Don Bosco Tech - Our Team

Fr. Jose Mathew SDB (Vice President, Don Bosco Tech)

Fr. Jose Mathew SDB (Vice President, Don Bosco Tech Society), with Post Graduation in Social Work and Bachelor’s Degree in Law, has more than 20 years of experience in social development programs and UN projects. He is the former Provincial of Salesians of Don Bosco (Delhi Province). Before becoming the Provincial, he worked as Economer of Delhi Province for six years. Formerly, he was the Director of Bosco Organization for Social Concern and Operation for six years. During these past two decades, he has worked extensively to empower thousands of young at risk in North India through academic and technical training.

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Fr. George Mathew SDB (Executive Director, Don Bosco Tech)

Fr. George Mathew SDB (The Executive Director, Don Bosco Tech Society), spearheading the team of National Office located in New Delhi. He joined Don Bosco Tech as the Asst. Director and headed the Finance department from May 23, 2015, to January 24, 2019. Fr. George is one of the founding team members of the society. He has a professional degree in Social Work and has been actively involved in the social development sector for almost two decades. His sharp acumen in matters of finance, administration, IT, HR and ability to bring innovation and latest updates in the systems is contributing to the new developments at Don Bosco Tech, as it steps into a new phase of redefining and revamping its workings, under his strong leadership. He has been Economer of the Bangalore Province and has played a pivotal role in the establishment of the DBSM facility at Bangalore. Fr. Mathew rose to the position of Director of Bangalore Rural Educational and Development Society (BREADS) from the Asst. Director. During his six years term as the financial administrator of more than 45 projects and institutions managed by the Salesians of Don Bosco, he has proved efficient in his managerial skills by working on action plans and budgets, supervising, monitoring, and evaluating. He has been associated with Don Bosco Tech from its inception and has contributed immensely to its growth and development.

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Stanley Jones (Chief Operating Officer)

Stanley Jones is part of the Senior Management Team of Don Bosco Tech and with the organisation since its nascent years in 2010 and is heading the Learning and Development department of Don Bosco Tech. Stanley is also coordinating Project Himayat of MoRD, Govt. of India, implemented by Don Bosco Tech in Jammu & Kashmir. He has diverse experience of coordinating government and corporate project operations, developing systems, training, and curriculum development. Stanley is passionate about training youth and staff, and travelling to various Don Bosco Tech centres across the country drives and motivates him.

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Fr. Davis MJ SDB (President, Don Bosco Tech)

For the past two decades, Fr. Davis Maniparamben SDB (Provincial, New Delhi) the then Principal of several North Indian schools has dedicated his life to empowering thousands of young people. As Rector and Principal of Don Bosco School, Alaknanda, Delhi, brought laurels to the school with the ‘Outstanding School Award’ from the Delhi Minority Commission, of whom he is also a member. He is now the President of Don Bosco Tech Society with a professional degree in Education (B.Ed.), a master in counseling psychology, and a bachelor in English. He was a Provincial Councilor for four tenures who served the Province with various capacities: Provincial Delegate for Formation, Education & Culture, and Groups & Movements. Currently as the Provincial Delegate for Past Pupils & ADMA and also a full-time Youth Ministry Coordinator of the province. Adding more feathers to his cap, he was one of the panelists of Inspectors for the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination.

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Wairokpam Joykumar Singh (Regional Manager)

Joy is managing the implementation and execution of skill development program of government sponsors schemes as well as corporate social responsibilities (CSR) funding projects. He also supports the content, assessment, accreditation and affiliation team for their effective processes. He ensures to meet the project standards and adheres to the guiding principles of DBTech. Previously, he has worked with Sector Skill Council and Assessment agency.

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Md Arif Ahmad (Regional Manager)

Arif is working with Don Bosco Tech since 2013. He joined as a Cluster Coordinator at Jammu and Kashmir and he rose to become a Regional Manager for North India region. His core expertise is implementation of livelihood programs and government skill development programs. He is an experienced social work practitioner with Master’s in Social Work from Delhi University. Apart from his routine work, he also contributes as a volunteer for relief work in natural calamities & disasters. Before joining Don Bosco Tech, he has worked with SOS Children’s Villages for two years.

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Ankita Kispotta (Executive)

Ankita is a graduate, who had worked with the Tata Power Private Limited and at St. Charles school. The concept of skilling, giving placement and leading to the empowerment of marginalized youth to earn their living, inspired her to work with the team of DB Tech since 2018. She coordinates to administer the enrolment and monitor the assessments of students on internal Learning Management Software and with 3rd Party, based at SSC (Sector Skill council).

