Executive Director
Co-founder & Board Member
Founder
Deepak Premnarayen is the Co-founder of Anushkaa Foundation for Eliminating Clubfoot, a non-profit working to ensure that no child in India grows up disabled as a result of being born with clubfoot.
Both, Neelima Premnarayen and Deepak Premnarayen, being themselves, parents of child born with clubfoot, learnt that with the right medical treatment and perseverance clubfoot is treatable. Hence, along with Neelima, he founded Anushkaa Foundation for Eliminating Clubfoot with the goal of changing a child’s life.
Apart from this, he is on the board of the Premnarayen Educational Trust which supports children have easy access to education.
He is also the Executive Chairman and Founder of ICS Group which has diverse interests that include retail real estate, design and parking. The Group is headquartered in Mumbai with offices in Delhi, Bangalore, Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Currently, he holds the following positions:
Chairman of United Nations’ Women – Business Sector Advisory Council in India which focuses on best practices in Women Empowerment Principles (WEP) and Gender Equality.
Chairman of World Bank - Private Sector Advisory Council (India) for Country Economic Memorandum
(CEM) and Climate Change Development Report (CCDR).
Chairman of Global Audit Committee and Member of Global Advisory Board, Skylo Technologies Inc.
Former positions held:
Board member of Tata International & Tata Africa Holdings Ltd.
Board Member of FirstRand Bank and continues to be actively associated as an investor.
Chairman of CII’s Financial Inclusion Committee.
Member of CII’s National Council and Committees for Banking Public Policy, Financial Inclusion and Services etc.
In June 2014, Mr. Premnarayen was conferred the 'Indian Business Leader of the Year' award by ‘Horasis Global India Business Meet’ at Liverpool, UK.
A keen golfer, Mr. Premnarayen is also an avid sportsman and a yoga enthusiast.
Suresh has over thirty years of experience in the social space.
The recent seventeen of those have been in building and leading large-scale operations which deliver solutions to problems faced by marginalized communities, across, farm-based livelihoods, education and health domains.
Much of his work has been in leading teams and building organizational capacities for sustainable social impact at scale. Most of his work has been with the bottom of the pyramid and marginalized communities. He thrives on the challenge of making a difference in their lives.
Suresh has led organisation in cutting edge innovations including Impact Investment, voluntary carbon credit programs, application of machine learning to drive efficiencies and the first development impact bond in India.
Suresh has been in the leadership teams at International Development Enterprises India, Educate Girls and Reliance Foundation. He is an alumnus of the Institute of Rural Management, Anand.
Anil Sardana is the Managing Director & CEO of Adani Transmission Limited since 1st May 2018 & recently has got additional responsibility of Adani Power w.e.f. July 2020. Till 30th April 2018, he was the CEO & Managing Director of Tata Power for over seven years. Till 31st January 2011 (beginning August 2007), he was the Managing Director & CEO of Tata Teleservices.
Prior to telecom stint, Anil was Executive Director on the Board of Tata Power. He was also the founding CEO & Managing Director of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL/NDPL) having taken over as founding chief when the company was set up in 2002 to takeover from state owned Discom. Anil is credited with having spearheaded the dramatic turnaround of Tata Power Delhi Distribution, having achieved benchmark performance standards-including world record Reduction of Aggregate Technical and Commercials Losses and making discoverable changes in deliverables to customers. Tata Power Delhi Distribution was also bestowed the prestigious ‘Silver National Award for Meritorious Performance’ for two consecutive years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 in Power Distribution by the Prime Minister.
Anil spearheaded two major M&A’s namely with NTT DOCOMO of Japan and a reverse equity swap & merger to create most valuable Telecom-Tower Infrastructure company VIOM with the highest tenancy in the industry. Anil led the transition of Tata Tele by launch of very successful Tata DOCOMO & Tata Photon brands. These brands achieved stupendous off take. He also launched several innovative schemes including Pay per-use & per-second billing. Anil has more than 40 years of experience in the infrastructure space, particularly in the Energy and Telecom sectors having managed complex transitions, developments & operations as well as Engineering, Procurement and Construction assignments. He had also worked at NTPC (14 years) and BSES (7 years) prior to joining Tata Group where he spent 18 years. He held Chairman’s position at CII National Committee on Power from 2012 onwards till April 2018, whereafter he is now National Co-Chair on CII’s Infra Council.
