Bala Deshpande:

Ms Bala Deshpande is Director-Investments with ICICI Ventures. Prior to ICICI Venture, she had more than 10 years of experience in sales and marketing. She currently focuses on sectors such as retail, media, IT, ITES and telecom. She is on the board of several companies including Pantaloon Retail, Subhiksha, Air Deccan, Nagarjuna Construction, Welspun, TechProcess Solutions, Naukri.com amongst others.

Bala is a Master in Economics, Bombay University and Masters in Management Studies, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.

Joe Madiath:

Mr. Joe Madiath is the CEO of Gram Vikas one of India’s most admired NGOs. In 1969, while still a student, he journeyed across India, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka on a bicycle for a year. He founded the NGO Gram Vikas in 1979, which now works with nearly 2, 00, 000 people in 559 villages in 17 Orissa districts-building biogas plants, water tanks, pipelines, toilets and complete sanitation systems.

Joe was the recipient of the 2001, Outstanding Social Entrepreneur Award by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and 2001, Most Innovative Development Project Award by Global Development Network

Joe Madiath is an Alumnus of Madras University

Dr. Nachiket Mor:

Dr. Nachiket Mor is the President of the ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth, leading the group's initiatives in the area of philanthropy and development, catalyzing and accelerating social and economic inclusion by bridging economic and human development gaps. In his previous role, Nachiket served as the Deputy Managing Director of ICICI Bank Limited, which is the second largest bank in India.

Dr. Nachiket holds a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.B.A. from Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, and is a Yale World Fellow.

Rahul Barkataky

Mr.Rahul Barkataky is the Founder CEO of Community Friendly Movement (www.whycfm.org) which is working to improve the lives of workers by using the power of retail. Before CFM, Rahul was the Executive Director of MITRA. Rahul has also worked with the Centre for Environment Education, a centre of excellence for Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India and in an Indo-Dutch project on drinking water. Rahul is a Ashoka fellow and a Prince Philip scholar

Rahul Barkataky is an Alumnus of IRMA.

Rahul Nainwal :

Rahul works is Founder Director at MITRA and looks after its Overseas volunteering and recruitment Initiatives. Rahul is an Alumnus of IRMA

Shalabh Sahai:

Shalabh is a Founder Director at MITRA and looks after all the National Volunteering Initiatives. Shalabh is an Alumnus of IRMA