Our Executive Committee
Gp. Capt. Ashok Marwaha VSM
President
Dr. Mridula Seth
Vice President
Dr. Manish Jha
Secretary
Ms. Neeru Abrol
TreasurerOur Team
Gp. Capt. Ashok Marwaha
VSM (Retd), President
Gp. Capt. Ashok Marwaha took premature retirement from the Indian Air Force after serving 22 years in various capacities and joined MNC. He is an Electronics Engineer with 30 years corporate experience and has been head of India Region as Director for 20 years. He served as Vice Chairman Special Olympics Bharat, an NGO for special children with network in 26 states. Dr. Mridula Seth
Vice President
Dr. Mridula Seth is a Development Communication professional with teaching experience of 25 years and nine years as Technical Adviser (Adolescents & Youth) with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). She has served as the Secretary of the RFS Delhi branch. She enjoys fostering partnerships between academic institutions and grassroots organizations, involving youth as advocates for mental health and substance abuse. Dr. Manish Kumar Jha
Secretary
Dr. Manish Jha is a Govt. of India Certified Trainer and National Facilitator on Mentoring and Ethics & Values in Public Governance. He has more than 20 years of experience as a soft skills trainer. Retired after more than two decades, as a Director from the Ministry of Defence, Government of India having served in different Ministries. Ms. Neeru Abrol
Treasurer
Ms. Neeru Abrol is a Chartered Accountant with more than four decades of professional experience. She was Chairperson and Managing Director, Director (Finance) of National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) and worked with Steel Authority of India at various leadership positions. Currently serving as an Independent Director on several Corporate Boards, Member Finance Committee of Autonomous Institutions under Department of Bio-Technology, Government of India and non-profit organisations working in the area of Women leadership, Counter terrorism and Vedic literature.
Ms. Geeta Sahai
Ms. Geeta Lal Sahai, is a freelance journalist-award-winning filmmaker – scriptwriter and author. She is recipient of REX-Karmaveer-Global-Fellowship and Bronze & Silver Karmaveer-Chakra Award. Her short stories have won several awards. Beginning her career as a print journalist, she was associated with many publications and TV channels. As an independent Producer-Director-Writer, she has made short films on developmental issues, mental health and gender. Her latest Feature-narrative – I REMEMBER. has won national and international awards. She is a co-founder of Heart & Soul Media Pvt Ltd and Founder-President Swayam Foundation (Non-Profit Organisation).
Ms. Nadira Chaturvedi
Ms. Nadira Chaturvedi is an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad) with over 30 years of corporate experience as CEO. She is an Academician, Management Consultant, and Social Entrepreneur. She has 17 years of experience in health care with cancer patients. She has set up family NGO of non-formal education and holistic development for under privileged children and homeless adults. She is actively involved in public health service called Patients For Patient Safety Foundation.
Mr. Siddhant Khurana
Mr. Siddhant Khurana is the co-founded of Mind Piper for-purpose organisation working towards ending mental health inequity in India. With a compassionate team of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and development management professionals who’re rooted in person-centered care, Mind Piper has been creating a positive change in the lives of citizens across the socio-economic status through its design approach to mental healthcare and promotion of well-being systemically.
Dr. Anjali Capila
Dr. Anjali Capila retired as Associate Professor after a tenure of 35 years from Lady Irwin College (Delhi University). She is author of four books on the lives of Women in the Himalayan communities – focussing on their folk lore, culture and health practices. She is the Vice President of Mountain India Peoples Forum and a trustee of HIMCON in Tehri Garhwal. She was Programme Officer for Adolescents in the South Asia Regional office of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and set up several innovative projects in the region for young people specially in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Ms. Nisha Malhotra
Ms. Nisha Malhotra retired from the Indian Customs & Central Excise Service at the level of Additional Secretary to the Government of India. She has done BA Hons. & MA in English Literature from Indraprastha College Delhi, & MBA from Leeds University (UK). and settled in Noida. Has been volunteering with Vishwas- from 2017 & assisting with General administrative matters, including obtaining statutory clearances, from the Greater Noida authorities.
Prof. Aparna Khanna
Prof. Aparna Khanna is involved in teaching, training, research and advocacy for development issues since the last nearly three decades. Her research focuses on assessing SBC tools & strategies, ICTs, social media and training programmes. Using the human centred design approach, she develops training modules and innovative communication tools & strategies including traditional games and storytelling methods for dialoguing change. Co-founder of Campaign for Mental Health (C4MH), she advocates use of the 3L model (Life Skills, Literacy and Library) for sustainable development.
Ms. Shruti Jha
Ms. Shruti Jha is an experienced Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist registered and licensed with the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) – Government of India, with over 9 years of practice with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital, education and health care industry. She is a Gold Medallist in her field of education and her former experience is aligned with prestigious institutions like NIMHANS, RML Hospital, Lady Harding Medical College, R&R Hospital, Air Force CME. She has numerous papers and publications to her credit at National and International conferences.
Mr. Puneet Bhagat
Mr. Puneet Bhagat is a practicing Chartered Accountant for 20 years, now enrolled as a member of the Delhi High Court Bar Association. He is a keen environmentalist, a yoga enthusiast, and enjoys swimming as a sport. Believes in the power of community living as a means to solving the problem of loneliness and isolation in the aging societies, the world over. He makes friends easily. Being positive minded, he is always willing to extend a helping hand to address issues bothering others. Lives by the Gandhian philosophy – “be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Mr. Janmejay Singh Rajput
Mr. Janmejay Singh Rajput is Fellow member (FCS) of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and Law graduate with 12 year experience in different areas of corporate and commercial laws, Entry strategy & Investment in India, business setup advisory services, FEMA practice, Legal Drafting and Corporate litigation, Audits, Taxation- direct and indirect tax matter & practices. He is advisor of various corporates and NGOs for their designing monitoring and Need and Impact assessments under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). He is the founder member of RASHA Welfare Foundation and RWF Educare Council for spreading legal awareness in society.