Anil holds a degree of Bachelors in Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering. He also holds a Post-Graduate degree in Cost Accountancy (ICWAI) and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management and has attended Top Management Program at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He received several recognitions from Indian & International fora’s and was also conferred with “Global Alumni Excellence Award” by his alma-mater Delhi College of Engineering in 2012. Anil did his schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi.
Mr. Munjee began his career in 1977 as one of the first employees of HDFC, India’s first housing finance company, where for over two decades, he rose to be an Executive Director on its board with wide responsibilities. Then in 1997, upon the request of the Finance Minister of India to set up an infrastructure finance company, Mr. Munjee was instrumental in establishing Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited (“IDFC”). Mr. Munjee is presently a director on the boards of other public companies in India, viz. Cummins India Limited, Ambuja Cements Limited, The Indian Hotels Company Limited and Tata Motor Finance Limited (Chairman). He is also the Chairman of other Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) institutions in India. He has served as the President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry and on several government task forces on housing and urban development. Mr. Munjee has a Masters degree from the London School of Economics, UK and was earlier educated at the Leys School in Cambridge.
Kunal Premnarayen is the promoter and CEO of ICS Group.
As the CEO, Kunal works closely across businesses and is focused on providing strategic direction to grow and evolve each of the business. Through his extensive institutional relationships, he plays a critical role in identifying opportunities around the real estate sector. He has been instrumental in creating a portfolio of India centric companies by partnering with international domain leaders. Kunal has built a core leadership team around him that drives the long-term strategies for each of the businesses and continues to enhance the groups asset management capabilities on the back of the current operating businesses.
Kunal was a member of the CII-Real Estate National Committee and CII India-Africa Committee. He is a member of ‘Entrepreneurs Organization’ a global networking platform exclusively for entrepreneurs. He is on the global board of Miraclefeet, an NGO working towards eradicating the congenital disability.
Kunal graduated from Wake Forest University (USA) majoring in communications with a minor in international studies. Kunal has done management courses from IIM Ahmedabad and University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business. An avid sportsperson, Kunal was ranked among the top 5 junior tennis players in India.
Neelima Premnarayen is the founder of Anushkaa Foundation for Eliminating Clubfoot, a non-profit working to ensure that no child in India grows up disabled as a result of being born with clubfoot.
Being herself, the mother of a child born with clubfoot she learnt that with the right medical treatment and perseverance clubfoot is treatable. She also saw how fortunate her son Kunal was as the Premnarayen family could afford his treatment.
Neelima feels very strongly about this social issue as she discovered that approximately 33000 children are born with clubfoot in India per annum out of which 85% don’t have access to the right medical treatment and are unable to afford it.
Having personal attachment to the cause she is determined to change the trajectory of a child’s life born with clubfoot by working towards filling the gaps in awareness, treatment and providing full financial support.
Apart from this, she is also on the board of Premnarayen Education Trust which helps underprivileged children receive access to education and a Board member of ICS Group, which has diverse interests that include retail real estate, design and parking.
With a distinguished career spanning over four decades, Jayanti Shukla has held transformational leadership roles in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors. Recently, she resigned as the Chief Executive Officer of United Way India, where she led strategic planning, partnership development, and organizational growth, in order to pursue other interests. Her experience includes significant contributions to board governance, including onboarding members, policy development, and risk management.
Jayanti began her nonprofit career at United Way Mumbai, where she transformed the organization into the largest chapter in India, building the team, managing CSR programs, and securing partnerships with leading major events like the iconic Tata Mumbai Marathon. Her earlier career in the corporate sector included leadership roles at New India Assurance Co. Ltd. and IL&FS Investsmart Insurance Brokers Ltd. before transitioning to the development sector in 2008, driven by a passion for community service.
Presently, Jayanti is on the Board of Advisors of the WHEELS Global Foundation, a Non-Executive Director on the Governing Board of the Parinaam Foundation and is also advisor to the Governing Board of Learning Links Foundation.
