Dr. Sudha is an Ecologist and Educator. She has a deep interest in nature conservation and founded the Kaigal Education and Environment Program in 2002 and continues to guide its work. She firmly believes that every individual especially the youth must become part of the endeavour of nature conservation and has worked tirelessly towards maintaining the habitat and the wilderness in The Valley School and Kaigal Conservation Centre integrating the care of the land within the school's curriculum and everyday living. She is a much loved teacher - either leading young children on insect studies or bird watching or facilitating field projects for older students or simply, taking them on a nature walk. Sudha was awarded the Amarnath Inclusion Award in 2017 in recognition of her contribution to education.
Mr.C.Premnath is an Engineer by qualification and has donned the roles of a Technocrat, Consultant, Businessman, Educator and an Administrator across many years of experience in industry and educational settings. He was also a teacher and administrator at The Valley School. He has played several roles in the long history of the Kaigal Education and Environment Program and has been engaged in all aspects of the work since its conception to implementation. Premnath works very closely with the livelihood program team, training and guiding them on processes of planning, sales, delivery and record keeping, besides providing overall direction to the work of the organization.
Krishnan has been – serially, over 45 years - an engineer, entrepreneur, consultant and educationist. His core areas of industry experience have been in the use of technology in banking and financial services and driving process efficiencies and project implementation making effective use of technology. Joining The Valley School to teach Physics, he moved on to teaching subjects he wanted to learn and has also been the head of the school and the head of the teacher’s resource centre. Krishnan mentors the team working in the livelihood program – supporting them in the design of efficient processes, planning, marketing and financial management besides providing overall direction to the work of the organization.