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

US Advisory Board
India Advisory Board
Officers & Staff
Executive Commitee
UK Chapter (London)

US Advisory Board
Ashok Vaswani
Partner, Brysam Global Partners

Nazish Agha
Esq, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Ninju Khatri
Dubai Chapter Leader, Lend-A-Hand India

Vik Atal
Chairman and CEO, Citi Cards North America

India Advisory Board
Arun Korati
Fund Manager, Unit Trust of India

Ajay Desai
Vice President, YES Bank

Ashish Chauhan
Head of IT, Reliance Industries, India

Deven Juthani
Managing Partner, NVSoft

Milind Mane
Development Officer, Life Insurance Corporation of India

Nirmal Juthani
CEO, NVSoft

Sucheta Dalal
Business Journalist and Writer

Vinod Haritwal
CEO & Executive Director, Grauer and Weil Group of Companies

Officers & Staff
Sunanda Mane, Co-founder & President
(sunanda.mane(at)lend-a-hand-india.org)
Sunanda, a co-founder and the brain 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. Sunanda has traveled extensively in India and in South and Central Asia. She divides her time between New York and India office.

Abhay Patil, Executive Director (India)
(abhay.patil(at)lend-a-hand-india.org)
Abhay joined the Lend-A-Hand Team in July 2007. Abhay has a diverse background of working in IT and Engineering sector of over twenty years. After working for ten years in the Silicon Valley, he returned to India in 2001 to give his time for social development work. His last assignment was as Director of CXO Systems, acquired by Cisco India in November 06. Previously, he worked with WebMD (Principal Engineer), Softplus Inc (Software Architect), Godrej and Rolta Computers. Abhay holds a masters degree in Structural Engineering from IIT Mumbai and Bachelor in Civil Engineering from VJTI, Mumbai.

Archana Gojame, Program Associate (India)
(archana.gojame(at)lend-a-hand-india.org)
Archana holds bachelor’s degree in Sociology and has recently completed Master’s Program in Social Work from Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune. Archana comes from a family with a strong background in voluntary and non-profit sector. During the course of her master’s program Archana has earned experience of working as a case worker, group counselor, and community organizer. Archana joined Lend-A-Hand India team in 2006 and assists in field visits, data base management, and coordination.

Prabhakar Patil, Program Associate (India)
Prabhakar started his association with non-profit sector from his student days. He has over fifteen years of experience of working with youth development programs. His area of training and experience 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 and also holds a diploma in Commercial Art.

Executive Committee
Akshaya Gulhati
(akshaya.gulhati(at)lend-a-hand-india.org)
Akshaya has worked in energy consulting for over 7 years both in the US and abroad. He is currently pursuing his MBA at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Ani Khatri
(ani.khatri(at)lend-a-hand-india.org)
Ani has a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering along with a minor in Economics from Georgia Tech. He currently works for Deloitte Consulting in New York focused on financial services industry. In addition to Lend-A-Hand India, Ani is also involved with Junior Achievement and INROADS.

Anuradha Gupta
(anuradha.gupta(at)lend-a-hand-india.org)
Anu studied MMS at the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani and got her MBA (International Business) at IIFT, Delhi. She worked with Unilever, India in Exports and Marketing followed by several stints in social infrastructure, market research and taught briefly at SP Jain, a business school in India. Anu is also a writer and has published two books for children.

Dina Deligiorgis
(dina(at)lend-a-hand-india.org)
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 and the World Bank, in addition to non-governmental organizations in Brazil and Ghana.

Raj Gilda, Co-founder
(raj.gilda(at)lend-a-hand-india.org)
Raj, a co-founder of Lend-A-Hand India, is an electronics engineer and MBA from University of Texas at Austin. He started his career with Deloitte Consulting and currently works with Citigroup in New York. In India Raj worked with National Stock Exchange and Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services in Mumbai. He has been honored with the US President's Award in recognition of his voluntary service for last three years.

2005. Prabhakar is a qualified Art teacher and also holds a diploma in Commercial Art.

UK Chapter (London)
Sahal Areepurath, UK Chapter Coordinator
John Tang
Chirstina Bechtold

And countless number of volunteers who have helped us to make a diference !