Mr. McLaud Emmanuel

It’s a pleasure to work with TSA to especially fulfil its social goals. I head the Strategic Partnerships department in International Justice Mission India (IJM), Chennai. IJM is a global organization focused on collaborating with governments to support the successful implementation of programs around safety and protection of the vulnerable poor, particularly on issues of bonded labour, human trafficking and crimes against women and children. In this role, I drive strategies and avenues of engagement with thoughtleaders, business houses and other institutions.  I’ve also worked with Habitat for Humanity India, overseeing the National and International Volunteer Programs, Resource Development & Corporate Partnership efforts for Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Thereafter, I served as the Operations Manager overseeing Centre Operations of the Small Enterprise Finance Centre, and as the Senior Grants Manager overseeing grant compliances and research budgets on internationally funded research projects at IFMR LEAD at the Institute for Financial Management and Research.  The highlighting merits to my name include a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from The New College, a Bachelor of Theology from Lakeview Bible College & Seminary, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Social Initiative & Management from the Centre for Social Initiative and Management, an Advance Certificate Program in Social Media Marketing from NIIT Imperia, an Executive Program in Financial Management from the Loyola Institute of Business Administration, and a Masters Program in Project Management from Simplilearn Solutions.  As a Trustee, I aspire to support TSA towards building a vibrant student development program that educates and empowers children to grow up as informed and responsible citizens in society.  To be agents of change, students require an exposure to a wide array of societal issues, facilitated in a child-friendly manner to have their curiosities and compassion kindled. Inculcating values of responsible citizenship, children can be taught to build bridges against exclusionary forces and respond empathetically to the needs of the vulnerable and marginalized in local communities around or detached from us. Children also need to be introduced to complexities around the emerging sustainability challenges to our planet and people so as to know how to reason, present their positions or view points in a thoughtful way, and explore opportunities to connect, engage and collaborate for a better world.