India Giving Day 2025 is being guided under the leadership of our Co-Chairs, Sejal Desai, Executive Director of Akanksha Education Fund, and Manisha Bharti, Global Executive and CEO of Pratham USA.
They are supported by a team of exceptionally passionate changemakers and joined by leading philanthropists, business leaders, and performing artists. Our heartfelt thanks to all who are lending their time, talent, and resources to this campaign.
Campaign Steering Committee 
MANISHA BHARTI
CEO of Pratham USA and
Global Executive
SEJAL DESAI
Executive Director,
Akanksha Education Fund
ROMA BOSE
VP Development & Partnerships, Sehgal Foundation
PAUL GLICK
Executive Director, Rural India
Supporting Trust (RIST)
MINOO GUPTA
President, Foundation for
Excellence (FFE)
KALPANA KANTHAN
Chief Development and Marketing Officer, AIF
NEIL MEHTA
VP, Marketing & Digital Strategy, Akshaya Patra
YAMINI MISHRA
Country Director, India,
MacArthur Foundation
National Co-Chairs
DR. AKHTAR BADSHAH
Founder and Chief Catalyst
or Catalytic Innovators Group
DESH DESHPANDE
Entrepreneur, Venture
Capitalist, Philanthropist
SAPPHIRA GORADIA
Executive Director, Vijay and
Marie Goradia Foundation
RAJ GUPTA
Former Chairman and CEO,
Rohm and Haas
LATA KRISHNAN
Co-Founder, American India
Foundation
DEEPAK RAJ
Founder and Managing
Director, Raj Associates
MR RANGASWAMI
Entrepreneur, Investor,
Philanthropist
RAJU REDDY
Founder and Former CEO,
Sierra Atlantic
DR. SURI SEHGAL
Founder and Chair, Sehgal
Foundation
PREMAL SHAH
Co-Founder,
Kiva
RAMESH SRINIVASAN
Senior Partner, NY Office
McKinsey & Company
SUNDAR SUBRAMANIAM
Managing Partner,
Ifesia
SUNIL WADHWANI
Founder,
WISH Foundation
Ambassadors
CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI
Award-winning author, poet,
activist, and teacher
ISHEETA GANGULY
Writer, Director, and
Performing Artist
MITALI PERKINS
Author of "Rickshaw Girl"
and 14 other books
SAIRA MALHOTRA
Chef, Food writer & Co-founder Dancing Elephant
KRITI SARAV
Youth Ambassador
Podcaster and educator on financial literacy for teens
Staff and Consultants
ALEX COUNTS
Director
PEG FOURRÉ
Deputy Director
MEENAKSHI MAHAJAN
Chief Operating Officer
DANA CHAN
Program Officer
NIRMALA GARIMELLA
Senior Advisor
VENKY RAGHAVENDRA
Senior Adviser
Youth Leadership Council
SAHASRA CHAVALI
Advocate, Sehgal Foundation
MIRA GULATI
Teach for India Advocate
AADI HETAMSARIA
Akanksha Advocate
AAYAN HETAMSARIA
Akanksha Advocate
SHAUNYA KUMAR
2023 Essay Competition
ANJIKA KUMAR
Teach for India Advocate
AKSHAYA KATAM
Advocate, Sehgal Foundation
ESHA GADI
2022 Essay Competition
ARYA GOYAL
2024 Essay Competition
MELVIN JOSEPH
2023 Essay Competition
ADITYA MUNISH
2024 Essay Competition
SHREEYA RAM
2023 Essay Competition
SAI LAKSHMI SAMPSON
2024 Essay Competition
EISHA YADAV
2023 Essay Competition