AMITH DHOLAKIA

Chairperson, Board of Sense International India

Amith Dholakia started his own company of real estate developments and contracts in 1987 and after a decade of experience in estate developments, he started his own brand in hospitality industry comprising of 320 keys in resorts, service apartments and hotel spaces in Mumbai, Pune and Goa. He is also on the advisory boards of renowned NGOs like DEEDS, GODS, SNEHALAYA and an independent institution at Thane which is a Day School & Community Centre for physically and mentally challenged. He was president of the Rotary Club of Bombay Pier in 2006-07 and is still very actively involved with Rotary Projects.

KRIS MURALUI

Member, Board of Sense International India

Kris Murali is part of Sense's senior management team and works closely with the chief executive, driving strategy and leading the finance, ICT, estates, facilities, internal audit and health and safety functions. By profession, he is a chartered accounted, chartered manager and a fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. He has over 30 years of experience in commercial and general management in both private and non-profit sector along with developing business and working hand on in Africa, Asia and USA.

DIVYA BHALLA

Member, Board of Sense International India

Divya Bhalla, former Director - Vatika Group, a real estate and hospitality company for 13 years and during her tenure she handled corporate communications of the entire group including branding, advertising and product positioning. During this phase, she also established "V Care", a trust devoted to funding the education of under privileged children. Currently, she is chairperson of Matrikiran and her focus is not just educating children but developing them into better human beings.

RAJIVE RATURI

Member, Board of Sense International India

Rajive Raturi is member of the National Human Rights Commission. He is MBA and worked in the corporate sector in India and Africa for 17 years in senior Managerial assignments. He moved to the social sector after suffering an accident which left him with a visual disability. He now has over 15 years of work experience in the Social sector with Disability Rights as his core area of work. During this period, as Senior Director in Human Rights Law Network, Rajive has networked actively with persons with disabilities and DPOs at a national level. He has worked towards capacity building of DPOs, providing legal services through a network of socially minded lawyers, supported persons with disabilities in filing individual litigations with Commissioner Disabilities, Administrative tribunals and the High courts. He also supported DPOs in challenging systemic violations by filing PILs in High Courts and the Supreme Court, led national level campaigns on law reform and the right to vote.

RICHARD COOPER

Member, Board of Sense International India (Ex-Officio Sense International)

Richard Cooper previously worked in International Equity Sales at Deutsche Bank AG, and has spent over 20 years in the City of London Richard first became involved with Sense International in 2004, after joining a trek in Romania. Since then Richard has participated in a number of further treks for Sense International in Romania, Spain and Scotland. In 2012, Richard was able to attain funding from the CLSA Chairman's Trust which enabled the funding of three resource centres and a home visit programme in Jharkhand, India.

NANDINI RAWAL

Member, Board of Sense International India

Nandini Rawal is the Executive Director of Blind People’s Association. She has a Master’s in Business Administration and has been working in the field of development of innovations and administration of disability development programmes for the last 30+ years. Her goal is to professionalize services for persons with disabilities and to promote comprehensive, need based and low cost services for persons with all categories of disabilities.