CENTRE FOR SOCIAL - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Member of the Governing Board

Mr. Arun Nanda holds a Degree in Law from the University of Calcutta, is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (FCA) and a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (FCS). Mr. Nanda has also participated in a Senior Executive Programme at the London Business School. He joined the Mahindra Group in 1973 and held several important positions within the Group over the 40 years he was with the company. He was inducted to the Board of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) in August 1992 and resigned as Executive Director in March 2010 to focus on the social sector and create a favourable ecosystem for senior citizens. He was a non-executive director from April 2010 till August 2014. He is currently the Chairman of Mahindra Holidays & Resorts (I) Ltd. and Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd. He is also the Chairman of Holiday Club Resorts Oy, Finland, Chairman on the Advisory Board of 3i Investments plc, Chairman of Tourism & Hospitality Skill Council, Director of National Skill Development Corporation, Independent Director of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd., Member of the Advisory Board of TechnoServe India, and a Trustee of Integrity Action, U.K. and Helpage India. He was a Member of the Task Force set up by the B20 on Anti Corruption which presented the policy paper to President Sarkozy at the G20 Summit held in Cannes in November 2011 and to President Putin in St. Petersburg in June 2013. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of CII National Committee on Skill Development for 2017-18. He was also Chairman of CII Western Region Council for the year 2010-2011. Mr. Nanda was honoured with an award of "Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur" (Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour) by the President of the French Republic, Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008. Mr. Arun Nanda is the recipient of the following awards: "Real Estate Person of the Year Award from GIREM Leadership Awards in India in 2008. "ICSI National Award" for Excellence in Corporate Governance for Mahindra & Mahindra as the best governed company in 2008. "CA Business Achiever Award - Corporate" at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Award 2009 "Lifetime Achievement Award" for his outstanding contribution to the Hospitality Industry and the Service Sector by the Golden Star Awards 2010. "Aatithya Ratna Award" by the Business Hotels Network and Horwath HTL in 2014 for his contribution to the success of the Hospitality Industry. "Lifetime Achievement Award" in December 2014 at the CNBC Awaaz Real Estate Awards for his relentless pursuit of excellence and dynamic leadership that steered the growth of Mahindra Lifespaces. "Recognition of CAs in Social Service" for best work for Senior Citizens in August 2015 from the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India. "IFCA Award of Excellence" for outstanding contribution to the development of culinary profession and promotion of culinary art in India from Indian Federation of Culinary Association in September, 2015. "Lifetime Achievement Award" in September 2016 for exceptional contribution to India's real estate sector from National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO).

Job Titles:

• Member of the Governing Board

Bhaskar Pramanik has just recently retired from his position as Chairman, Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd. Prior to Microsoft, he was at Oracle where his focus was to drive growth through greater cross leveraging of lines of business, enhance customer satisfaction and increase employee motivation. He has held several senior management positions in Sun Microsystems, Digital Equipment India Ltd, Blue Star Ltd., and NELCO. An engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, he attended the Advanced Marketing Management Programme at Stanford University. He is on the board of several companies, including the State Bank of India. He is also a member of the Executive Council of NASSCOM and is the co-chair of the National Committee for IT, ITES & e-Commerce at CII. In the past, he has held leadership positions at industry bodies such as MAIT and AMCHAM. Bhaskar is based in Gurgaon with his family. His interests are photography and reading.

Job Titles:

• Founder Director, Head SBCC R & D Unit

Dr. Utkarsh's passion is to improve health outcomes for individuals and communities worldwide with innovative and technology-based interventions based on the science of social and behavioural change communication (SBCC). He has had formal training in medicine and social sciences from India and the United States respectively, and his work has been published in international medical journals. He holds a PhD in Social and Behavioural Health from the Medical College of Virginia, USA and a Master's in Health Communication from Penn State University, USA. Dr. Subnis, is currently doing a research fellowship in the Dept. of Oncology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada. He practices meditation regularly and writes about metaphysics under a pen name.

Job Titles:

• Founder
• Managing Director
• Member of the Board of Directors
• Founder Director and

Nishit Kumar is the founder and Managing Director of Centre for Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBC 3). Nishit Kumar has a post graduate degree in Business Management, and has done programmes at IIM, Ahmedabad. He has 43 years of experience, 15 of which he spent in leadership positions in advertising, winning awards every year. He worked

Job Titles:

• Founder Director and COO

Priya has been working with school children for the last 15 years teaching them techniques to help them cope with stress and improve their academic performance. For 5 years she has been spearheading the adolescent mental health program. Priya, an MBA, has been a self-motivated, passionate entrepreneur since college. She combined her design creativity with prudent business capabilities to set up her fashion business. Her ability to adapt and adjust effectively with new structures, requirements and cultures enabled her to establish a flourishing garment exports business in the Middle East. Priya is an ardent practitioner of healing and spirituality. She is currently a Trustee of the Pranic Healing Foundation of Mumbai. An energy healing trainer, she imparts knowledge of energy healing and empowers participants to heal the body and mind. She conducts workshops on stress management and relief for companies. Priya has undergone Leadership Training from Landmark Education.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Governing Board

Sabbas Joseph brings on board strategic inputs and communication expertise, stemming from his years of being a journalist and his experience of founding and managing Wizcraft. Sabbas founded Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. in 1988 and serves as its Executive Director. He has been actively involved with the media from the beginning of his career. Sabbas has spearheaded and managed several mega corporate events for the company, and lent his strategic foresight for some of the company's biggest brand launches and events. He heads the Sales and Marketing Team as well as the Corporate and Brand Activation business. He is also a faculty member and guest lecturer at leading communication institutes and an active member of the entertainment committees of CII, FICCI and Event Management Association (EEMA) of India. He was elected as president of EEMA at EEMAGINE 2014, EEMA's Annual Convention.