Kiranmayi B
Senior Manager, India CSR
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Seasoned social impact professional with 15+ years of experience driving strategic philanthropy, nonprofit partnerships, and community engagement across South Asia. Proven success in aligning corporate purpose with societal impact through cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and regulatory compliance under India's CSR framework.
Available for immediate joining, have recently wrapped up my stint with Salesforce where I was spearheading South Asia's philanthropy and grantmaking strategy across education, climate resilience: driving inclusive, measurable impact through stakeholder partnerships and robust program governance. Also led the AI Access Gap India Strategy to democratize access to AI and green skills education, with a focus on empowering underserved communities through inclusive, future-ready learning opportunities.
A passionate advocate for equity, sustainability and inclusion, with deep experience mobilizing employee engagement and cross-sector collaboration. Adept at leading high-impact, high-visibility programs and supporting business resource group activities to foster belonging and community impact. Thrive in complex, matrixed environments - translating strategic vision into actionable outcomes that elevate both employee experience and community impact.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Manager
Salesforce
Bengaluru, India , Karnataka
07.2018 - 05.2026
- Led Salesforce's 2% CSR portfolio in India and drive South Asia's philanthropy strategy, aligning global CSR goals with local priorities to maximize social impact.
- Oversee all grant investments across South Asia, including HQ strategic funds, global sustainability initiatives, India CSR grants, and business unit donations, ensuring alignment and effectiveness.
- Identified and partnered with nonprofits across India and Indonesia to scale and support nature and climate initiatives, including biodiversity restoration, urban forestry, agroforestry, ecopreneurship, disaster resilience, and renewable energy projects.
- Design and scale career-connected learning programs for youth, including early career exposure, skill-building, advanced coursework, and job placement pathways across India, Singapore & Thailand.
- Champion efforts to bridge the AI access gap for students and underserved youth, with a focus on inclusive learning pathways at the intersection of AI and green skills for a future-ready workforce.
- Designed & led the Salesforce India Accelerator: AI for Nonprofits - a flagship initiative that empowers nonprofits with funding, cutting-edge AI technology, and pro bono expertise to design and deploy customized AI agent.
- Lead robust monitoring and evaluation processes, including grantee check-ins and site visits, to ensure accountability, learning, and continuous program improvement.
- Create and deliver impactful content to raise the visibility of CSR initiatives, including an annual India CSR Report for key internal and external stakeholders.
- Streamline grants operations by driving adoption of the India CSR Tableau dashboard, and enhancing data-driven decision-making on the grantmaking platform.
- Advise and support the Employee Impact team on nationwide volunteering efforts (e.g., India Giving Campaign, Salesforce Run, disaster response), increasing employee engagement, and community impact.
- Represent Salesforce in high-impact partnerships and value-based conversations with customers, partners, and global movements, including 1T.org and Pledge 1%.
Consultant, Education & Skills
Lend A Hand India
Bengaluru
07.2017 - 12.2017
- Worked with Department of Education- Haryana and Madhya Pradesh to support 5000+ students through career guidance and pre-vocational curriculum
- Recommending strategies and providing support in enabling psychometric analysis and career guidance for the students of grade 10 in Schools of Madhya Pradesh
- Drafting pre-vocational curriculum in life skills, livelihood and trade skills for Grade 6 to 8 students of Haryana
Associate Programme Manager
Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development, APSSDC
04.2016 - 12.2016
- Catalyst to Skill Development efforts for students across 100+ schools in the State of Andhra
- Pradesh
- Project planning, implementation & monitoring of APSSDC School Vocationalisation
- Program by implementing multi-skill workshop on Robotics, Computational Thinking,
- Vulnerability Mapping etc for higher secondary children in 5 districts of Andhra Pradesh
- Project monitoring of various multi-sectoral programs for young adults
- Training and Orientation of trainers/mentors
- Stakeholder management (Government officials, SACs, Training partners, College/School
- Management, Students community etc)
- MoUs, proposals and documentation
Fellow/Teacher
Teach For India
Hyderabad
05.2014 - 04.2016
- Instructional leader in a low-income private school working towards putting 55 children on life-changing path
- An overall average growth of 2.1 years of learning in my class kids
- Conceived, designed and spearheaded SPARSH, a women empowerment project
- Selected as one of the 11 Hyderabad fellows (Out of 60) to be part of Good to Great
- Program in 2015-16, a representative of excellence for other classrooms in the city
- Worked closely with Development Team for fund-raising and due reporting due-to top corporate
Process Lead
Thomson Reuters
Hyderabad
01.2011 - 02.2014
- Managing a team size of 13, ensuring they deliver quality research biotech/pharma patent material and drug information for THOMSON REUTERS products
- Leading team, maintaining team quality compliance and proficiencies
- Providing QC feedbacks to analysts on regular basis
- Training new hires and making sure they are signed off as per the timeline Preparing patent landscape reports and patent summaries
- Product spinoff, troubleshooting and proof-reading
Education
Executive Program in Strategic Management -
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
01.2022 - 08.2022
Certificate in Sustainable Business Strategy -
Harvard School of Business Online
11.2020 - 12.2020
Master of Science - Biotechnology
SRM University
Chennai, India 07.2008 - 06.2010
Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemistry
Osmania University
Hyderabad, India 06.2004 - 06.2007
Timeline
Executive Program in Strategic Management -
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
01.2022 - 08.2022
Certificate in Sustainable Business Strategy -
Harvard School of Business Online
11.2020 - 12.2020
Senior Manager
Salesforce
07.2018 - 05.2026
Consultant, Education & Skills
Lend A Hand India
07.2017 - 12.2017
Associate Programme Manager
Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development, APSSDC
04.2016 - 12.2016
Fellow/Teacher
Teach For India
05.2014 - 04.2016
Process Lead
Thomson Reuters
01.2011 - 02.2014
Master of Science - Biotechnology
SRM University
07.2008 - 06.2010
Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemistry
Osmania University
06.2004 - 06.2007