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Our Team

Individuals from diverse fields form our Board of Trustees and Advisory Board, committing themselves to look after different facets of the organization. Bringing their expertise to the table, they formulate policies and plans for the Trust, oversee budgets, finance and human resource development. While some of them also help in developing strategies for communication and resource mobilization, many of them are actively involved as Mentor Parents and USF members.

Board of Trustees

Dr. Kiran Modi

Dr. Kiran Modi is the Founder, Managing Trustee of Udayan Care. She founded Udayan Care, in Delhi, India, in 1994, with the vision of ‘Making Young Lives Shine’, which runs group homes for orphaned and at-risk children, amongst many of its projects. With a doctorate in American Literature from IIT, Delhi, Dr. Modi is a person of varied experiences in diverse fields, such as child protection, media, health and children’s theatre. Besides running programmes for Alternative Care of ‘Out of Home Care’ children, education and Livelihood programmes for disadvantaged girls and youth, she is keenly interested in raising standards of care in Alternative Care, and has been organising trainings and research, and publishing papers on Child & Youth Care. She is Founder Editor of an international bi-annual journal on Alternative Care: ‘Institutionalised Children: Explorations and Beyond’ (ICEB). Besides her management responsibilities, she is a “Mentor Mother” to many children and youth, giving them personalised care and attention. Recipient of many prestigious awards, Dr. Modi continues to strive towards ensuring the rights of the underprivileged children and youth with the same passion and zeal as when she started out more than two and a half decades ago.

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Dr. Kiran Modi

Founder & Managing Trustee

Dr. S. K. Sarin

Dr. S. K. Sarin, is one of the worlds leading liver specialists and winner of the prestigious Padma Bhushan. Presently Director of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Delhi, Dr. Sarin was also professor and former Head of Department of Gastroenterology, GB Pant Hospital. His medical expertise and zeal to add value to the lives of those who need it most, has been indispensible for our children.

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Dr. S. K. Sarin
Founder Trustee of Udayan Care

Mr. Deepak Sharma

Deepak Sharma has been associated with Udayan Care in various capacities.He is a full-time volunteer since August 2013. He is a Honorary Director of 'Jagshanti Udayan Ghar' in Greater Noida, as also Udayan Care's IT Training Programmes. He is the Convenor of the Udayan Shalini Fellowship program at Greater Noida (started in 2016). A qualified Electrical Engineer, he has served in different PSU,Multinationals and Indian corporate for 31 years. He voluntarily quit his job with the Tata Teleservices Ltd, a telecom company, in Aug 2013 to fulfill his long cherished dream and desire to give back to society by getting associated with an NGO working for upliftment and education of girl child. He found Udayan Care, the right platform to accomplish his dream , after being a part-time volunteer initially for 4 years with Udayan Care Noida Homes, from 2009 to 2013.

Mr. Deepak Sharma, apart from being mentor father to the girls home in Greater Noida,is actively involved in Fundraising and matters concerning Policy, Finance and Strategy in Udayan Care.

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Deepak Sharma
Trustee

Ms. Meera Sawhny

Meera Sawhny, has contributed immensely to various aspects of Udayan Care- like finance and HR. In addition, she has been a Mentor Mother to young boys at Udayan Ghar, Mayur Vihar. Presently Ms. Sawhny is the Joint President, Monarch International(Trading company) and Monarch International Travel Services( Travel company)

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Meera Sawhny
Marketing & Advertising Professional

Ms. Rukmani Haldea

Rukmani Haldea, started her career as a Sub Divisional Officer in Rajasthan, retiring as Additional Chief Secretary. Hearing her calling after being the Chief Guest at Udayan Care's induction ceremony for young girls, Ms. Haldea pledged her services to Udayan Care, on retirement. True to her word, she established Udayan Ghar, Jaipur in 2009 with a committee of very enterprising and dedicated volunteer and is also a Mentor Mother to the young girls there. Soon after she started Udayan Shalini Fellowship Program in the year 2013.

