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Tanushree Patel

2024 Fellow

Impact & Fundraising Manager at Saturday Art Class

Tanushree Patel
India

Tanushree Patel is the Impact & Fundraising Manager at Saturday Art Class, a non-profit organization providing Visual Arts and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) to children from low-income communities in India. In her role, Tanushree oversees Monitoring & Evaluation, Research, and Product Development, aligning her efforts with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Quality Education (SDG 4), by promoting inclusive and holistic learning environments. At Saturday Art Class, Tanushree has designed and facilitated training programs to help educators create safe and creative learning environments. To gauge the impact, she developed innovative indicators and assessment tools to track students’ behavioral outcomes and strengthen educators’ capacities. She has also been a key player in developing a WhatsApp-based chatbot for program delivery and monitoring, which has reached 140,000 children across India. Additionally, she leads research initiatives to explore the impact of visual arts and SEL, shaping the narrative on the broader influence of arts education within the learning ecosystem. With over six years of experience in the development sector, Tanushree has worked across various domains, including education, rural housing, and sustainable energy. She has been involved in projects related to governance and public systems delivery and co-authored a paper in Public Health and Social Welfare. A Teach for India alumna, Tanushree holds degrees in Urban Planning and Public Administration. She is driven by a passion for fostering learning environments where every child has the opportunity to express themselves creatively and thrive in today’s world.