Ravikumar Shahu

Born and raised in Mumbai, Ravi’s family roots trace back to Karnataka. His journey with Reality Gives began in 2010 as a student before joining as an IT teacher. He then advanced to Program Coordinator, later Assistant Manager, and is now the Manager of our Community Centre in Dharavi, Mumbai. Over the years, alongside growing […]

Marchang Ranshingla

Marchang, known as Tunao to all of us, is originally from the northeastern state of Manipur but moved to Delhi in 2010. She holds an M.A. in Psychology from Panjab University. She interned for three months at MSF India (Médecins Sans Frontières) and worked as a data analyst in Delhi.  Her passion for helping people […]

Abhishek Sharma

Originally from Himachal Pradesh, Abhishek moved to Delhi with his family at the age of five and grew up in the bustling city. He earned a degree in hospitality at Kurukshetra University, in Haryana and gained valuable experience in the hotel industry before joining Reality Tours & Travel in 2016. Passionate about giving back, Abhishek […]

Sandeep Nangare

Sandeep earned a master’s degree in International Business from Hult International Business School, studying at both their San Francisco and Shanghai campuses. He began his career in the education and non-profit sector as a Teach for India fellow, teaching at a low-income school in Mumbai. Since then, he has worked as a consultant on various […]

Jonny Clarke

Originally from London, Jonny has a degree in Business Studies from Leicester, UK. He discovered his true calling in education and completed further studies in teaching, teacher training and curriculum development before moving to India in 2010, where he met Reality Gives co-founders Chris and Krishna. Jonny worked closely with the founders to shape Reality […]

Krishna Pujari

Krishna’s journey from Heranjalu, a small village in Karnataka, to co-founding Reality Tours & Travel and Reality Gives is inspiring. At 13, he moved to Mumbai, working in restaurants while attending night school. In 2002 he met Chris who shared his idea about slum tourism as a force for local development. Krishna was all in, […]

Chris Way

Chris, originally from the UK, earned a degree in Business Studies and Spanish from Birmingham University. His love for travel led him to Rio de Janeiro, where he first encountered slum tourism in the favelas. In 2002, while volunteering at a school for children in an Indian slum, he met Krishna, who later became his […]