Ranajit Bhattacharyya has been with Pratham since 2003. He has been associated with ASER since its beginning in 2005. He was part of the team that launched ASER in West Bengal and the North-East. Subsequently, Ranajit was instrumental in starting the Pratham chapter of West Bengal in 2007, with the launch of Read India, Pratham’s flagship programme, with the district administration in Sandeshkhali Block of North 24 Parganas, which was subsequently adopted by the district administration to cover the whole district.
He currently works as the General Manager and Head of Communications Unit of ASER Centre and has been involved with several research projects of ASER Centre as well. Post C19 he spends more time in West Bengal supporting the Pratham team, in a mentor’s role.
Till recently he was the Hub Manager of PAL Network South Asia. PAL Network is an association of organisations that conduct Citizen Led Assessment (CLA) across 3 continents, and is head quartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
He has special interest in Sports and Water & Sanitation and contributes intermittently about these issues, in the digital media.
