Sanjeev Nayak is a Founding Director and Trustee of the Silicon Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, and a Founding Trustee of the Future Bhubaneswar School. An entrepreneur whose work spans information technology, technical education, hospitality, and renewable energy, he also serves as Treasurer of Open Learning Systems and Manage Autism Now, both nonprofits working with differently abled children in Odisha. His association with Gram Vikas goes back to the 1980s, when a shared interest in technology solutions brought him into Joe Madiath’s orbit at a time when Gram Vikas was among the first NGOs in India to adopt computers. A graduate of BITS Pilani and XIMB, he joined the Gram Vikas Society in 2016.