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Rukmani Haldea
IAS (Retd.)

Mr. Sanjay Gupta

Sanjay Gupta, is a seasoned business leader. He has worked with Tata Group, J. Thomas, Eicher, Pepsi, and Motorola. He joined American Express in 1996, leading global operations and serving as Chairperson in India. As Global CEO of EnglishHelper, he championed tech-enabled literacy for students from low income backgrounds. Sanjay is Advisor for Acumen India, Director of India Leaders for Social Sector and, School of Inspired Leadership. He is a Trustee at American India Foundation Trust, Trustee and Chairperson at Udayan Care.

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Sanjay Gupta

Former Senior Vice President, American Express (Global Operations)

Advisory Board

Mr Arvind Gupta

Arvind Kumar Gupta serves as an Advisory Board Member at Udayan Care. He is an expert on legal matters, a practicing advocate in Supreme Court, High court, District courts, NCLT, NCLAT, Tribunals and other Commissions. He is Advocate-On-Record in Supreme Court since May 2000. He appeared as Commission Counsel in Justice M.C. Jain Commission (that probed assassination of former Prime Minister of India, Shri Rajiv Gandhi). He has also been handling legal matters relating to Finance, Properties, Contracts, education and company disputes for the last 30 years. He is member of the Bar Council of Delhi, the Supreme Court Bar Association, and the High Court Bar Association of Delhi.

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Arvind Gupta

Advocate

Ms. Akansha Arora

Akansha Arora serves as an Advisory Board Member at Udayan Care. A seasoned HR professional, Akansha till very recently was straddling both the Corporate and Social Sector. In the Corporate world, her last role was with KFC India as Director - Human Resources, where she was managing the capability and culture-building agenda for a workforce of 12000 people.  At Udayan, over the last 5 years, she has been instrumental in strengthening its various governance frameworks. She strongly believes that the capability and systems of organizations in Social Sector can act as multipliers for its beneficiaries, and she is passionate about enabling organizations and people in this space.

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Akansha Arora
Director of Human Resources

Mr. Sanjeev Gupta

Sanjeev Gupta, works with a number of Non-profits. His innovative ideas and professional experience of 25 years in various sectors-Industry, Trade, Agriculture, Training and the Social Sector gives a holistic dimension to projects. Mr. Gupta has contributed extensively towards fundraising, volunteering program and Management &Training at Udayan Care, besides being on the Board of other organizations.

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Sanjeev Gupta
Entrepreneur

Mr. Sameer Mehta

Sameer Mehta, a marketing professional for over 24+ years, has specialized knowledge and experience in all the core areas of Below the Line Advertising, such as Trade Marketing, Retail Visibility Solutions, Experiential Marketing, Brand & Product Promotions, Retail Merchandising, Event Management, Corporate Seminar, Response Management and Database Management.

Sameer is the CEO & MD and the founder member of the Multiplier Brand Solutions Pvt Ltd ( A One Stop Shop Retail Solutions Company ), Erstwhile DDBMudra Company.

In his previous stints, Sameer has worked as President - Tracylocke India, A DDBMudra Group venture specializing in Shopper Marketing. In his spare time, Sameer enjoys travelling, biking, shooting, reading, and above all, providing support to Udayan Care in ERP Development, Marketing Initiatives and fundraising.

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Sameer Mehta
CEO and Managing Director

Mr Naveen Narayanan

Naveen is a global Human Capital Strategy leader with 25+ years in HR across 30+ geographies. He has led People, Talent & Culture for Accenture India, HCL Global, Al Futtaim UAE and Standard Chartered GDS, and held consulting roles with Arrows, KPISOFT and Accenture Consulting. He now drives major digital and enterprise performance programs, including for the UAE Government. His achievements include HBS-cited talent transformation at HCL, high-volume global hiring (30,000 annually), building global delivery centres for Standard Chartered, and leading large-scale employer brand and digital business transformation initiatives. A thought leader and UN WEP speaker on talent, digital and diversity, he writes for Gartner and supports 200 underprivileged girls through long-term scholarships. Location-agnostic, he partners with leaders on global people and culture strategies and lives by the credo: “when successful – look outside the window and when faced with failure, look in the mirror.”

