About Us

Our History

Shooting Stars Foundation began in 2013, over 10 years ago, with a young student channeling his passion to make a difference in his community. Now, his vision has spread across the globe, and transformed the lives of K-12 students around the world and first-generation college students in India. Our dual method of programming (STEM Education Programming and Scholar Sponsorship and Training) has reached tens of thousands of young people.

Our Team

Board of Directors

Latha Narayannan

Board Vice Chairperson
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Brian McCann

Board Chairperson
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Kevin
Lee

Board Member
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Chris Gaebler

Board Member
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Malai Muthu

Board Member
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Jayashree Sundaresan

Board Member
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Damaris Harris

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Abhilash Verma

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Karen McCloskey

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Leila Pourhashemi

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Staff Members

Oindrila Das

US STEM Program Manager

Marcia Brevard Wynn

Grant Researcher and Writer

Deepti Pillai

Director - Branding & Communication

Vaibhav Chouhan

Director - Corporate Sales

Sakthi Sethumani

Director of Operations

V Geethanjali

Sr. Program Manager

Rathi Sivakumar

Program Lead - Scholar Engagement

Vaidehi Suthar

Program Manager | STEM Program

Andrew Morrison

Program Associate

Aysath Rukshana

Digital Marketing Associate

Rukmini Chopra

Content Creator

Nithya Rubini R

Project Lead

Diksha C.

STEM Program Associate

Johannah Sandra S P

Manager - Skilling, India

Shivaranjani

Volunteer

Committee Leadership

Subha Singaram

Portland Program

Meena Vellayapan

Donors Relations

Jagan Borra

Treasurer

Vidya Padmanabhan

Elisa Muresan

Officer Management

Una Krisnan

Priya Gurumoorthy

Subha Sriram

Making An Impact

How It All Started

When I was a 7th grader, bored over the spring break holidays, my mom insisted that I help my younger brother with his state tests – I came up with sample questions and gave him a refresher just before the exams. After seeing how I helped my brother, I received interest from a few family friends. They began to send their kids and said they would even pay for it!

After a couple of years, I was introduced to Akhil Ganti who in turn introduced us to a larger local community that helped us launch our non profit – Shooting Stars Foundation. The programs we offer to elementary school students locally started with common core curriculum and public speaking. It has now expanded to a variety of unique STEM enrichment programs. With the funds raised we sponsor college education in underdeveloped countries.

– Ajjit Chidambaram Narayanan, Co-Founder

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