Driving Our Mission Forward
Priya Joseph
Founder & Managing Trustee
Priya Joseph
Priya is a global citizen who has lived in seven countries and studied in five of them. She is passionate about empowering women and children. Her belief is that they are the most vulnerable and marginalized community globally. Through social enterprise, community initiatives and personally paying it forward, she strives to build an equitable future for all. Her life experiences as a young business entrepreneur combined with her own personal story in healthcare, education, and her expertise in CSR have motivated her to start her own foundation. In her spare time she loves to travel, discover and create new memorable experiences with her son.
Nain Wadhwa
Trustee
Nain Wadhwa
Nain Wadhwa is a commerce graduate, and has been an important part of Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Bangalore, since early 2000. Guided by Rev Dada J P Vaswani, Nain has been working passionately towards furthering the cause of value education. Nain’s personal experience and interest in the field has led her to pursue different aspects of education through Teaching for Understanding, a curriculum design course from Harvard University, multiple courses from MDA on Dyslexia, Language and Mathematics in mainstream schools, and Assistive Technology Workshops. She is now dedicated to bring to life SVIS, Bangalore, a school that provides children an environment to succeed mentally, physically and spiritually.
Shuaiba Rahaman
Trustee
Shuaiba Rahaman
Shuaiba is an experienced Strategic Planning and Communications Professional with over 15 years of experience in developing strategy, building partnerships and strengthening communications for organizations with a specific focus on the social development sector. With a keen interest in anything with a social impact, Shuaiba is the founder of The Giving Tree, a platform connecting skillful people with social organizations. She is proof that international boundaries are not a barrier to giving and is the Strategy Advisor for ASCOA, an NGO in Cameroon. She has an MBA from Australia and is an enthusiastic business entrepreneur.
Dr. Suchitra A Bajaj
Trustee
Dr. Suchitra A Bajaj
Dr. Suchitra A Bajaj is an experienced clinician and public health professional with a demonstrated history of working in the development sector. She is a Physician by training with subsequent certifications and specializations in Clinical Cardiology, Family Medicine and Epidemiology. Programs developed and implemented by her for Screening and Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, Common Cancer Screening, Technology-enabled Primary Healthcare and Management of Malnutrition have won international and national awards. She believes that for sustainable progress every individual should have equal access to education, health and a secure environment.
Akhila Seetharaman
Trustee
Akhila Seetharaman
Akhila is an independent researcher, writer and editor with two decades of experience working with a range of media formats on themes such as the arts, culture, design, urban and civic issues, technology, education and development. Over the years, she has worked with print publications, developed books and brochures for organizations, and scripted and edited content for museums in different parts of the world.
She has an enduring interest in people and their stories (and vice versa) and in the ways, we create and contribute to well-being within our communities, individually and together.
Priya Joseph
Founder
Priya is a global citizen who has lived in seven countries and studied in five of them. She is passionate about empowering women and children.
Driving Our Mission Forward
Priya Joseph
Founder
Priya is a global citizen who has lived in seven countries and studied in five of them. She is passionate about empowering women and children.
Priya Joseph
Priya is a global citizen who has lived in seven countries and studied in five of them. She is passionate about empowering women and children. Her belief is that they are the most vulnerable and marginalized community globally. Through social enterprise, community initiatives and personally paying it forward, she strives to build an equitable future for all. Her life experiences as a young business entrepreneur combined with her own personal story in healthcare, education, and her expertise in CSR have motivated her to start her own foundation. In her spare time she loves to travel, discover and create new memorable experiences with her son.
Nain Wadhwa
Trustee
Nain Wadhwa is a commerce graduate, and has been an important part of Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Bangalore, since early 2000. Guided by Rev Dada J P Vaswani, Nain has been working passionately towards furthering the cause of value education.
Nain Wadhwa
Nain Wadhwa is a commerce graduate, and has been an important part of Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Bangalore, since early 2000. Guided by Rev Dada J P Vaswani, Nain has been working passionately towards furthering the cause of value education. Nain’s personal experience and interest in the field has led her to pursue different aspects of education through Teaching for Understanding, a curriculum design course from Harvard University, multiple courses from MDA on Dyslexia, Language and Mathematics in mainstream schools, and Assistive Technology Workshops.She is now dedicated to bring to life SVIS, Bangalore, is a school that provides children an environment to succeed mentally, physically and spiritually.
Shuaiba Rahaman
Trustee
Shuaiba is an experienced Strategic Planning and Communications Professional with over 15 years of experience in developing strategy, building partnerships and strengthening communications
Shuaiba Rahaman
Shuaiba is an experienced Strategic Planning and Communications Professional with over 15 years of experience in developing strategy, building partnerships and strengthening communications for organizations with a specific focus on the social development sector. With a keen interest in anything with a social impact, Shuaiba is the founder of The Giving Tree, a platform connecting skillful people with social organizations. She is proof that international boundaries are not a barrier to giving and is the Strategy Advisor for ASCOA, an NGO in Cameroon. She has an MBA from Australia and is an enthusiastic business entrepreneur.
Dr. Suchitra A Bajaj
Trustee
Dr. Suchitra A Bajaj is an experienced clinician and public health professional with a demonstrated history of working in the development sector.
Dr. Suchitra A Bajaj
Dr. Suchitra A Bajaj is an experienced clinician and public health professional with a demonstrated history of working in the development sector. She is a Physician by training with subsequent certifications and specializations in Clinical Cardiology, Family Medicine and Epidemiology. Programs developed and implemented by her for Common Cancer Screening, Screening, and Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, Technology-enabled Primary Healthcare and Management of Malnutrition have won international and national awards. She believes that for sustainable progress every individual should have equal access to education, health and a secure environment.
Akhila Seetharaman
Trustee
Akhila is an independent researcher, writer and editor with two decades of experience working with a range of media formats on themes such as the arts, culture, design, urban and civic issues, technology, education and development.
Akhila Seetharaman
Akhila is an independent researcher, writer and editor with two decades of experience working with a range of media formats on themes such as the arts, culture, design, urban and civic issues, technology, education and development. Over the years, she has worked with print publications, developed books and brochures for organizations, and scripted and edited content for museums in different parts of the world.
She has an enduring interest in people and their stories (and vice versa) and in the ways, we create and contribute to well-being within our communities, individually and together.