Jayanti served as an Independent Director on the boards of three Standard Chartered Bank Group companies and contributed to committees on governance, CSR, and strategic initiatives. and has held leadership roles in various industry groups, including the Indian Merchants Chamber and CII's Task Force for India@75, apart from being the external member of the PoSH committes at various corporates.
Jayanti has been a speaker and panellist at global forums on social impact, CSR, and organizational development. Her commitment to fundraising has helped secure substantial support for critical causes, including for projects aimed at supporting the most marginalised, cancer hospices, malnutrition, disaster relief, and during the Covid pandemic.
An avid runner, she holds an M.Sc and M.Phil from the University of Delhi.
Jarret Fass is the Founder and Managing Partner of Pierpoint Capital, a family office-backed platform that invests in and launches healthcare technology companies in the U.S. and Israel. As a passionate business builder, Jarret cofounded, capitalized and is an active board member of three clinical-stage medical technology companies: Hemodynamx (aortic stenosis), Nephronyx (heart failure) and Emanate Biomedical (oral health) of which he is serving as CEO.
He also currently sits on the board of LeanTaas, CoreFlow and AdvaMed Accel. Previously, Jarret led the firm’s investment in and was responsible for corporate development for Hospital IQ (acquired by Bain Capital) and served on the board of global nonprofit MiracleFeet. He began his career as an Analyst in the Corporate Strategy Group at Bear Stearns and as a Principal at technology-focused private equity firm Selway Capital. Jarret holds a BA from Connecticut College and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Mr. R. Mukundan, Managing Director & CEO of Tata Chemicals Limited, joined Tata Administrative Service in 1990, after completion of MBA from FMS, Delhi University. He is a distinguished alumnus of IIT Roorkee, Fellow of Indian Chemical Society and an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
During his 33-year career with Tata Group, he has held various responsibilities across the Chemical, Automotive and Hospitality sectors of the Tata Group. He serves on industry forums and impact organizations.
Rajesh Bhushan joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1987 and has recently retired as Secretary in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India.
He presided over the functioning of the Ministry immediately after the first Covid19 wave in India and during the entire period spanning up to the devastating second wave and during that period as well. His leadership in managing the crisis on war footing led to saving of many lives. In order to achieve our vision - “by 2030 no child born with clubfoot grows up disabled”, his experience would play an immensely valuable role.
Rajesh Bhushan served as Secretary Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India for more than 3 years and proactively led the National Pandemic Preparedness, Prevention and Response efforts during the entire Covid 19 Pandemic spanning the three waves.
He played key leadership role in National Covid 19 Vaccination Programme which resulted in more than 2.2 billion vaccine doses being administered across the Country. In his more than three decades of public service, both in the State Government and the Union Government, Rajesh has served as an administrator and a policy-maker having held a wide range of assignments in the fields of information, education, transport, rural development and health.
Sunil Kant Munjal is one of the founder promoters of the Hero Group, India’s premier automotive manufacturing group that has evolved from being the world’s largest bicycle-maker to the largest two-wheeler maker. He is now the Chairman of Hero Enterprise, with interests in insurance distribution, steel-making, real estate, corporate training and an active Investment Office. The Investment Office has made strategic investments in several areas ranging from e-commerce to hospitality. He also supports start-ups in digital learning, community transportation, healthcare, women empowerment, education, financial services, consumer-facing businesses, etc. The Investment Office runs a portfolio of structured debt, public market investments and private equity investments in India and global markets.
He chairs the board of the Doon School and sits on the boards of the IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA), ISB, and SRCC. He has co-founded BML Munjal University (BMU) and is President of the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana. He has also served as President of the CII and AIMA; been a member of Prime Minister’s Council on Trade & Industry and was on government taskforces that prepared the ground for India’s banking, financial services and taxation reforms. He was also part of the Labour Reforms Commission and Chaired the Council for Skills.
