THE PARIVAR BEHIND YUVA PARIVARTAN
Our Inspiration
Kishor Kher
President & Trustee
Mr. Kishor Kher is following his dream of social service, tirelessly in the footsteps of his Grandfather, Late Mr. B. G. Kher to take over as President & Trustee of the Kherwadi Social Welfare Association (KSWA) a launch pad where he started the Yuva Parivartan (YP) Movement.
Mr. S. K. Palekar
Trustee
A gold medal winner in M.Sc. (Physics) from Bombay University and a first rank holder in MMS in Marketing from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute, S K Palekar began his career in Richardson Hindustan Ltd and went on to work with esteemed brands such as P&G, Cadbury, Best Foods, MRF/Funskool, Balsara (Now Dabur), Onida and Eureka Forbes. He has more than two decades of experience with leading MNCs and Indian firms marketing branded consumer products.
Mr. Girish Shantaram Pikale
Trustee
Mr.Girish Pikale, Advocate, High Court and former Partner, M/s. S. V. Pikale & Co. Advocates, is on the Panel of State Bank, Corporation Bank, Union Bank for High Court & DRT Matters Non-Residents and attends matters in the Supreme Court & High Court.
Mrinalini Kher
Hon. Secretary & Trustee
Mrinalini Kher has been associated with Kherwadi Social Welfare Association since 1988 and has handled several departments when the organization was much smaller in activities. Over the years, she has gained rich experiences in Trust and other statutory organizational matters.
Advisory Board Members
R. Gopalkrishnan
Chairman, Advisory Board, Former Director, Tata Sons
Ramabadran Gopalakrishnan is an Indian businessman and author. Until his retirement he was an executive director of Tata Sons Ltd and served on the boards of Tata Power
Nagesh Alai
Founder & Company Director at Enterprise Artificial Intelligence Startup
Nagesh Alai is a management consultant, an independent director on company boards, and cofounder of a B2B enterprise tech start-up.
Mr Dilip Chenoy
Founder of DC Skills, Former MD, NSDC
Mr.Dilip Chenoy has extensive experience in leading domestic industry bodies and is a veteran in the policy domain and instrumental in promoting skill development.
Anand Desai
Managing Partner DSK Legal
Anand is the Managing Partner at DSK Legal since it was founded in April, 2001. Recognised as a leading practitioner in India. Anand has over 30 years of extensive domestic and international experience
Ashwin Kalaspur
CFO & Executive Director Astor Mueller Shoes Pvt Ltd
With a unique set of skills in financial structuring, transfer pricing, international tax and more, Ashwin Kalasapur is a dynamic Chartered Accountant with 15 years of experience in the financial sector.
Alok Kshirsagar
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Alok Kshirsagar is a Senior Partner with McKinsey & Company. He is in charge of client services to a number of leading companies in the US and Asia, with a focus on financial services, infrastructure and diversified conglomerates. Alok is passionate about using his expertise to support economic development and foreign policy in India and other emerging markets. He has led a number of McKinsey capabilities as well. He is currently the Asia leader for the Impact and capability accelerator, which is responsible for all of McKinsey’s people, expertise and assets that drive implementation and capability change for clients. He has also led the Asia Risk Management practice and McKinsey Asia Center- a special initiative to help companies drive successful global expansion. He also serves on the Partner review committee that evaluates all partner globally. Alok also serves on the Board of Parliamentary Research Services, which builds the capabilities of legislators across India in a fact-based, non-partisan way, and the National Association for the Blind in Bangalore. He is also on the advisory board for the wildlife conservation trust and the United World Colleges National committee for India. He also serves on various Indian government committees that focus on infrastructure finance and is part of the WEF YGL alumni community. Alok has received a postgraduate degree in Politics and Economics from Oxford University, where he was an Inlaks scholar. He has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Xavier’s college, Mumbai where he was a National Merit Scholar.
