CSRWORLD - Key Persons


Milind V. Sathe

Milind V. Sathe is an entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in I. T. sector of which more than 10 years has been in Digital media and content creation. For more than 10 years he has been promoting artists and curating art exhibitions, projects and events. His experience in I. T. sector includes software products and services marketing, product development and ERP implementation. In the last 10 years, he has been focusing on digital media and has worked with more than 500 clients in India and abroad in the areas of Internet strategy and consulting, web content creation, web applications, e business and social media. Milind promoted Indiaart Gallery and the art portal www.indiaart.com which showcases Indian Art and reaches out to art collectors and aficionados worldwide. He is actively engaged in promoting artists, curating art and photography exhibitions as well as events and conceptualizing art projects with innovative ideas. He set up Art India Foundation, a trust which undertakes projects and initiatives to promote art and spread awareness of art, aesthetics and creative thought especially among children including underprivileged and challenged children. His latest initiative - New Media Ventures focuses on leveraging capabilities of new media including digital media to act as a game changer for its clients. A part from offering consulting and turnkey solutions to its clients, New Media Ventures will also create its own projects and initiatives.

Shashi K. Sharma

Shashi K. Sharma is an alumnus of IIM, Ahmedabad and MIT, USA. Before completing these post-graduate studies, he did his BE (Mech) from MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur. Shashi has more than 35 years experience in Private, Public, and Voluntary sectors - including with Systems Research Institute, Tata Consultancy Services, and CMC Ltd. He was the first Director of the Cummins India Foundation (the CSR arm of Cummins India Ltd.). For 5 years he was advisor to Sterlite Technologies Ltd., Pune as their "Head - Corporate Social Responsibility". He is also a consultant to the Fomento Group, Goa on their CSR and HR functions. In addition to consulting, Shashi Sharma teaches Business Ethics and CSR in several MBA programmes in Pune - including at PUMBA (Univ of Pune), National Institute of Cooperative Management and International Institute for Information Technology. He has designed and conducted training programmes on Ethics and CSR for diverse audiences like teachers, NGOs, students, corporate managers. He has published many articles on Management and CSR.