In the non-profit world, people are the most important asset and Lend-A-Hand India has been blessed to work with a diverse group from all over the world. Write to us if you would like to be part of the team.

Advisory Board
Officers & Staff
Executive Commitee


Advisory Board
Vik Atal
Vice Chairman, Global Citi Cards

Adam Broun
Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Ashish Chauhan
Deputy CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange

Sucheta Dalal
Business Journalist and Writer

Ajay Desai
SVP, Head- Agri Business, Rural and Social Banking, YES Bank Ltd.

Vinod Haritwal
Founder and CEO, AayurMed Biotech Pvt Ltd.

Arun Korati
Investment Manager, Unit Trust of India

Milind Mane
Development Officer, Life Insurance Corporation of India

Rob Rosenblatt
General Manager, Customer Loyalty for Chase Card Service

Ashok Vaswani
CEO (Cards Europe), Barclays Bank

Officers & Staff
Sunanda Mane, Co-founder & President
Sunanda, co-founder and the force behind Lend-A-Hand India, has been working in the development sector for more than a decade. She has held positions as State Director, Program Director, and Consultant in national and international organizations such as CARE, Society for Service to Voluntary Agencies, Management Resources Inc., UNDP, and the World Bank. Sunanda is also a member of the Executive Committee of the New York-based Maharashtra Foundation and has traveled extensively in India and South and Central Asia. She divides her time between the New York and India offices.

Abhay Patil, Executive Director (India)
Abhay joined the Lend-A-Hand team in July 2007. He has a diverse background with over twenty years in the IT and Engineering sector. After working for ten years in Silicon Valley, he returned to India in 2001 to give his time to social development work. His last assignment was Director of CXO Systems, acquired by Cisco India in November 2006. Previously, he worked with WebMD (Principal Engineer); Softplus Inc (Software Architect); and Godrej and Rolta Computers. Abhay holds a masters in structural engineering from IIT Mumbai and a bachelors in Civil Engineering from VJTI, also in Mumbai.

Prabhakar Patil, Program Officer (India)
Prabhakar started his association with the non-profit sector from his days as a student. He has over fifteen years of experience working with youth development programs. His area of training and expertise is communication, publishing and publicity. He coordinates and monitors Project Swadheen, under which aptitude testing and career counseling activities are conducted in six villages. Approximately 600 high school students undergo this program every year and Prabhakar has been coordinating this project since its inception in 2005. Prabhakar is a qualified art teacher with a diploma in Commercial Art and BA (sociology) from Pune University.

Shilpa Ballal, Trainer (India)
Shilpa has over twelve years of experience of working in development sectors education, gender, and mass communication. She has worked as project manager with British Red Cross, lecturer in Tribal Studies at Bhasha Research and Publication Centre for the Tribal Training Academy , Gujarat , Capacity Building Officer with Ford Foundation and as free lance trainer for several NGOs and foundations. Shilpa currently works as independent filmmaker. Shilpa is Bachelor of Science and post graduate in Social Work.

Javed Mujawar, Program Assistant (India)
Javed has worked as assistant in corporate sector for over three years and has aptitude and liking for information technology. At LAHI Javed works as program and logistics assistant. He is currently pursuing his graduation in humanities.

Executive Committee
Akshaya Gulhati
Akshaya has worked in energy consulting for over seven years both in the US and abroad. He earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Ani Khatri
Ani has a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering along with a minor in Economics from Georgia Tech. He currently works with Goldman Sachs in London. Previously, Ani worked for Deloitte Consulting in New York, focusing on the financial services industry. In addition to Lend-A-Hand India, Ani is also involved with Junior Achievement and INROADS. He holds an MBA from Wharton.

Anuradha Gupta
Anu studied MMS at the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani and earned her MBA (International Business) at IIFT, Delhi. She worked with Unilever, India in Exports and Marketing, followed by several stints in social infrastructure and market research. Anu also taught briefly at SP Jain, a business school in India. She writes extensively and has published two children's books.

Dina Deligiorgis
Dina has more than seven years of domestic and international experience in the fields of development and human rights. She has worked as a consultant with the United Nations Development Program, the World Bank, and NGOs in Brazil and Ghana.

Raj Gilda, Co-founder
Raj, co-founder of Lend-A-Hand India, is an electronics engineer and MBA graduate from the University of Texas at Austin. He started his career with Deloitte Consulting and currently works with Citigroup in New York. In India, Raj worked for National Stock Exchange as well as Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services in Mumbai. He was honored with the US President's Award in recognition of his voluntary service for the last four years.