DALHAM Foundation

THE PEOPLE OF DALHAM

We are a team, we rise by lifting others

Prof. Indira J. Parikh is the President of Antardisha (Directions from Within). Antardisha is a private entity creating a space for individuals, collectivities, organizations and institutions to have a dialogue to discover themselves, to review their past, to reflect on the present ‘Here and Now’ and renew themselves for the future. Prof. Parikh is the Founder President of FLAME University, Pune until 2015. She has been involved in creating the academic vision of holistic and Liberal Education and shaping FLAME. She has also conceptualized the models of management development programs anchored in thresholds of Life, Life Space and Work Space, and Life Roles and Identity. Her focus is on transformation and lifelong learning, development and growth. She is the founder member of Sumedhas Academy of Human Context.

Prof. Parikh has done M.Ed from University of Rochester, New York USA and the Doctorate from Gujarat University. She was a faculty at IIM-Ahmedabad for over 30 years and Dean from 2002 to 2005. She has taught at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France) and Texas A&M University. She has specialized in organization development and design, and institution building. She has been a consultant and conducted diagnostic studies for organizations. She has designed and conducted leadership and institution building programs in public sector, private sector and multinational organizations. Professor Parikh is on several boards of companies as an independent director.

Prof. Parikh has been honored with several life time achievement awards both nationally and internationally for her contribution in Education, HR and for Women. She has written numerous articles published in National & International Journals and is the co-author/author of several books. Her lifelong journey has been in education and transformation of women, men and youth to grow into fine human beings.

Shekhar A Bhattacharjee is the founder and CEO of Great Place To Study. As a first-generation entrepreneur, he bootstrapped Skilltree Knowledge Consortium with a goal of bringing in an era of cognizance into the Indian education system. The company offers creative, real-time solutions that help tackle social obstacles hindering the education system in the country and propel it into the future. With SkillTree, Shekhar conceptualised, launched and produced the first television series on Indian education institutes in collaboration with Times Now, ET Now, Republic TV and other prominent names in the Indian media space. He also launched an annual publication with Forbes India Marquee in India. In 2017, Skilltree was rebranded as Great Place To Study. GPTS currently offers its services in multi countries. He has expanded the company from a single location in India to offices in 3 countries across 2 continents.

R.A. Mashelkar

Director General, The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

Danica Purg

Founding and Current President , IEDC-Bled School of Management, Slovenia

Preeti Shroff

Dean - Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad

Pramath Raj Sinha

Founding Dean, ISB, Anant National University and Ashoka University

Virginia Horvath

President, State University of New York

Bimal Patel

President, CEPT University

Rajan Saxena

Vice Chairperson, NMIMS University

Srikant Datar

Faculty Chair, Havard Innovation Lab

Mohan Das Pai

Chairman of Manipal Global Education (Manipal University)

Derek F Abell

Founding President at European School of Management and Technology

Doreinne Rowan Campbell

International Development Consultant and Owner of Rowan's Royale organic Farm Services Limited

Vidya Yeravdekar

Principal Director of Symbiosis Society

Umang Bedi

President, Daily Hunt; Former CEO, Facebook India

Shubho Ray

President, Internet and Mobile Association of India

Ranjan Bandyopadhyay

Vice President, TCS

Shubho Sengupta

Healthcare, Activewear Start-ups

AVS Murthy

Hon. Secretary, Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi Trust

Brinda Miller

Artist and former director of the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

Amir Ullah Khan

Indian Economist; Advisor to Melinda Gates Foundation; Member of Telangana Government Commission of Inquiry on Social and Economic Issues

Radhika Punshi

Co-founder and MD, The Talent Enterprise

Vidyadhar Prabhudesai

Co-founder and Member of Board of Directors of LeadCap Ventures

Suchitra Narayan

Founder, SANSKRITI – Resource Centre for Inclusion & Former President, Indian Epilepsy Association

Meghna Ghai Puri

President - Whistling Woods International

Kiran Pai

Director, Vidyashilp Academy & Founder, Connectivate

Avijit Dutt

Indian filmmaker, Actor, Theatre Director and Communications Consultant

Nandita Abraham

President, Pearl Academy

Skand Bali

Principal, The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet

Chitra Vishwanath

Principal Architect & Managing Director, Biome Environmental Solutions

Mike Knowles

Design Director - Inline, Senior Advisor Design Hub - Ansal University

Prashant Gupta

Executive Director, Sharda University

Abhishek Gupta

Promoter & Pro Chancellor, Jagran Lakecity University

Shubhra Raje

Architect, Founder - shubhra raje_built environments

Arif Ayyub

Publisher, Elle Magazine

Victor Mukherjee

Producer & Director, Mango People Media Networks Pvt. Ltd

Pilar Maria Guerrieri

Associate Professor of History & Theory of Architecture and Planning, International Council Member-ITRHD and Honorary Consultant for Village Planning

Mahesh Raghvan

Carnatic Music Fusion Artist

Mridhu Bhandari

Journalist, Editor- SMEs & Start-ups, Network 18 Media & Investments

Aarushi Thakur Rana

Theatre Director, Writer and Actor

Vivek Mansukhani

Head, Institute of International Education, India; Theatre Actor and Director

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