Our Team

Our entire team is made up of dedicated volunteers

Team at Welugu

At Welugu, while board members hold official designations, we function as collaborative, non-hierarchical teams, where everyone contributes according to their strengths and passions.

Our Core Team guides strategy and aligns efforts with Welugu’s vision, while all members and volunteers share responsibility, creativity, and growth in service of our mission.

Our Gratitude

We are grateful for each and every member and volunteer for their knowledge, skills, time, and effort. Your presence, and dedication, make this work possible, and each of you is deeply precious to us.

This journey is shaped by your willingness to show up, share, and contribute to something larger than any one of us.

Please meet rest of our volunteers in the relevant program pages

Core Team

Sivaranjani Penna

Internal Medicine Physician | USA
“Ahaṁ Brahmāsmi - Tat Tvam Asi”
Roja Kandepalli

M.Sc. Chem. | Homemaker | UK
“Knowledge is Power”
Harini Gudiseva

M.Sc, M.S | Research Project Manager | USA
“Everything happens for a reason”
Chaitanya Rani Attili

B.Sc. | Homemaker | India
“You have the power to change your life”
Nayan Uttarkar

USA

Board Members

Sivaranjani Penna

CO-FOUNDER & PRESIDENT
Internal Medicine Physician | USA
“Ahaṁ Brahmāsmi - Tat Tvam Asi”
Roja Kandepalli

VICE-PRESIDENT
M.Sc. Chem. | Homemaker | UK
“Knowledge is Power”
Chaithaya Rani Attili

TREASURER
B.Sc. | Homemaker | India
“You have the power to change your life”
Harini Gudiseva

SECRETARY
M.Sc, M.S | Research Project Manager | USA
“Everything happens for a reason”
Maneesha Madalaparthy

DIRECTOR
M.Sc., Mech. Eng., Dip. Child Ed., | Homemaker | India
“Sometimes surviving is the most heroic thing we do.”
Malini Vinnamala

DIRECTOR
Dip. Nutrition & Dietetics | Educator | USA
“Positivity is a daily practice not a destination“
Vijaya Kandi

DIRECTOR
MBA | Software Test and Release Manager | UK
Sunitha Yadam

DIRECTOR
B.Ed, MBA | Educator | USA
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things”
Melanie Bateman

DIRECTOR
BSN | Registered Nurse | USA
"Faith, Hope and Love. Let all that you do be done with love"

Social Media and Technological Team

Harini Gudiseva

M.Sc, M.S | Research Project Manager | USA
“Everything happens for a reason”
Nayan Uttarkar

USA
Praveena Settivari

MS in Toxicogenomics | Product Stewardship & Regulatory Senior Specialist | USA
"A smile can make all the difference! "
Sahasra Chavali

12th Grade | Student | USA
"Wherever you go, go with all your heart"
Samhitha Chavali

7th Grade | Student | USA
“Life is about the Journey not the destination”
Sivaranjani Penna

Internal Medicine Physician | USA
“Ahaṁ Brahmāsmi - Tat Tvam Asi”
Surya Teja Penna

Student | USA
“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done, day after tomorrow just as well”