MR AMITH DHOLAKIA

Chairperson, Board of Sense International India

Mr. 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.

Ms DIVYA BHALLA

Member, Board of Sense International India

Ms 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.

MR RAJIVE RATURI

Member, Board of Sense International India

Mr 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.

MS NANDINI RAWAL

Member, Board of Sense International India

Ms 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.