Mainak Roy

Mainak Roy

Mainak Roy is the CEO of Simple Education Foundation (SEF), a Delhi-based nonprofit dedicated to transforming public education by strengthening government schools and empowering teachers. An engineer by training and a teacher by choice, Mainak co-founded SEF in 2014 after his Teach For India fellowship. He leads the organization’s fundraising, communications, and strategy efforts. Mainak is also an Acumen Fellow and a Dalai Lama Fellow.

Articles by Mainak Roy

School transformation

Zero to five: reflections from facilitating school transformation programs

By Mainak Roy | May 18, 2022

Uncategorized

Reflections from using technology

By Mainak Roy | October 30, 2025

Fundraising

On fundraising

By Mainak Roy | November 19, 2021

Panel discussion on Building the core

Fellowship

Building the core: people, resources and culture

By Mainak Roy, Nomita Sikand, Sneha Arora, Vivek Kumar | January 16, 2026

Building a supportive space

People practices

Building a supportive space: nurturing culture in a non-profit

By Mainak Roy, Trisha Sharma | May 5, 2024