Meet the ARCHers

Dr. Anjali Pahad

An academician by profession, Anjali is presently the Dean at Department of Extension and Communication and Faculty of Family & Community Sciences at the M S University of Baroda. She boasts of more than 22 years of teaching experience and has written various papers that have been published in prestigious journals for all the extensive work done in the field of Home Science and Extension Education. She has won accolades and international recognition for her research studies on women empowerment, health and sanitation and digital education for mentally retarded children. A visionary and a great mentor, she has guided many professionals and organization to obtain PHD and undertake meaningful research.

Jignesh Patel

Passionate Arts

Jignesh is a passionate arts activist who uses his skills as a film maker, actor, writer, director, photographer, theatre trainer and an advocate for bringing social change. He has been involved with Darpana for Development –the development arm of the prestigious Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad, in Gujarat from 2006. Jignesh specializes in training youth in theatre and performance techniques using the medium of street plays to cover social issueslike creating awareness on health, woman empowerment, girl education, human rights to name a few. Having worked closely with UNICEF, WWF, John Hopkins University Centre for Communication Program (Bloomberg), USAID, Futures Group International, Public Health Foundation of India, Health Department of Jharkhand and other government departments of India, he shows deep commitment in finding creative mediums to augment social change at ARCH.

Deepa Goyal

Assistant Professor -CS

Ms. Deepa Goyal is a post graduate in English and Economics. A passionate academician with more than 15 years of experience working with Government and Private schools. As part of her contribution to society she has conducted numerous training programs on self-development for children from less privileged section. She is a certified Memory techniques trainer and a Certified NLP practitioner providing training on memory technique to school children and teachers. She also conducts counselling sessions to address psychological issues.

Shamita Goyal

A teacher

A teacher more by passion than profession, Shamita has changed the rule book of being an educator by her unique techniques, indulgent attitude and dynamic persona. She believes that teaching is not about clearing difficulties and complexities but more about making concepts simple and enjoyable. With an MA in Maths and PGDCA she heads WISKRAFTERS, Delhi, an institute dedicated to groom leaders of tomorrow. At Arch Foundation she provides her expertise in conducting trainings and learning camps among students and teachers in the beneficiary schools in Delhi area.

Nazish Campwala

Expert - Research

Nazish Campwala, Post Graduate in Social Work from College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai is currently pursuing her PhD in Social Work from the Faculty of Social Work, M, S. University of Baroda, Vadodara. Having a knack for writing, she is engaged in Freelance Consultancies for academic and non- academic research projects and documentation. She has assisted many firms like Development Support Centre (Ahmedabad), Rizwan Adatia Foundation (Ahmedabad), The Blue Bird Foundation (Vadodara), TISS CSR Hub (Mumbai), Department of Psychology, the M. S. University of Baroda, ARCH Foundation (Vadodara) and many other private clients in their various research based documentation work and is currently holding the position of Research Officer under the UNICEF Project, Faculty of Social Work, Vadodara. Her expertise lies in the areas of academic articles, secondary source writing, research based community organisation, socio-economic trends and analysis of communities, research, rural development and documentation.