With her experience working in organisations as diverse as Samaritans in Paris, Mothers Choice in Hong Kong, and the HIV Unit of Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore, Manisha brings her complete commitment and care to her current role as Chairperson of St. Judes. As part of our leadership team, she helps drive initiatives ranging from expanding St. Judes’ footprint across the country to fundraising, innovation, and skill training programs.

A retired career investment banker, Mukeeta consults on contemporary Indian art, philanthropy, and CSR in the cultural space. Her focus at St. Judes is on scaling up and new projects. More recently, she was tasked with leading our COVID-19 War Room. She is a member of our Risk Management Committee. She also serves on the boards of Raymond Ltd and UTI Mutual Fund Trustee Company.

Jai guides the organisation in its legal matters. He is a partner at Desai & Diwanji, one of the oldest and most reputed full-service law firms in India.

Aditya heads the SJICC Premises team, bringing his experience in designing and building luxury homes in Alibag. He was the President of St. Judes from 2009 to 2012. With his knowledge of cost management, financial planning and renovation of Centres, he ensures that the renovation and refurbishment of all our Centres and creates viable and pleasant spaces for the children and their families.

Before joining St. Judes, Anil led government engagement, reforms, and advocacy initiatives at Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, a non-profit working on urban governance reform. Prior to that, he was with PRS Legislative Research. He has also managed a pan-India programme on AIDS awareness among long-distance truckers as part of a project supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Ashutosh has been a practising Chartered Accountant with M P Chitale & Co. since 1987. He also serves on several committees of the Board of Directors of Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company Limited – as the Chairperson of the Audit & Ethics Committee and With Profit Committee and as a member of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee and CSR Committee. His passion at work includes client satisfaction, mentoring, technology and innovation, and helping regulators and national and international professional bodies in standards setting. Beyond work, he enjoys spending time with family and friends, travelling, reading (prefers a paper book to a digital one), social media and St. Judes India.

Gargi has been associated with St. Judes since its inception and is committed to giving joy and hope to the children and their families during their difficult period. A freelance accountant, Gargi was the Financial Controller of the UNESCO award-winning team for the restoration and revitalisation project of the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai in 2005. She is also a consultant to INTACH Mumbai.

As an architect in the field of design for 24 years, Roopali specialises in spatial interior design. With a Masters from the University Of Michigan Ann Arbor, where she specialised in architectural design and urban planning, she has continued her passion for the Conservation And Preservation Of Built Cultural Heritage. She also has a deep interest in painting, ceramics, and traditional Indian art. She has been volunteering at St. Judes since 2018. During the lockdown, she introduced art therapy as a tool to maintain mental and physical stability for the families and staff. Under her, all Third Circle activities are now designed to maintain and enhance the well-being of children, their parents, and our staff.

Vijay leads the India business of Hakluyt, a leading strategic advisory firm that supports large corporations and investors on complex commercial issues. Before joining Hakluyt in 2019, he spent close to a decade as a private equity investor with Faering Capital, General Atlantic and L Catterton. Earlier in his career, he advised infrastructure investors as part of KPMG’s transaction services practice.