Advisory Council

Mintoo Bhandari

Advisor
Monument

Mr. Bhandari is the principal founder and a leading shareholder of London based Monument Bank Limited (“Monument”) which is a digital-first platform focused on providing financial services (with a Bank of England full-banking license) providing digital access to high-value services and technology solutions in various geographies around the world. Prior to founding Monument, Mr. Bhandari was, until early 2018, Senior Partner of Apollo Global Management (NYSE “APO”) and Senior Partner…

Dr Anthony Dias

Dr. Anthony Dias

Advisor
Harvard Alumni Association

Dr. Anthony Dias is a highly experienced physician executive with a progressive 28-year track record of leading healthcare innovation at the intersection of public health, healthcare management and policy, informatics and clinical medicine. He developed and implemented business strategies to improve patient safety, healthcare quality, access to care, and to reduce costs in the national healthcare markets. Dr. Dias has been actively involved with the Harvard Chan School Alumni Association…

Rati Godrej

Advisor

Dr. Rati Godrej graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine in 1988. She completed her training in Internal Medicine from Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She has been living in Mumbai India since 1991. Her professional experience in India has included being a clinical consultant for the U.S. Consulate Medical Unit in Mumbai India from 1994 till 2014 and a deputy medical director…

Dr. Swati A. Piramal

Advisor
Piramal Group

Dr. Swati Piramal, Vice Chairperson, Piramal Group, is amongst India’s leading scientists and industrialists whose contributions to innovations, new medicines and public health services have touched many lives. As the Director of Piramal Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Piramal Group, Dr. Piramal is deeply involved in creating innovative solutions and establishing avenues that promote primary healthcare in rural India through Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI) – a mobile health…

Anupa Sahney

Anupa Sahney

Advisor
Origami Consultants

Anupa is the founder of Origami Consultants a small specialized consulting company focusing on change management and strategic advisory work.  She started her consulting career with McKinsey & Co in 1993 and then moved on to do advisory and entry strategy work for international companies such as AIG and Capital One.  In 2001 she saw a clear need for more implementation-based consulting services and started Origami Consultants to serve clients…

Sheila Sarma

Sheila Sarma

Advisor
SRS Family Foundation

Sheila Sarma is President of the SRS Family Foundation which focuses on improving the lives of disadvantaged youth by supporting a broad range of programs on health, education, spirituality, and the arts. She previously worked as a researcher at Gynuity Health Projects, an organization dedicated to ensuring individuals have access to safe and effective reproductive and maternal health care. Sheila graduated from Wellesley College and earned her master’s degree from the Harvard…

Padmini Sekhsaria

Advisor
Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation

Padmini Sekhsaria is a principal at the Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office where she leads several investment and philanthropic activities. She oversees businesses in technology, education, FMCG, agriculture, construction materials, commodities and financial services, that directly employ over 3600 employees. Her development experience in youth education, health and vocational skilling spans over 20 years. Padmini heads the Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation, a family philanthropy that is engaged in health, education and livelihood programmes,…

Ranjit Shahani

Ranjit Shahani

Advisor

Mr. Ranjit Shahani has served as the Managing Director and Vice Chairman at Novartis India Ltd. from 2001 to 2018. He is a mechanical engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and holds an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai. He started his career with Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in India in their fibers and specialty chemicals businesses. Later, he rose to the position of…