Governing Council of Gurgia Charities
1) Iskander Lalljee, President
2) A. K. Tiwari, Secretary
3) Seema Sahai, Treasurer & Executive Director
4) Abha Sawhany, Executive Member
5) Samir Saran, Executive Member
6) S. M. Sahai, Executive Member
7) A. K. Singh, Executive Member
Iskander Lalljee:
Mr. Iskander Lalljee serves as Marketing Director of life care innovations Pvt. Ltd. Mr.Lalljee has rich experience in niche marketing. His expertise covers marketing research, product development and new product launch. Mr Lalljee has special interest in pollution control. His efforts have also contributed in the development of eco-friendly devices aimed at minimizing health hazards. Mr Lalljee is also interested in wide range of social work and wild life protection, environment and conservation. He is also a member of the Azad India foundation. Prakratik Society and tiger watch.
A.K. Tiwari:
A K Tiwari was called to the bar in 1978.He has been practicing in supreme court, Delhi, Mumbai and Chandigarh High court in the areas of civil, arbitration and corporate laws since 1978.He is a proactive individual who believes in social development and work with Gurgia with all his heart and soul.
Seema Sahai:
Possesses an MBA, MA in Sociology from Delhi School of Economics and is an Oracle Certified Professional. She has a Certificate in Internet Technologies from IIT Kharagpur. Her experience of 22 years, varies from Corporate to Academics to Social Work. She has worked on various prestigious projects Plan International for education of ragpickers. She has also been in projects like Computerization of the International Banking System of Oriental Bank of Commerce and State Bank of Patiala. She has presented many papers in International and National Conferences, including one at Beijing University. She has been with Amity University for the past 10 years and her research interest is in the field of IT and HR, which is also her area of PhD.
Abha Sawhney:
Abha sawhney has done his Post Graduation from Lucknow University and law from Delhi University. She is an Advisor Partition Museum. The Partition Museum is public Museum located in the Town Hall in Amritsar. She is executive Director Sanskriti Center. SansKrtiri Center is an Institute for Indian culture in New York, dedicated to the children of the Greater New York area.
Samir Saran:
Samir Saran is the President of Observer Research Foundation (ORF), one of Asia’s most influential think tanks. His research focuses on issues of global governance, climate change and energy policy, technology and new media, and India’s foreign policy.
Samir completed his doctoral studies at the Global Sustainability Institute, UK. He holds a Masters in media studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and a Bachelors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, India.
As President, he provides strategic direction and leadership to ORF’s multiple centres on fundraising, research projects, platform design and outreach initiatives including stakeholder engagement.
S. M. Sahai:
S M Sahai is an IPS officer of 1987 batch of Jammu & Kashmir cadre. He has done his Master’s Degree in History from Lucknow Wniversity. He was involved in society oriented efforts in his career by opening counselling centers, de-addiction centers and skill building. He has retained interest in social oriented programs and contributes significantly to the efforts of Gurgia Charities.
A. K. Singh:
A K Singh is retired as Chief Commissioner Income Tax. He has worked with in various important assignments. He is a graduate from Aligarh Muslim University and has done his law and MBA from Delhi University and Master of Philosophy from Punjab University. He was D G Investigations during that time. He belongs to an eminent family from western U.P. and has been doing lot of social work in his ancestral place.