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Naveen Narayanan

CHRO, BICON International

Mr Naveen Narayanan

Pooja Mehra, having over 12 years of experience in HR consulting Pooja Mehra has now joined hands with Udayan Care to help strengthen our Human Resource. During her experience in internal HR, she has worked across India & APAC region, providing strategic people solutions to the leadership team, participating in key organizational decisions to support the productivity and growth of the region and setting up processes in the region.

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Pooja Mehra

HR Professional

Management Team

Anjali Hegde

After nearly 3 decades of entrepreneurial experience in media, communications and innovative marketing solutions, Anjali has crossed over to the social sector. She has done stints as a volunteer and an advisor at a grassroot NGO, a social incubator, a CSR consultancy before joining Udayan Care as Executive Director.

Anjali is a postgraduate in Economics from MS University, Baroda and has done her MMS from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai in 1988. She is an animal lover and a life member of National Geographic and Heritage Society - Vadodara. She is passionate about mentoring and has mentored many young managers and startup entrepreneurs.

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Anjali Hegde

Executive Director

Nagesh Choudhary

Nagesh is a seasoned finance professional, a Management Accountant from the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India, MBA and B Com (H) from Bihar. He has 19+ years of experience in working with both the development and commercial sectors, including Maruti Udyog Ltd, ITC Limited, Janani and World Health Partners.

He has extensive experience in finance, accounting, audit, and compliance. He has also managed the large institutional donor (BMGF, USAID, Global Fund) funds.

He is responsible for accounting, budgeting, auditing, statutory compliance and reporting at udayan Care. He can be reached at Nagesh.choudhary@localhost

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Nagesh Choudhary
Director – Finance

Leena Prasad

Director, Advocacy, Research and Training, (ART), Udayan Care Leena Prasad is a trained lawyer based out of Delhi with a passion for advocacy on human rights. She currently works with Udayan Care, a 27 years old organisation working to bring sunshine in the lives of the underprivileged. Udayan Care since inception has been a child and youth care practitioner cum advocacy and research based NGO in India, with a strong global presence in the area of Alternative Care.

Leena has over 20 years of experience of working with a range of CSOs, networks and government systems on gender equality, child rights with focus on child protection and alternative care. She has worked in the past with Child Rights and You, Action India and Lawyers Collective, besides many years of being an independent litigating lawyer in India.

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Leena Prasad
Director – Advocacy, Research and Training

Jitesh Dhoot

Mukesh Joshi has joined Udayan Care as Associate Director in the USF program. He has 19 years of experience in the social sector. Before joining Udayan Care, he worked with Room to Read India Trust for 13 years in various positions in the domain of Early Literacy. His last association was with Hans Cultural Centre, where he worked for 3 years as a Senior Manager-Education. 
Mukesh has done his masters in Rural Development from the University of Rajasthan. He has received extensive training in behavioral psychology. He loves music, traveling, and meeting new people. 

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Mukesh Joshi
Associate Director – Udayan Shalini Fellowship

Mukesh Joshi

Jitesh has extensive experience working in the social sector. In his professional journey, he has been exposed to various work streams, including project planning, operations, implementation, grant management, stakeholder management, and compliance. He has also gained significant skills and experience delivering large-scale social projects that create meaningful impact in the community. He was last associated with the Language and Learning Foundation (LLF).

Jitesh has a Master's Degree in Business Administration with specialisation in Agriculture & Cooperative Management and Marketing Management from Kolhapur University and is a certified professional for 'Result Based Project Management' from ISDM. He likes to travel, meet new people, learn about the culture, and bring happiness and joy to all.

