CMCA Board of Trustees and members

Trustees and Executive Leadership

Board of Trustees

Our Trustees come from a variety of educational and professional backgrounds, but are united by the common belief in a democratic, inclusive, sustainable India, and their tireless championing of CMCA’s work.

Mr. Aroon Raman (Chairman)

Is a businessman-entrepreneur and currently Managing Director of Telos Investments & Technologies Private Limited...

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Mr. Aakash

Mr. Aakash Sethi (Trustee)

Has over 20 years of experience in Education and Youth Development programmes. He has served in leadership roles in orga...

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Dr. A.N. Yellappa Reddy (Trustee)

Has served in the Forest Department, Government of Karnataka for 35 years in various positions. His stint as the Special...

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Ms. Kamala Raghunath (Trustee)

Is an entrepreneurial leader and founder of R K Industries and Gift Links. Ms. Raghunath is an active mentor for start-u...

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Mr. Ranjit Shahani (Trustee)

Has been on the board of trustees since July 2015. Mr. Shahani is a mechanical engineer from IIT Kanpur and an MBA from...

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Mr. Sudhakar Rao (Trustee)

Is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer. He has held various positions including Chairman & Managing Di...

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Ms. Vinodini Lulla (Co-founder and Trustee)

Under her leadership, CMCA Mumbai was founded and has grown and stabilised, forging sustained and long-term relationship...

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Ms. Vrunda Bhaskar (Co-Founder & Trustee)

Is part of the founding team of CMCA, and has dedicated her life to the CMCA vision and mission, since its conception as...

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Mr. G. Govardhan (Permanent invitee to the board)

Is the Chairman of Swabhimana, our erstwhile parent organisation. An engineer by qualification, he retired as Additional...

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Co-Founders

Dr. Manjunath Sadashiva (Co-Founder)

Has been with CMCA since its inception as a joint programme of Public Affairs Centre and Swabhimana. It was his conceptu...

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Ms. Vinodini Lulla (Co-Founder & Trustee)

Under her leadership, CMCA Mumbai was founded and has grown and stabilised, forging sustained and long-term relationship...

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Ms. Vrunda Bhaskar (Co-Founder & Trustee)

Is part of the founding team of CMCA, and has dedicated her life to the CMCA vision and mission, since its conception as...

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Co-Founder & CEO

Priya Krishnamurthy

Ms. Priya Krishnamurthy

Priya is one of the Co-founders of CMCA and has been associated with CMCA in various capacities. She has a background in...

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Senior Executive Leadership

Mr. Marulappa P.R.

Programmes and Government Liaison

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Ms. Nagaveni N.

Finance and Administration

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Cdr. Narendra Kumar (Retd.)

Programmes

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Ms. Priya Nambiar

Partnerships and Collaborations

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Mr. Avijit Chakrovorty

Communications & Resource Mobilization

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Senior Consultants and Subject Matter Experts

Ms. Aparna George

Human Resources

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Mr. Ashish Patel

Former CEO, CMCA and Advisor - Strategic finance and overall advisory support to the leadership

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Dr. Manjunath Sadashiva

Planning and Evaluation

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Ms. Nirmala Rani

Strategic Resource Mobilisation

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Prof. Vivekananda M.

Evaluation Statistics and Analysis

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Advisory

Dr. Aruna Sankaranarayanan

Psychologist and Content and Pedagogy Advisory

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CA Subramanian M. R.

Trustee, Unnati and Strategic Finance and Compliance Advisory

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Accreditation by Credibility Alliance

CMCA has been accredited by Credibility Alliance under the category “Desirability Norms” – for good governance, accountability, transparency and continuous improvements. Credibility Alliance is a consortium of voluntary organisations committed to enhancing accountability and transparency in the voluntary sector through good governance.