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Meet Our Founder
A leader driven by education, entrepreneurship and a commitment to creating meaningful social impact.
Samier Mamania
Founder - Varitty Impact Foundation
Samier Mamania
Samier Mamania is an entrepreneur, education-sector professional, philanthropist and social-impact enthusiast with extensive experience across the education, school-supply and non-profit sectors.
Samier Mamania is a Partner at VARITTY, a Mumbai-based garment and school-uniform business with 50+ years of industry experience.
His professional journey has been closely connected with education, giving him a strong understanding of the needs of students, schools, educators, parents and educational institutions across India.
He is also the Founder of Little Ryders Preschool, an early-childhood education initiative with a presence across Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad.
His experience across education, entrepreneurship and the NGO sector reflects his belief that education can be a powerful instrument for creating long-term social change and opportunity.
Education
Education-sector experienceEntrepreneurship
Founder of Little Ryders PreschoolSocial Impact
Long-standing NGO associationCommunity
Focus on children & communitiesOur People
Rakesh Bhandari-Chairperson
Managing Director, Vantage Steel Industries Pvt. Ltd.
Ananya Deshpande-Vice Chairperson
Managing Partner, Deshpande & Rao Associates
Vikram Sethi-Treasurer
Former CFO, Meridian Consumer Goods Ltd.
Farah Contractor-Trustee
Partner, Contractor Advisory Services
Dr. Suresh Iyer-Trustee
Professor of Public Health, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Meenal Kapoor-Trustee
Head of CSR, Solaris Financial Group
Neha Bakshi
Chief Executive Officer
Arjun Malhotra
Director – Programmes
Ritika Shah
Director – Corporate Relations
Sanjay Purohit
Head – Finance & Compliance
Priyanka Rao
Head – Monitoring & Evaluation
Kabir Anand
Head – Communications