Mr Munjal has set up the Serendipity Arts Foundation which aims to revive patronage in the arts and make all art-forms accessible to people. He is also the President of the Ludhiana Sanskritik Samagam which supports performing arts across North India. He has also chronicled the incredible saga of Hero's founders in a book- The Making of Hero, which featured amongst India's prominent bestsellers for several months and recently won the Business Book of the Year Award at Tata Literature Live! Festival 2020
Ashish Bharat Ram took over as Managing Director of SRF Ltd. in January 2007. Under his leadership, SRF Ltd. has grown into a major global conglomerate with operations in 4 countries across India, Thailand, Hungary and South Africa. Today, its businesses cover a diverse portfolio of Fluorochemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Packaging Films and Technical Textiles and command a market leadership position, both in India and overseas. The Company has a market capitalization of ~USD 10 billion.
Ashish has been studying the dynamics of family businesses for a while now and regularly speaks on the subject at Indian and global platforms. He has also authored articles on subjects related to India’s economic scenario and entrepreneurship in leading publications. Ashish has been the Regional Chair for South Asia for the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and is an active member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He was conferred the Business Today CEO of the year award in 2020.
He holds a degree in Economics from Delhi University and an MBA from The Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University.
Ashish is a committed golfer and an avid follower of sports. He and his wife live in New Delhi with their two daughters.
A cardiac surgeon of repute and a successful entrepreneur, Dr Shetty is a highly respected luminary for his ingenious ideas for reforms in healthcare sector. His visionary leadership to make quality healthcare affordable for all has drawn global recognition.
Narayana Hrudayalaya has been an interesting case study for the likes of Harvard Business School and The Wall Street Journal.
In association with Government of Karnataka, Dr. Shetty pioneered Yeshaswini, a very inexpensive micro health insurance scheme benefitting more than 3.4 million rural poor.
Dr. Shetty is the current Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He has also served as a Member, Board of Governors of Medical Council of India and Representative of President of India in the Board of Governors of Indira Gandhi National Open University.
A strong advocate of technology for efficient healthcare delivery, Dr.Shetty takes deep interest in creating and developing software products and applications to achieve time and cost efficiency while minimizing clinical errors in healthcare delivery.
Dr. Shetty also has a US Patent registered as inventor
Dr.Shetty is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, The Economist Innovation Award, Financial Times Arcelor Mittal ‘Boldness in Business’ Award, Nikkei Asia Prize for Economic and Business Innovation. He has also been awarded honorary doctorates from University of Minnesota and IIT Madras.
Dr Shetty is the Founder and Chairman at Narayana Hrudayalaya Group of Hospitals. The group now has 47 healthcare facilities with close to 7,000 beds.
Roger Berman is president and founder of RH Berman Consulting, a supply chain consulting firm that works with both foreign and US clients on strategic supply chain goals and implementation. He is a founder of and principal of Wang Berman Outlet Development Co, LTD—based in Hong Kong.
His prior roles include being president of FARO Textile, a US, Turkish, and Bulgarian joint venture—founder and president of Digital Lava, a digital video communication company—founder and principal of Zaption, an online teaching training software firm that was sold to Workday in 2016.
In 2006 Roger and his wife founded Miraclefeet—a non-profit that works in developing nations to treat children born with clubfoot. From its founding until 2017, Roger was chairman of the Miraclefeet Board of Directors. He received his MBA from NYU and AB from Hamilton College where he served on the Board of Trustees from 2014-2019.
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women from August 2013 to August 2021. She was sworn into office on 19 August 2013 and brought a wealth of experience and expertise to this position, having devoted her career to issues of human rights, equality and social justice. Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka had previously worked in government and civil society, and with the private sector, and was actively involved in the struggle to end apartheid in her home country of South Africa.
From 2005 to 2008, she served as Deputy President of South Africa, overseeing programmes to combat poverty and bring the advantages of a growing economy to the poor, with a particular focus on women. Prior to this, she served as Minister of Minerals and Energy from 1999 to 2005 and Deputy Minister in the Department of Trade and Industry from 1996 to 1999. She was a Member of Parliament from 1994 to 1996 as part of South Africa’s first democratic government.
Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka began her career as a teacher and gained international experience as a coordinator at the World YWCA in Geneva, where she established a global programme for young women. She is the founder of the Umlambo Foundation, which supports leadership and education. A longtime champion of women’s rights, she is affiliated with several organizations devoted to education, women’s empowerment and gender equality.
She completed her PhD in education and technology at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom.