Late B. G. Deshmukh was a senior IAS officer and held various posts in government including Principal Secretary to three Prime Minister; Cabinet Secretary; Chief Secretary, Maharashtra; Chairman, Governing Board of the International Labour Organization; Secretary, Labour and Rehabilitation, Government of India; Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India; Municipal Commissioner of Bombay; Secretary to Chief Minister of Mah...

J. F. Ribeiro, graduated in Commerce and Law from Mumbai University. He joined the Indian Police Service in 1953 and rose to be the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai from February 1982 to May 1985. Later he served in quick succession as Director General – Central Reserve Police, Director General of Police-Gujarat, Special Secretary to the Government of India’s Home Ministry, Director General of Police – Punjab and finally Advisor to the Gov...

Mr. S. S. Puri was born in 1942 in Punjab and got an M.A.(Philosophy) and an L.L.B. degree. He joined the IPS opting for Maharashtra cadre. He served as a Superintendent of Police and Deputy Inspector General of Police. During his field postings, communal disturbances were put down with a heavy hand, reflecting his concern for a secular polity as also the maintenance of peace and order. He constantly updated his study of the law while att...

Ratna Magotra is a practicing pediatric cardiac surgeon at Smt. S. R. Mehta & Sir K. P. Cardiac Institute in Mumbai. Ratna Magotra did her M.B.B.S. from Delhi University and earned her post-graduate degrees of M.S. in General Surgery and M.S. in Cardio Thoracic Surgery from Bombay University. She received overseas training at Guy’s Hospital in London and Texas Heart Institute in Houston, USA, specializing in Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Sur...

Kumar Ketkar, born on January 7, 1946, is currently the Chief Editor of Dainik Divya Marathi of Dainik Bhaskar Group. He was earlier Chief Editor of Loksatta, the leading Marathi Daily, of the Indian Express Group, also contributing to the Indian and Financial Express. He has been the Chief Editor of the Maharashtra Times of the Times of India Group for 7 years. He was also the Editor-in-Chief of Lokmat Group of Publications for one year. ...

Dara Gandhy was educated at Cathedral and John Connon High School, Bombay, clearing Senior Cambridge (SLC) in first class and graduated with B.Com degree from Sydenham College, Mumbai University. He worked as General Manager Marketing and Sales of an international trading / agency company which was largely responsible for converting the Indian Auto Tubes market from natural rubber tubes to Butyl tubes which ensure substantial fuel economy. He...

Dr. R. K. Anand, MD (Pediatrics), FRCP (Edinburgh), DCH (London), is the Senior-most pediatrician and was also Medical Director at Jaslok Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai. An internationally recognized pediatrician, Dr. Anand was honoured with the Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics and the Royal College Physicians, Edinburgh, for his contributions in the field of pediatric education, research and child care . As former Profes...

Narayan Varma is a practicing Chartered Accountant since 1956 and a graduate of Mumbai University. He was, in the past, Secretary of Western India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, a member of the Editorial Board for “The Chartered Accountant”. He was the President of » Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society (BCAS) for the year 1978-79. » The Chamber of Income-Tax Consultants for two years – 1989-...

Nandini Sardesai has a doctorate in research with a focus on “Sociology of Sports”. Current Positions : • Member of the Advisory Board of Dignity Foundation, an NGO for senior citizens. • Representative of Maharashtra Women’s Commission on the Consumer Complaints Council of the Advertising Standards Council of India. • Visiting Professor at St. Xavier’s College, Jai Hind College & K. C. College. • Member of the Censor Board...

Gulam A. Vahanvaty, an IIM Calcutta graduate, served Tata Administrative Services (TAS) in 1970. Later in 1974, he left TAS and gained the family business of scrap processing and ship breaking. He is now a renowned businessman, who holds franchises of two major Indian companies and a highly regarded Arts & Crafts Gallery. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Mumbai Downtown. He was elected District Governor in 2002-03, and has since then h...