Mr. Jinsi is an electrical Engineer, having graduated from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh (Punjab University) in 1977. He has over 47 years of work experience in the Automobile, Not for Profit and Education sectors. For over 27 years, Mr. Jinsi has held leadership positions with organisations such as Eicher, Hero Motors, Chase Manhattan, Force Motors, Tatra Trucks, New Holland Fiat Tractors, SOS Children’s Villages and School of Inspired Leadership. He has been a member of national level bodies such as the National Human Rights Commission and National Skill Development Corporation. Currently, he is a Management Consultant and Coach/Mentor to senior level executives; in addition, Mr. Jinsi serves as a Trustee with organisations such as National Center for Promotion of Employment for Disabled Persons (NCPEDP), etc. and is a Senate Member of SOS Children’s Villages International.
Ms. Sastri, an eminent HR Professional, with more than 3 decades of formidable accomplishments, is a 1985 graduate from IIM Kolkata. She has founded her own HR consulting firm: Inputs. Ms. Sastri is an executive coach and has worked with several CEOs and athletes, including one who has won an Olympic medal. She has also served in the Human Resource department with Eicher and Pertech Computers Ltd (PCL), besides being on the Advisory Boards of several civil society organizations.
Mr. Bhattacharya has done his Masters in Management Studies from Banaras Hindu University. He has 36 plus years of experience, of which 18 were in the corporate sector and 18 years with academia. Presently, he is serving as Professor and Chair of Marketing at the School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL), Gurugram. Earlier, Mr. Bhattacharya had been instrumental in designing and implementing the Social Innovation Programme at SOIL, wherein students work one day a week with NGOs. SOIL has a consortium of over 32 NGOs, in and around Gurugram. The corporate brands with which Mr. Bhattacharya has worked with are: AMUL, DHARA, Vadilal, IILM, among others. In addition, he has also been actively helping corporate capability development programmes, especially in the field of marketing and leadership development
Mr. Grover is a Chartered Accountant & Company Secretary with over 3 decades of cross-functional leadership experience in Operations, Finance and General Management. Rajeev has worked with world-class organisations like Hewitt Associates, GE, American Express and PwC. He was the Global Head of Operations at Mercer Worldwide, after which he co-founded ExempServ Professional Services Pvt. Ltd., an organisation that provides value-added financial reporting, compliance & allied services to Civil Society organisations. He is an Independent Director on the Board of an IT services organisation. He has been serving as Treasurer on the Board of SOS Children’s Villages India since 2019.
Mr. Kar, the Chief Executive Officer of SOS Children’s Villages India, has over 31 years of experience in alternative care and skilling. He has conceptualised and implemented numerous community development projects at SOS India. Notably, he led SOS India’s Tsunami operation in the southern states of India between 2004 and 2007, the largest emergency program undertaken by the NGO to date. Mr. Kar has also contributed to the SOS International Working Group on Alternative Care and is a member of the Management Council (MCO) of the Federation representing Asia. He has supported several member associations in Asia in shaping their emergency programs. Mr. Kar holds a postgraduate diploma from the Xavier Institute and an Executive MBA from Utkal University. His motivation comes from ‘working with children, SOS mothers and caregivers, and learning about new customs and cultures.’
Mr. Sharma is a graduate in Law; he has also undertaken management courses from INSEAD and CCH, apart from many CLE courses in different areas of Management, ADR, Tax, M&A, Corporate Affairs and Core Values / Ethics. He is Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration in London — MCIArb. Mr. Sharma is listed in the 100 Legal Luminaries of India and with the Top Gun General Counsel of India; he has won many international awards and is a regular speaker at high-profile events, including at the G-20 summit. Mr. Sharma has to his credit more than four decades of professional experience with companies such as Tata Steel, IBM, Reliance Industries, Escorts, Coca-Cola, DuPont, Samsung and Flipkart. He has been the National Executive Board Member of AMCHAM, USIBC, CII, FICCI and PHD Chambers, and is involved with the Red Cross and Rotary Club. Currently, he is mentoring start-ups in the areas of Compliance and Corporate Governance, besides being a board member of many companies.”
Ms. Atal has a significant history of working in the social development sector. She has worked with Mother Teresa between 1971-87, with Shishu Sarothi (Spastic Society, Guwahati, Assam), another spastic society in Cochin (Kerala), Women’s Friendly Society (home for destitute women) and Atma Nirbhar – Ek Challenge (for the specially abled). Ms. Atal has also been involved with SOS Children’s Village Jaipur since its inception. She completed her M.A. from St. John’s College, Agra University, and has deep-rooted interests in Indian classical music, gardening and reading.
