FOUNDERS
Mr. Balakrishna Pillai is a retired engineer
Dr. Usha Pillai is the co-founder and director of IDEA
Dr. Usha Vergheese
Late Smt. Krupavati Iyer
Sushama Apte
Mr. Unmesh Krishnan
Late Shri. Dattatraya Waghmare
GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBERS
The Governing Council or IDEA Board is the Apex policy making body of 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.
Mr. Balakrishna Pillai is a retired engineer
Dr. Usha Pillai is the co-founder and director of IDEA
Mr. Ashok Budhkar is a financial consultant by profession.
Dr. Vijay Kulkarni is a professor at a Social Work college
Mr. Sachin Gokhale is a Chartered Accountant
Mr. Ajay Talreja is an IT expert
Ms. Sujata Kelkar comes from a commerce background
Ms. Sangeetha Menon has a degree in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations
Ms. Shilpa Khangaonkar is a legal expert
Ms. Dr. Shraddha Nigavekar, Member, PhD in Botany and a Story teller.
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Dr. Usha Pillai
Mrinal Badawe
Ravikiran Patil
Arun Kamble
Manjusha Pandit
Rajesh Paikrao
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