Art classroom with easels and children's artwork

Meet the team

Sense Kaleidoscopes is the living expression of Ayathi Trust’s - where philosophy meets practice. Every detail — from the pedagogy to the physical space — is designed with care to support creativity, connection, and dignity for neurodivergent individuals.

It is their diligence, dedication and patience that is crucial in seeing all the children through their good times and bad.

ASK Trustees

Let's meet these fellow comrades and partners in crime.

Akshayee Shetty

AKSHAYEE SHETTY

The Flame Starter (Founder, Curriculum & Research)

To grow up unseen is to know how deeply education can wound when it fails to meet the child. From this lived truth, Akshayee founded Sense Kaleidoscopes: not as another school, but as a sanctuary wher...

Anand Ananthaswamy

ANAND ANANTHASWAMY

The Logic Keeper (Trustee, Numbers, Systems & Magic)

Numbers, when seen only as accounts, are lifeless. But in Anand’s hands, they become instruments of balance. He carries responsibility for finance, administration, and fairness within the community, y...

Uma V. Agadi

UMA V. AGADI

The Color Weaver (Trustee, Art, Curation & Aesthetic Justice)

Art, when taught as technique alone, is shallow. But when lived as inquiry, it becomes a way of awakening. Uma, a painter and curator trained at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, has apprenticed for yea...

Niranjana P. Raj

NIRANJANA P. RAJ

The Quiet Architect (Trustee, The Builder of Brave Classrooms)

Academics, when reduced to marks, shrink the mind. Niranjana, a Chartered Accountant who turned to education, carries into SK the conviction that knowledge must free, not burden. She leads the academi...