Founders
Mr. Balakrishna Pillai
Dr. Usha Pillai
Mrs. Sushama Apte
Mr. Dattatraya Waghmare
Dr.Usha Varghese.
Smt. Krupavati Iyer
Mr. Unmesh Krishnan
Governing Council Members
The Governing Council is the Apex policy making body at IDEA. Being an active social organization, our members are used to donning multiple roles and support the ultimate motive of societal welfare. Apart from taking policy level decisions each member has also taken up the responsibility of certain major focus areas in order to ensure smooth administration and operations for the initiatives undertaken by IDEA.
S.No. | Name | Designation in IDEA | Background | Key responsibilities in the Board |
1 | Mr. Balakrishna K. Pillai | President and TrusteeCo-founder | An Engineering Graduate with more than 35 years of service as experience through several important projects. | Technical Support, Finance and Policy |
2 | Dr. Usha Pillai | Co-founder & Director | A PhD in Social Work, she has 26 years experience in Social Sector. | NGO Management |
3 | Mr. Ajay Talreja | Hon. Treasurer | An IT Specialist by profession with more than 10 Years experience of working in the corporate sector | Technical support and Finance |
4 | Mr. Dattatraya S.Waghmare | Trustee | A post graduate from Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) with more than 47 years experience in Govt. Departments and various NGOs | Operations and Advisory on Governance issues |
5 | Dr. Prachee Joeg | Member | A PhD in psychology, she is a consultant and trainer by profession with 10 years of experience | Guidance and training to staff and volunteers on Counseling |
6 | Mr. Ashok G. Budhkar | Member | With more than thirty years of experience in Finance and Management with Private Limited Organiations, Public Limited Companies, Autonomous Bodies / Research & Development Institutions of Govt of India, NGOs & Chamber of Commerce & Industry | Guidance in Financial Matters & resource Mobilization |
7 | Mr. Sachin Gokhale | Member | B.Com, CA , he has over 20 years of experience in finance, accounts and banking related aspects in various organisations in India like Cummins, Bharat Forge, TACO and in the UAE in FMCG and construction sectors | Technical support and Finance |
8 | Dr. Vijay Kulkarni | Hon.Secretary | A PhD in Social Work, he has 25 years experience in Social work teaching & Research work | Guidance and training to staff and volunteers |
IDEA Staff as on 1 April 2017
- Dr. Usha Pillai (Director)
- Ms. Mrinal Badawe (Associate Director)
- Mr. Ravikiran Patil (Associate Director)
- Mr. Arun Kamble (Manager: Accounts & Admin)
- Ms. Ancy Stephen ( Resource Mobilizaton Manager)
- Ms. Usha Bhosale (Facilitator-cum-Instructor)
- Mr. Suraj Mohite (Coordinator )
- Mr. Vinayak Landge (Accounts and Admin. Assistant)
- Ms. Swati Karhale (Social Worker)
- Mr. Vilas Waghmare (Programme Co-ordinator)
- Ms. Manjusha Pandit (Senior Programme coordinator)
- Ms. Anita Chalwadi (Social Worker)
- Mr. Rajesh Paikrao (Senior Programme coordinator)
- Mr. Surekha Sukale (Senior Social Worker)
- Ms. Anita Khatikpatil (Senior Social Worker)
- Mr. Pranav Tribhuvan (Marketing Executive)
- Ms. Jyoti Pawar (Instructor)
- Ms. Shaila Khunte (Instructor)
- Ms. Anjali Katole (Facilitator-cum-Instructor)
- Mr. Prafulla Uparwat (Special Educator)
- Ms. Vidya Gholap (Special Educator)
- Ms. Preeti Prabhune (Consultant- Community based Learning Centers)
- Ms. Bhavna Gharodiya (Coordinator)
- Mr. Kamlesh Bhilare (Office Assistant)