Who we work with
Our Contributor Network
Where many of our most important ideas take shape.
Founding Fuel's work is shaped by a curated network of contributors with whom we collaborate deeply over time.
These relationships are not transactional. Contributors are often involved from the framing stage of a project, helping define the question, interrogate assumptions, surface contradictions, and shape the final output. Many engagements evolve into long-term intellectual partnerships.
Depending on context, contributors may:
- co-create essays, research, or multimedia work
- participate in private leadership dialogues
- join immersive learning journeys as guides or provocateurs
- help design inquiry processes around complex organisational questions
- bring grounded perspectives from practice, policy, academia, or culture
What binds the network is not ideology or discipline, but a shared commitment to independent thinking, intellectual honesty, and public-spirited inquiry.
This model allows Founding Fuel to remain small, flexible, and deeply engaged while drawing on a wide range of lived expertise when the situation demands it.
Our Contributors
Strategists, entrepreneurs, and thinkers sharing the most useful playbooks from the Founding Fuel network.
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Hari Abburi
Global HR Executive
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Kavi Arasu
Leadership and Talent Development Professional
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
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Nayantara Assisi
Third year Student | St Xavier's College
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Subroto Bagchi
Author, entrepreneur and philanthropist
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Kanti Prasad Bajpai
Visiting Professor, Ashoka University | Emeritus Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore