Prayas is managed and run entirely by volunteers, none of whom receives any remuneration for his/her work. The group is ably led and directed by Tarun Talwar, president and CEO of an IT firm in Atlanta, who grew up in India and worked there for several years before moving to USA in 1997.

There is a growing group of Prayas volunteers in India who run its programs and activities there. Some of them are listed below.