Dr. Varun Nagaraj
Dean, SPJIMR
Varun Nagaraj is Dean and Professor of Information Management at S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai. He holds a Ph.D. in Management: Designing Sustainable Systems from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management.
He also holds an MBA from Boston University, an MS in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, and a BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Bombay. His career spanning over three decades in digital products reflects his passion for product management, development, and innovation.
He has held senior leadership roles including C-level responsibilities for venture-funded start-ups as well as public companies in the US. His research interests encompass the impacts of digital innovation on teams, organizations, and society at large. Specific interest areas include Team Learning, Product Management, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship and Venturing, and Digital Ecosystems and Platforms.
His research contributions have been presented in prominent journals, renowned international conferences, and popular periodicals. He has previously taught at the University of Notre Dame, Pepperdine University, and Boston University.
Linkedin Profile- https://www.linkedin.com/in/varun-nagaraj-31853a/
Venkatadri Ranganathan
Chief Commercial Officer Tata Chemicals
Venkatadri Ranganathan is the Chief Commercial Officer at Tata Chemicals from April 2022. In this role, he is responsible for driving excellence in all commercial areas of supply chain, procurement and sales and management.
Suman Shrivastava
Founder, Marketing unplugged & FMR MD Euro RSCG.
A graduate of Delhi University, IIM Ahmedabad and IMD Lausanne, Suman Shrivastava is a man of many talents. An advertising professional, strategist, author, marathon runner, social worker is just some of the roles he has donned with passion. He was the CEO of Euro RSCG India and also Chief Strategy Officer for Euro RSCG Asia Pacific. He was the Chairman of Euro RSCG’s emerging markets planning council and was a member of the global management committee. He was part of the core team that started SSC &B Lintas and later part of the team that started Euro RSCG India. Linkedin Profile- https://www.linkedin.com/in/suman-srivastava-802481
N. Srinath
Former CEO - Tata Trust
N. Srinath has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT (Chennai) and a Management Degree from IIM (Kolkata). Since joining the Tata Administrative Services in 1986, Srinath had held positions in Project Management, Sales & Marketing, Operations and Management in different Tata companies over a period of 36 years.
Paresh Sukthankar
Banker Ex. Dy. MD – HDFC Bank Ltd
A banker for over three decades, Paresh Sukthankar was a part of the core team that founded HDFC Bank Ltd. in 1995. Mr.Sukthankar served on the bank’s Board as Executive Director (2007-14) and as Deputy Managing Director (2014-18). Prior to joining HDFC Bank, Mr.Sukthankar worked in Citibank for 9 years.
Mr. Sukthankar currently serves as Founder and Lead Partner in Sanaksh Advisors LLP, providing advisory services to private equity, venture capital and other entities. In addition to his association with YP, he is a member on the Advisory Board of two NGOs (Project Mumbai and Sunbird Trust). He is also a member of the Academic Council of the College of Supervisors of the Reserve Bank of India.
Sanjay Ubale
IAS (Rtd) Government Service & Corporate, Ex Director, Gates Foundation, Ex-CEO Tata, Advisor Corporates & NGO'S
Sanjay G. Ubale was the director, partnerships at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, India Country office in Delhi. He has earlier served as managing director and chief executive officer of Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Tata Sons, the group’s real estate and infrastructure development arm. In his career spanning over thirty-one years, Sanjay has held many key positions, notable amongst them were: secretary to government for Mumbai’s Development; secretary to the chief minister; joint secretary, Administrative Reforms; managing director of a public-sector undertaking called Maharashtra State Seeds Corporation; collector and district magistrate of Sangli district in Maharashtra; and project director of the World Bank and DfID assisted Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Project. Sanjay is a distinguished IAS Officer. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Mumbai University, an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Bombay University and a master’s degree in development studies from the University of Bath, U.K. He has also completed his Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School. Governance, infrastructure, rural & urban development, water & sanitation, and community-based development are some of his areas of interest. Linkedin Profile- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-ubale-49342512/