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Jitesh Dhoot

Associate Director- Skilling and Livelihood

Sanjjana Bhowmicck

A seasoned writer and content creator with over 15 years of experience. She holds an English Honours degree from Calcutta University and a Master's in Mass Communication. Her expertise lies in crafting impactful communications through compelling storytelling.

Now embarking on her first venture into the social sector, Sanjjana is passionate about making a difference. An avid reader and classically trained dancer, she also loves writing stories and poems, infusing creativity and depth into all her projects.

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Sanjjana Bhowmicck
Associate Director – Communications

Arun Kumar

Arun Kumar comes with an experience of three decades in the development sector. He hails post-graduation in Rural Development. “There is No Substitute for Hard Work” has been his motto in life. His major contribution has been towards the holistic development of persons affected by leprosy and their families while working in TLMTI. He has also worked on a pan India project for disadvantaged rural elderly, providing healthcare facilities at their doorsteps, working in HelpAge India.

Resource Mobilisation has been his key performance area for the last 15 years. During his last assignment with NLR India Foundation, he was involved in developing a fundraising strategy and setting up the resource mobilization unit to help the organization sustain itself financially.

He has closely worked with some of the reputed international funding agencies like LRI & CORNTD and CSRs of some of the reputed Corporates like ONGC, Coke, SJVNL, BHEL, RBS, KCC, GSK, HDFC ERGO.

He feels motivated and enthusiastic to work with the dedicated team of Udayan Care and believes his learnings of the past are definitely going to be an asset for the organization and vice versa.

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Arun Kumar

Assistant Director – Resource Mobilization

Prashant Singh

Prashant Singh is a graduate of Allahabad University and a Postgraduate in IR and Personnel Management from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidya Peeth, Varanasi.

Prashant has over 20 years of multifaceted experience in Human Resources Management in the service industry, including logistics and finance. He has also been an entrepreneur for a short time. Throughout their professional career, his key focus has been on employee relations, talent retention, optimal utilization of resources, and organizational development.

This is Prashant’s first venture into the social sector and he is passionate about making a difference. 

He can be reached at Prashant.Singh@localhost and +91 98737 69519.

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Prashant Singh
Assistant Director – HR & Volunteers Management

Ranjana Srivastava

With over 2 decades of experience in community engagement, research, and policy advocacy, Ranjana Srivastava has a strong academic grounding in Social Work, Law, and Human Rights. She is passionate about child rights, focusing on care reform, child protection, adolescent, and youth empowerment.

As Associate Director at the Advocacy, Research and Training Department of Udayan Care, she leads Family Strengthening and Family-Based Alternative Care (FBAC) advocacy through demonstrable models and provides technical assistance to state governments, civil society organisations, care leavers’ networks, and community-based groups, nationally and globally.

Ranjana has served as a Member of the Child Welfare Committee, Board of Magistrates implementing the Juvenile Justice Act, covering aspects of reintegration, aftercare, adoption, policy documents on juvenile justice, and strengthening the child protection system.

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Ranjana Srivastava

Associate Director – Advocacy, Research and Training

Ashtam Neelkanth

Ashtam Neelkanth has joined Udayan Care as Associate Director in the e-Udayan Shalini Fellowship (e-USF) Program. Having impacted over 25,000 individuals through his trainings and over a million through his curricula, he brings 18+ years of experience in program strategy and capacity building. Before Udayan Care, he worked with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Government of Haryana, the Government of Delhi, the Language and Learning Foundation, and Bodh Shiksha Samiti. He also co-founded and led The Eighth Dimension, an ed-tech organization, and successfully scaled it pan-India

Ashtam holds a Master's degree in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. He is also a theatre practitioner with 18+ years of experience and a published author with four books to his name. He loves to tell stories and cherishes music.

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Ashtam Neelkanth

Associate Director – e-Udayan Shalini Fellowship (e-USF) Program