knowledge of current design software, print media and materials has helped NC maintain its edge in design and print quality.
He has extensive experience in understanding design specifications and using the latest available tools like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, Macromedia Freehand, Adobe In design, Adobe PageMaker, QuarkXPress, Flash, and Microsoft Office.
He is a graduate from Shimla University, Himachal Pradesh and holds several certified courses in design & layout.
- Romi Mukker, Manager – Publications Group
Romi has over 20 years of experience in public relations, advertising and printing. He leads the publication section at New Concept. His understanding of social development issues and his ability to compile and bring reports and documents to finalization has enabled New Concept to reach out to many clients. His command of the language and comprehension of the subject are his key strengths.
Romi is a postgraduate in English literature from St. Stephen College, Delhi.
- Sheena Chadda, Manager – Analytical Documentation Group
Sheena has over 15 years of experience in the social development sector and leads the documentation team at New Concept. Her ability to comprehend and analyse the situation and issues in a project and her insistence on quality has helped New Concept set new standards for analytical and process documentation.
Sheena has brought to New Concept the advantage of previous experience in programmes of watershed and water management, agriculture and natural resources with established agencies.
She holds a Masters Degree in Sustainable Environmental Management, Middlesex University, London, U.K.
- Paresh Kumar, Manager – Research & Survey Group
Paresh has nine years of rich experience in market research and social research. He can lead surveys - quantitative, qualitative and tracking, satisfaction studies, monitoring and evaluation, assessments, participatory rural appraisal (PRA) etc. His key competency lies in handling very large scale data, from selection of sample to analysis including high end analysis like correlation, regression, significance test, normality test etc., and in presentation of findings. His research has covered education, health, poverty alleviation and livelihood.
Paresh holds a PGDM from IIMM Pune and has previously held senior positions in Juxt Consult and Hansa Research Group, New Delhi
- T. Murali, Manager – ICT Group
Murali plays a pivotal role in handling and analyzing the web requirements of the company’s clients: translating new ideas into web based solutions. His capabilities encompass assessment of clients’ web needs and preparation of website according to requirements, process vision and design, development and deployment of key execution strategies across web pages, selecting and evaluating effective and efficient systems including hardware, software, email etc. With ICT’s expanding role in social development, our leadership in this area of work is key to our growth and progress.
Murali has worked on the UN web systems over the last 10 years.
He holds a Software Engineering degree from NIIT and Masters in Business Administration (IT) IMT Ghaziabad, India.
- Maya Nirmala, Manager - Operations, Chennai
She leads the marketing, planning and implementation tasks in Tamil Nadu. Since 2003 she has been involved in planning, coordination and execution of research, documentation and projects involving content development and production of communication materials in the area of social development, for the company’s field office in Chennai. New Concept Chennai has conducted large quantitative and qualitative surveys in education and poverty alleviation in the past few years and has been a consistent partner in several of the state government’s health interventions.
Maya’s association with New Concept began in Delhi in 1999. She holds a M.Phil degree in Philosophy, University of Pune.
- Sai Sudha, Manager - Operations, Bhubaneswar
In her capacity as leader of New Concept’s interests in Orissa, she has led several documentation and research projects for the state government in areas of health, education, income generation, etc. Under Sai’s leadership, New Concept at Bhubaneswar has become one of the preferred professional agencies for carrying out various aspects of survey, assessments, documentation and advocacy. Her dedicated management of projects has contributed to the strengthening of efficiencies and capacities at the Bbsr office and to its steady growth over the last few years. She has had hands-on experience of bringing out high quality communication materials and publications while working in New Concept's Delhi office.
Sai has a master's in mass communications and journalism.
