Founders

NS RAJAN

(Founder, Board Member)
N S Rajan co-founded Ketchum Sampark, and was its MD & Global Partner for over 27 years before retiring in 2021. He is also the founder of SCoRe, India’s first PR school. In recognition of his contributions to PR, Rajan received the Lifetime Achievement Award from E4M, and earlier at the Fulcrum Awards- PRAXIS9. Rajan has been a long serving member of the Board of Governors of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) & was its chairman in 2022-23.

BELA RAJAN

(Mentor & Board Member)
Bela Rajan was the founder and Director of Ketchum Sampark, which she co-led for over three decades. She now serves as a mentor and Board Member at SCoRe. Actively involved with FICCI FLO for over a decade, she currently serves on its National Governing Body. She received lifetime achievement awards for PR at the Fulcrum Awards (2022) and E4M (2023). Bela is actively involved in philanthropic work supporting women and girls through organisations like Enrich Life Foundation, Balanand Trust, and Umang for differently-abled adults.

AMITH PRABHU

(Board Member & Co-Founder)
Amith Prabhu is a pioneering Public Relations and Reputation Management professional with over 20 years of experience, having worked, in India and in the USA at leading marketing communication companies. He is the co-founder of India’s only weekend offsite summit for the profession – PRAXIS & serves on the international board of the Global Alliance. He has a Master’s in PR and Communication Management from Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Pune, & has co-authored two bestselling books on Public Relations.

HEMANT GAULE

(Director, CEO)
Hemant is the co-founder and CEO of SCoRe, & is passionate about education, AI, & behavioural psychology. Previously, he co-founded Citizens of Accountable Governance, which led PM Narendra Modi's 2014 national election campaign. Hemant is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). In 2019, he became the first Indian Fellow Accredited PR Practitioner by ASEAN PR Network. He was named among India's 40 Young Turks by Reputation Today in 2022 & recognised as Asia Pacific’s Innovator 25 by PRovoke Media in 2023.

Team

RITU BARARIA

(Senior Director)
Ritu heads special projects at SCoRe and serves as a counsellor to the students of our Post Graduate Programme.

JOULYN KENNY

(Sr. Manager, Student Affairs)
Joulyn Kenny oversees administration of the PG Programme along with mentoring students for their careers

ALISHA SHIREEN

(Manager, Marketing & Communications)
Alisha leads Marketing and Communications efforts at SCoRe, with a focus on liaising with the student communities and the industry.