Mr. Kailas is a fourth-generation entrepreneur, belonging to a business family with a legacy of 100 years in the Automobile space. He is involved in businesses pertaining to Automobile Components; and Rare and Fine Spirits, and is an Industrial Engineer from Purdue University, USA. Mr. Kailas is the past President of the India-ASEAN Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and was one of the Indian Representatives on the ASEAN-India Business Council. He has also served as the National Chairman of CII’s Young Indians, besides being the Chairman of Round Table ’94; Mr. Kailas has also served on the National Board of Round Table India, and has been involved with SOS Children’s Village Chennai started by his family, besides being part of the Rotary movement.
Lt Col Atul Bakshi (Retd.) is a veteran Civil Engineer with specialisation in Environmental Engineering from IIT, Kanpur and in Management from IIM, Lucknow. He has over three decades of cross-functional leadership experience, with particular expertise in Construction, Procurement and Program Implementation – specializing in large scale operations & projects, spread across vast geographic areas, as well as in providing strategic and operational leadership in conceptualising and implementing programs – specially in education and sanitation domains. Atul has worked with world class organisations like the Indian Army, Military Engineering Services (MES), Army Welfare Housing Organisation, Educomp, Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd. He was the Head of Construction, Procurement and Sanitation at Bharti Foundation in his last role from 2009 to 2021. Since then he has been on a sabbatical and is focusing on giving back to the society. He is serving on the SOS Children’s Villages India Board since 2021 as a Nominated Board Member.
Mr. Mani is a founding member and Partner at Archeus Law and heads the firm’s Project Advisory and Contract Management practice. In his current role, Mr. Mani has been actively involved in diverse assignments in the infrastructure sector, in particular dealing with EPC Contract Management and Project Advisory. He has advised on major mega power projects and some of the key metro rail and highways projects in India for varied stakeholders including the government developers and private contractors. Mr. Mani is a recommended lawyer by Legal500 Asia Pacific 2022 in the Projects and Energy practice area. Apart from his professional qualification as a lawyer, Mr. Mani is a management graduate, having done his MBA from Manchester Business School, UK
Ms. Lakshmanan is a Post Graduate from the Institute of Cost and Work Accountant of India and done her B. Com from Delhi University. Ms. Lakshmanan is a result-oriented leader who enjoys coaching and loves creating / scaling business. She runs ‘ExempServ’ a professional services organisation that provides value added financial reporting, compliance and allied services to social sector organisation. Ms. Lakshmanan has been associated with companies like e-Funds, Global Vantedge, Hewitt and Mercer in the areas of Finance, Operations, Process Transition and Training.
Mr. Chatterjee holds a B.Tech. (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University. He brings with him over 43 years of experience having worked for large manufacturing companies, out of which around 26 years have been in leadership roles: Chief Operating Officer of Kesoram Industries; Executive Director, Siemens Metering Limited; Vice President, J.K.Industries; General Manager, Ceat Tyres, and many others. He has also headed green field projects in Aurangabad and Baddi. He is the recipient of several performance awards. Currently, Mr. Chatterjee serves as a freelance consultant for manufacturing improvement projects, HR, and quality project implementation.
Ms. Bhatnagar is a senior development sector professional and strategy expert in Skills, Gender and WASH. She is an advisor to several non-profits and is on the Board of Governors for IIM Jammu. Previously, she has held leadership roles at the National Skill Development Corporation as Chief Program Officer, and at the World Bank where she spent a decade as a Team Lead in the area of water and sanitation services. More recently, she was President of Udaiti Foundation, leading program and policy initiatives aimed at women’s economic empowerment. Ms. Bhatnagar began her professional journey at Standard Chartered Bank, and has also been associated with organisations like The Energy Research Institute (TERI) and the Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC). Over her professional journey of close to 30 years, she has led several transformational initiatives at the national and state level. Ms. Bhatnagar is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management (Calcutta) and St. Stephens College, Delhi University.
Mr. Jain has been associated with SOS Children’s Villages since the last 25 years. Currently he is working as an International Representative and sits on multiple non-profit boards across Asia in several Member Associations. Mr. Jain also represents the organisation amidst Tibetan associations, which are working in India for Tibetan children. Previously, he was Director Operations / Asia for many years. He has contributed in many projects / working groups of SOS Children’s Villages at regional and global level in the areas of finance, operations, strategy and programme. He is a Chartered Accountant and a post graduate in Management; Mr. Jain has been trained in the governance of ‘non-profit board’ from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School.
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