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Fr. Joseph Elavanal SDB (Director-Don Bosco SKill Mission)

Fr. Joseph Elavanal SDB (Director, Don Bosco Skill Mission (DBSM), which is also the regional office of Don Bosco Tech Society located in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Fr. Elavanal has Bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy, Chemistry, and Theology. He holds Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Administration from St. Mary’s University (Twickenham, London). Formerly, he was the Director of Don Bosco School (Mannuthy, Trichur), Don Bosco College (Sulthan Bathery, Kerala), and Don Bosco Technical Institute (KGF, Karnataka). Fr. Elavanal was the Provincial Economer of Bangalore Province for two terms. He has also served as the Director of Bangalore Rural Educational and Development Society (BREADS).

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Mahima Sethi (Manager)

Mahima holds the Masters degree in Business Administration Human Resources and certification in People Analytics. She has over 8 years of experience in HR across corporate and social sector. Her continue love of learning motivates her to stay updated with the latest HR trends and practices. She marks her journey as enjoyable, provided both valuable professional and personal experiences, adapting quickly to change and building resilience. She is committed for socializing the new and existing employee to the culture of the organization through formal and informal practices, focused on greater levels of employee satisfaction. She motivates and inspires the team by delivering HR services, programs, and communications that adds value to our stakeholders.

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Domnic Blasius (Office Assistant)

Domnic is the alumni of Don Bosco Yuva Kendra, Najafgarh who passed out in 2017 and joined our national office team in 2018. He performs clerical duties of visitor management, documentation, and courier dispatch. He supports the operations team for the material distribution of training kits and mobilization kits to the respective centers.

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Donald Samuel (Executive)

Donald is an alumnus of Don Bosco Technical Institute, Okhla. He became the part of National Office Delhi team in the year 2016. He is working with the MIS team to maintain the database of the students and center by coordinating with the state and operations team. He joined as a fresher and has gained experiential knowledge while providing his services to the DB Tech.

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Kul Bhushan (Assistant Manager)

Kul Bhushan joined Don Bosco Tech in March 2014. He develops and implements the standardized MIS procedures to ensure data accuracy. He coordinates with the team to ensure that the operational requirements are met. Prior to DB Tech, he has worked with corporates for 7 years.

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Lucy Pascal (Personal Assistant)

Lucy is working with Don Bosco Tech since 2015. She is performing the secretarial role of maintaining the documents and calendar for the Executive Director. She coordinates with departmental heads, ensure integrity and confidentiality, as and when required. Previous to DB tech, she has worked with American Women’s Association. She also has a decade years of experience of working in corporate sector.

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Navjeevan Kumar (Executive)

With a zeal to set a benchmark in the field of education for underprivileged students under the skilling India initiative, he joined as a faculty in Don Bosco Technical Institute Okhla. Providing his services for three years, he joined the IT team at National Office in June 2019. He is maintaining, expanding, and scaling websites and portals of Don Bosco Tech and Don Bosco ITI. Navjeevan has done his graduate engineering degree in Information Technology from CEC Mangalore Karnataka and holds a post-graduate degree in M.Tech Computer Science from SIT Rewari Haryana.

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Praveen Sharma (Executive)

Praveen is working with DB Tech since 2016. He works to maintain the book keeping and balance sheet for CSR and government projects. He prepares the financial report for internal and external information. Prior to DB Tech, he has worked with Bal Vikas Dhara.

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Fr. Noble George SDB (Assistant Director)

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Rahul Kumar Singh (Assistant Manager)

Working since 2014 as Assistant Manager, IT. Since then, Rahul has been handling various responsibilities in the department. He has contributed immensely to the development of websites, directories, and internal project management, and HR management software. Rahul is passionate about building new technological solutions. He is a great problem solver. Previous to Don Bosco Tech, he has the experience of working with Lofty Technologies which was an IT startup. Rahul has done his BCA and has expertise in .NET Development.

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Vidya Sagar (Accounts Officer)

Sagar is working with Don Bosco Tech since June 2010. He is handling the payroll processing of all the employees including the project staff. He ensures the adherence to compliance of statutory liabilities and also coordinates for the gratuity and full & final settlement process.

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Shruti Sharma (Assistant Manager - Partnerships and Linkages)

Shruti holds a Master of Science Degree in Development Communication and Extension from Delhi University. She has over 4 years of experience in the development sector and her key areas of work have been proposal development, research & reporting, project implementation, networking & partnerships. Previously she has working experience with nonprofit organizations and consultancy firms.

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Manoj Marothia (Manager - Placements)

Manoj is a knowledge-driven professional possessing a Master’s degree in Human Resources. He is leading the placement team to execute and monitor the placement of trainees as per the project milestone. He has deep exposure to networking with employers and tracking the students. He has over eight years of experience performing training & development and career counseling activities in training institutes implementing government and CSR projects including the employment exchange program.

