Board of Directors     

Name Category Profile
Mr. Rajendra Mohan Gonela Independent Director Mr. Gonela, is a Bachelor of law with post graduation in Constitutional and administrative Laws. He is also honored with Doctorate in Intellectual Property Rights in the year 2011. Mr. Gonela started his career as a probationary officer working with Public sector undertaking i.e., Indian Overseas Bank. Later he served as a Principal Secretary-(Indian Administrative Service) for Government of India (Andhra Pradesh cadre) for the period June 1977 till March 2013.

Mr. Gonela also served as a CEO of Anand Group of Companies which has diversified businesses of Mining, salt refinery, spinning and wealth management for the period September 2014 till November 2018 and currently is designated as an honorary advisor to Anand Granite Exports Private limited.
Mr. Chandrapal Singh Yadav Nominee Director Mr. Chandrapal Singh Yadav, is the Chairman of Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO). He is a Doctorate and a Law Graduate. Mr.Chandrapal Singh, Member of Rajya Sabha is a grass-root Corporator. He has been Member of Legislative Assembly, UP.
Mr. Sudhakar Kudva Independent Director Mr. Sudhakar Kudva, is a Chartered Accountant, has over 49 years of work experience in India and abroad in a wide range of industries including the Lakshmi Mittal Group. (in Arcelor Mittal Ltd., as Executive Director-Commercial). His areas of expertise are Finance, Treasury and General Management.
Ms. Lalitha Raghuram Non-Executive Directorr

Mrs. Lalitha Raghuram is a First class post graduate in Social Work and post graduate in Commerce with advanced accounting & auditing. She also did her Post graduate diploma in personnel management & industrial relations and in community eye health from L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad.

Mrs. Lalitha Raghuram is the country Director of Mohan Foundation, Hyderabad, India responsible for (a) Advocacy in organ donation (b) augmenting deceased organ donations (c) expanding the footprint of Mohan Foundation, (c) Resource Mobilisation,  (d) strategic planning (e) liaison with Government.

She was Country Director, Operation Eyesight Universal, India  – April 2004 to April 2009 responsible and accountable for all the functions of Operation Eyesight in India, an international development organisation focused on eliminating avoidable blindness.

Mrs. Lalitha Raghuram has received “Womentor” Award in the year 2018 and received “International Eye Care Hero Award”, in the year 2018.
Ms. Shilpi Varshney Independent Director

Ms. Shilpi Varshney, holds master’s degree in human resource development & English Literature, presently associated as Director, Projects and Skill Development, All India Society for Electronics and Computer Technology (AISECT).

A Senior social impact and skill development professional with over 28 years of leadership experience in designing and executing large-scale Government and CSR-funded skill development and livelihood programs, and World Bank funded projects with strong relevance to agriculture-linked and rural economies.

Expertise includes farmer-adjacent skilling, rural youth and women employment, and placement-linked capacity building, aligned with public policy and CSR mandates. Led end-to-end program governance—covering strategy, budgeting, implementation, monitoring, and impact reporting—under national frameworks such as DDU-GKY and Skill Misisons, ESG-aligned social interventions, community engagement, and responsible growth, enabling informed board oversight on CSR effectiveness, rural sustainability, and human capital development.