BAL ASHA - Key Persons


Aditya Karandikar

Aditya joined Bal Asha Trust team in 2016. He is an young entrepreneur who spear-aheads the awareness campaigns of the organization to reachout to the next generation.

Angel Aloor

Job Titles:
  • Social Worker - Adoption

Ashwini Sonar

Job Titles:
  • Accountant & HR

Dr. Ajit Gajendragadkar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Visiting Team
  • Pediatrician

Dr. Chandrahas Chandanshive

Job Titles:
  • Speech Therapist

Dr. Fazal Nabi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Visiting Team
  • Pediatrician

Dr. Priyanka Parikh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Visiting Team
  • Developmental Pediatrician

Jayshree Gadapa

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent - Children 's Home

Kalyani Karandikar

Job Titles:
  • Trustee / Hon. Treasurer
Kalyani joined Bal Asha Trust in the year 2015. As a Trustee she oversees finance and accounting, finance planning and effectiveness for the Trust. Kalyani is a Adoptive Parent, professionally she is a businesswoman who runs her own event company.

Kuhurina Basu

Kuhurina is a committee member for past 20 years. She is a professional educationalist specializing in training teachers for special education in India. She oversees educational efforts of the trust for children

Mrinal Kulkarni

Job Titles:
  • Hon. Secretary
  • Trustee
Mrinal has been a part of the Bal Asha Trust since 1994. As a Trustee, she monitors the development of programmes closely and provides solutions to the team members. Mrinal is a writer of many books of historical significance. She has been associated with research activities at the Asiatic Society, Mumbai.

Ms. Farida Soni

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Visiting Team

Ms. Fatima Presswala

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Visiting Team
  • Speech Therapist

Ms. Pradnya Aklekar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Visiting Team
  • Psychologist

Ms. Sakina Kadri

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Visiting Team
  • Speech Therapist

Ms. Sinni Joseph

Job Titles:
  • Physiotherapist

Ms. Tasneem Tinwala

Job Titles:
  • Occupational Therapist

Mukta Dhond - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Trustee
Mukta joined Bal Asha Trust in July 2016. As a Trustee, she works on the Trust's strategies and advocates for the cause and sets the organisation's direction. Mukta is an adoptive parent, a successful writer, creative director and producer in the television industry.

Rutuja Jundare


Sanjana Sawant

Job Titles:
  • Administration

Sunil Arora

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
Sunil has been part of Bal Asha Trust in various capacities since 1994 before taking up the role of Executive Director. Popularly known as "mama" among Bal Asha children he has grown the organization from a small team to now a team of over 50 dedicated individuals across 6 projects in Maharashtra. He is a guest speaker and expert on adoption serving on various committees.

Sunita Tandon

Job Titles:
  • Social Worker - Education & Nutrition Programme

Swaroopa Arora

Job Titles:
  • Social Worker - Adoption Programme

Vaishali Bhakte

Job Titles:
  • Social Worker - Children 's Home