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Antony Raji Niveditha (Regional Manager)

Ms. Niveditha is a post-graduate in Human Development and Family Studies and Counseling. Her passion and studies have majorly been with children and youth. She believed in the holistic approach of the organization’s skill development program. Being part of the operations team for close to 7 years, she has learned, experimented, and implemented various aspects of her work. Before joining DB Tech, she worked with GiveLIfe and Leprosy Mission. In June 2022, she was among the only non-Salesian to be selected as a member of the Technical Commission of Bangalore province. This team basically plans and looks after the expansion and augmentation of skill-related work within the Province.

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Alka Barwa (Executive)

Alka is working with the DB Tech family since 2014. She is based at national office and works to maintain the database of the students with respect to each center in coordination with the state and operations team. She ensures the timely receipt of inception and completion of reports as per the MIS requirement.

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Anima Brigit Toppo (Assistant Manager)

Anima has been with Don Bosco Tech for close to 11 years. She is a certified professional who handles the HR duties of the organization including recruitment, record maintenance and payroll processing. She supports all the staff in day to day HR related inquiries. She is proficient with HRIS.

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Anjali Toppo (Kitchen Staff)

Anjali is providing the facility services as a kitchen staff and also for housekeeping maintenance.

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George Massey (Sr. Executive)

George, joined Don Bosco Tech in September 2012. He works to plan, coordinate and manage all office administration work including assets management, physical distributions & logistics and vendor coordination. He ensures to provide the staff’s facilities as per the requirement and within the timelines.

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Kishor Dass (Regional Manager)

Kishor joined Don Bosco Tech Society in August 2019 with special focus to support Human Capacity Development for North East India. The notion of transforming the lives of youth and equipping the last person in the remotest part of the country with the skills motivates him to be part of Don Bosco Tech Society. He has a zeal to experience novel things and the impetus to do something better and transforms more lives. He hold a Masters degree in social work and also certified in Community Based Disaster Risk Management. He has attended various trainings across, Non Violence Summer Institute 2017 Level 1, USA at University of Rhode Island, Preparing Global Leaders summit 2015, Moscow at Russian Presidential Academy, International Youth Work Camp 2013 at Malang, Indonesia Brawijaya University, Economic Dimensions of Peace Building, 2012 at Kathmandu, Nepal and many more.

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Monika Kujur (Kitchen Staff)

Monika is providing the facility services as a kitchen staff and also for housekeeping maintenance.

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Rakesh Roshan Lakra (Assistant Manager)

Rakesh holds the Masters degree in Mass Communication and graduation degree in Bachelor of Arts in English. He follows the passions of exploring the world of graphics by developing creative content. Prior to DB Tech, he has provided his services in teaching, skilling and empowering the youth at technical institutions.

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Ramesh Kumar Chetri (Senior Accountant)

Ramesh handles the multiple accounts for CSR and government projects. He prepares, monitors and maintains the financial report of expenses and variances which is shared with partners and management on periodic basis. Initially he joined to get exposure of social programs, but within course of time, he became fully involved in multiple programs undertaken by Don Bosco Tech. The culture of work life balance fascinates him to provide his continuous services since 2011. He holds the Masters in Business Administration specialized in Finance and Banking.

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Sudhir Tirkey (Personal Assistant)

Sudhir joined Don Bosco Tech in May 2013. He ensures smooth coordination for courier dispatch and manages the printing of documents. He is a post-graduate and has done the diploma in computer application.

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Sunil Kumar Dewangan (System Administrator)

Sunil is working with DB Tech from past 11 years. He provides technical support (software & hardware) to all the staff. He also manage the biometric attendance records for national and regional office. He is a graduate and also certified as HCL Certified Engineer (HCE), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA). Previous to DB Tech, he has worked with Ginger Hotel (TATA Group).

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Sushil Hansdak (Assistant Manager)

Trained in modern office management, he worked for the sponsorship program, the projects for social transformation through vocational education and integrated development in association with BOSCO Delhi. He is associated with Don Bosco Tech since the early formulating phase to set the benchmark of network across. He maintains the books of accounts of projects and of DB Tech as well. Self-learning has always been his motivation to provide his service to the organization.

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Vinay Khalkho (Senior Executive)

Vinay joined Don Bosco Tech in 2018. He ensures the accreditation and affiliation of training centers, coordinates with Sector Skill Council(SSC) for sector affiliation, and monitors the Training of Trainers (TOT). He is certified in Urban Farming from NIESBUD (National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development). He has the passion to explore the world of graphics and holds certificates in graphic designing as well.

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Grecia Blah (Assistant Manager)

With 13 years of experience in the Hotel industry, she joined DB Tech as a hospitality trainer in the year 2016 and trained the students under corporate and government projects. Promoted to cluster coordinator and further as a state coordinator, she has marked a great impact at grassroots community for North Eastern region. Having good knowledge for content management, she moved to work with the Communication team for creating original content for our website, social platform, internal communication and advertising. She also covers DB Tech programs for media.