Retd. Hon’ble Justice Shri Sudhir Kumar Saxena is a former Justice of UP High Court and served as Member Secretary of UPSLSA. He has represented various banks, local bodies and development authorities. His practices involve Civil, Constitutional and Criminal side. He believes that the knowledge of the rights and freedoms, of oneself as much as of the others, is considered as a fundamental tool to guarantee the respect of all human rights for each and every person.

Pramod Kulkarni, founder of SATHI Organization and recipient of the President’s Award in 2015 is an IIM from Ahmedabad. It was during his study at Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad that he decided to join the social sector. His decision has helped many children running away from home reunite with his / her family. Before this, he had completed his Masters in Statistics from MS University, Baroda. Even as he was pursuing his PGDM, he approached some NGOs in Gujarat to work, but was turned down. But the firmness of his belief to work in the development sector only grew stronger.

Dr. Lalitha Iyer is the Board member of SATHI Organization and an independent researcher and social consultant. She has been a board member in the Basix Livelihoods group. She is founder Trustee of Plustrust which offers micro-incubation support for rural women. She was a former Dean (Professional Excellence) Indian Society for Applied Behavioral Sciences (ISABS). She has been the external anchor for the Roopantaran initiative of Sir Ratan TataTrust. She is the author of “The Strategic Business Spiral” (Sage, 2001) besides many other research papers.

Surojit Chatterji is a General Manager, State Program UP in Save The Children, India. He has served as leadership in different Indian and International Non-Profit Organizations including Population Foundation of India, Merlin South Sudan, Care India, PRADAN, Parivar Seva Sansthan and India Tea Organization. He has worked closely on different domains comprising child rights and development, community upliftment, women empowerment, health & nutrition, sanitation and hygiene, micro-enterprises development and many more.