Chairman and Life Trustee on the Board of the Naandi Foundation, a leader in providing academic support, as well as providing agriculture and natural resource management knowledge to small farmers across India. Anand is the Chairman of the Mahindra Group. His commitments include serving on the Harvard Business School Association of India – Cofounder and Asia/Pacific Advisory Board; the National Sports Development Fund; Government of India – Council and Executive Committee; and the India Council for Sustainable Development. A Trustee of the KC Mahindra Education Trust, which provides scholarships to students, Anand is also on the Board of Governors of the Mahindra United World College of India. In 1996, he initiated the Nanhi Kali program to provide free education to economically underprivileged girls in India. In 2021, Anand was awarded the Padma Bhushan – the highest civilian honour – for exponential growth in various sectors like automobile, IT and aerospace.

Life Trustee on the Board of the Naandi Foundation, an entrepreneur–technocrat, Rajendra heads Soma Enterprise Ltd, is one of the leading infrastructure developers in India. He has been associated with the construction industry for over three decades and has been instrumental in implementing several major infrastructure projects. Rajendra’s philanthropic initiatives include financing and constructing two rural water conservation projects in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh for the benefit of the rural poor, and constructing a building for Andhra Mahila Sabha in Hyderabad to facilitate the training of children with disabilities, among others.

CEO, Naandi Foundation, the Ex-Officio Secretary to the Board of the Naandi Foundation, Manoj is a Robert McNamara Fellow of the World Bank. He began his career with the Ministry of Finance, development banking, micro-finance, and international humanitarian organisations. In 2000, Manoj became the founding CEO of Naandi Foundation. Naandi’s first decade saw Manoj design and implement innovative solutions that enhanced the efficiency of large-scale government services. Through lesser-known development financing models, Manoj led the transformation of the tribal communities of Araku Valley in the Eastern Ghats. The region was caught in the quagmire of poverty, Naxal insurgency, and deepening ecological fragility. Through Naandi’s interventions, Araku Valley transformed into a region with biodiverse functional forests, including 30 million trees that mostly yield coffee, fruit and timber, and became globally known for the iconic brand, ARAKU Coffee. It has enabled 1,00,000 tribals to emerge out of poverty. The successful regenerative agriculture model, #Arakunomics, is being replicated in rural and urban India. The model was awarded the prestigious Food System Vision Prize 2050 by The Rockefeller Foundation, New York. CSR Advisor to the Mahindra Group. He is also a Fellow and Moderator of The Aspen Institute, Colorado. In 2012, Financial Times, London named him among ‘25 Indians to Watch’.

Life Trustee on the Board of the Naandi Foundation, Satish is the Chairman of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. He’s also Director of Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, a not-for-profit institute that conducts innovative research in unifying areas of chemistry, biology and chemical biology. He pursues his interest in human capital development as Chairman of Dr. Reddy’s Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation focusing on creating sustainable livelihoods and providing education. In addition, Satish plays a key role in shaping government policy on crucial issues concerning the pharmaceutical sector and the economy. He served as a member of the Drugs Technical Advisory Board of India in 2005 and 2011. He also served as the Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industries, National Committee on Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, from 2010 to 2012. The World Economic Forum identified Satish as ‘Young Global Leader’, 2007.

Life Trustee on the Board of the Naandi Foundation, Kris is the co-founder of Infosys, which he set up with six fellow entrepreneurs in 1981. Kris served as the CEO and MD from 2007 to 2011, and then as Vice C​hairman until ​2014. He is a Trustee of the Infosys Science Foundation. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of the highest civilian honours in India. Kris is the Chairman of the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, and ​V​ice ​Chairman of the Board for Information Technology Education Standards set up by the ​Government of Karnataka. He also serves as the Chief Mentor of Startup Village, a technology incubator in Kerala. In 2012, Kris was appointed as a member of the reconstituted United Nations Global Compact Board for three years. He was elected as the President of India’s apex industry chamber Confederation of Indian Industry for the year 2013-14.