A career police officer who retired as Director General of Police in Maharashtra. During his service, he was deputed to the Foreign Service and served in various diplomatic missions, and represented India in many negotiations. Later he served as Chief of Antinaxal Operations and with the Training and Special units. He has been awarded the Police Medal and the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service. His primary areas of interest are terrorism, national security, security of establishments, and issues related to children and senior citizens.

 Partner, Dua Associates, a leading law firm in India, and has been in legal practice, mainly related to corporate law and litigation, for more than twenty-five years. Additionally, Dr. Kaul specializes in the law of outer space. She renders professional advice on international and domestic legal, policy, and political aspects of outer space activities and their applications, with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach. She holds an LLM from the Institute of Air & Space Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. She has been Counsel for the Union of India in the High Court of Delhi and for the State of Maharashtra in the Supreme Court of India. She serves as an Independent Director on the Board of Directors of RBM Ltd.(Wef Feb.2023). She also serves as Chairperson, of Shiv Niketan Education Society( regd.) which operates The Elisabeth Gauba School, New Delhi, the iconic seventy-five-year-old pioneer in early learning. Dr. Kaul has previously served as a Member of the Delhi State Commission for Women, New Delhi.

A Chartered Accountant by profession who also has a Ph.D. in law. He has won the prestigious “Ghamandi Prize” for acquiring knowledge in the field of law. He has been visiting faculty at Bruhan Maharashtra College of Commerce and ILS Law College, Pune. He has been specially awarded at the hands of Shri. Sharad Pawar in recognition of his commitment to professional services.

He joined India’s space efforts in 1962, working with Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and helping establish the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. His contributions led to a deputation at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre. He retired as Director of ISRO and remains on the satellite launch review committee. He received the Padma Shree in 1984 for his work on the SITE program, along with the Vikram Sarabhai Award and Bharat Jyot Award. He is also a member of the Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission of Maharashtra.

She is an economist and social activist who served in the Maharashtra Legislative Council (2002–2008) and Rajya Sabha (1984–1990). She chaired a committee for LPG consumer facilities, represented India at the 1989 Asian Women Parliamentarians Conference, and was Deputy Secretary General of the Asian Women Parliamentary Association. She won a Silver Medal for Acting in Sundar Mee Honar (1961) and was on the Central Board of Film Censors (1992–1998). She has held key roles in Maharashtra’s legislature and social welfare initiatives and is currently a director and president of various organizations. 

Dr. Anita Joshi is a qualified physician with over 20 years of experience. She is passionate about leading and executing medical affairs strategies along with managing medical information and therapy teams in the Pharma and Medical sector.

Ms. Bhagyashree Dengle is currently the Regional Director of, the Asia Pacific Region at Plan International and is deeply involved in developing transformational strategies to ensure that girls across the Asia Pacific are able to learn, lead, decide, and thrive through advocacy and gender transformative programs.  She has over 35 years of experience in Institution building, governance, and gender transformative programming. 

Mr. Mandar Joshi is a Chartered Accountant and an MBA. He is an Angel Investor as well as a media producer.

Mrs. Sushama Joshi has been associated with CASP from past 20 years. Since then she has served organizations in different positions. She was DY Executive Director Program and also was the Program Manager of Pune Unit.

Ankita Choure is a strategist and equity advocate dedicated to improving health and education since 2012. With an MPH (Master of Public Health) and MSc in Public Policy & Management from institutions in India (University of Pune) and Scotland (University of Glasgow), she focuses on uplifting marginalized communities through sustainable initiatives. As the Executive Director of CASP, she leads programs in public health, education, WASH, vocational training, youth development, and women’s empowerment across CASP Offices in India and associated communities. She has worked with WHO on non-communicable disease programs and played a key role in national health campaigns. Passionate about social justice, Ankita champions policy-driven, community-led solutions for sustainable social impact projects.