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Board of Directors |
Dr. Suresh Jain 
Dr. Suresh Jain Since: 2021 Term 3 Years Expires 2024, Independent Voting Member. Suresh Jain is a serial biotech entrepreneur with an impressive track record of building world class and effective organizations. He is founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Intonation Research Laboratories - A premier drug discovery and services company from Boston, USA and Hyderabad, India. Prior to founding Intonation, he co-founded Acylin Therapeutics in 2010, Rekindle Therapeutic (2018), Virna Therapeutics (2020), Altissimo (2021). He obtained a PhD degree from All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, subsequently obtained post-doctoral training from Cornell University, and served as faculty at Tufts University Med. School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard Med. School). Besides his professional associations, Suresh has been associated with Sangh since his childhood, a passionate social worker and associated with several community organizations in America and India. |
Ajay Singhal
Ajay Singhal Since: 2020 Term 3 Years Expiring 2023, Independent Voting Member Ajay Shingal is PhD in Electrical Engineering and after completing MBA, held several executive level positions in major technology companies. He was the president of Flextronics semiconductor and CEO of Envenergy. He is a serial entrepreneur, a private investor/venture capitalist and mentors several technology executives. Dedicated to his own tradition, Ajay has demonstrated a deep concern to protect the religious freedoms of all people and demonstrates it through his words and actions. Ajay and his wife Mira Shingal have recently donated $4.4 million to Graduate Theological Union (University of Berkeley) towards setting up a Center of Dharma Studies to help students and researchers have a deeper understanding of Hinduism. |
Sarojini Gupta
Sarojini Gupta Since: 2019 Permanent, Independent Voting Member. Sarojini Gupta is a graduate of Delhi University and is married to Subhash Gupta. Sarojini has retired recently, and she now devotes her time to a lot of causes close to her heart such as promoting the Hindi Language as a board member of International Hindi Association, and she is also on the board ICC India Cultural Center, Houston. She is also an avid supporter of Ekal Vidyalaya and Sewa is her passion in life. Sarojini Gupta was the president of Sewa International Houston from 2013-2016. Under her leadership, Sewa Houston increased programming and fundraising. |
Sridhar Talanki
Sridhar Talanki Since: 2013 Permanent, Independent Voting Member Sridhar Talanki is the Founder and President of Pandit View Software in the Greater Denver Area. He is a well-recognized community leader and was given the GITEX -2007 Award by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India. He is the Hi-Tech Ambassador at Large in the US for the State of Andhra, India (2015-present). |
Ramesh Bhutada
Ramesh Bhutada Since: 2010 Permanent, Independent Voting Member. Ramesh Bhutada is a renowned philanthropist, entrepreneur, and CEO of Star Pipe Products in Houston, Texas. He is the Founder/Director of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Founding President of SVYASA Research Foundation, and is an avid supporter of the Southwest Vipassana Meditation Center. |
Vishal Khera
Vishal Khera Vishal Khera is a venture investor in early-stage technology companies and a specialty real estate investor for his family office. He is a technologist at heart and founded Khera Ventures LLC. to invest in companies seeking to bring enterprise software and advanced technology products to market. His goal is to help the next generation of entrepreneurs overcome the challenges of bringing new products to market. He serves as a Board member on TiE DC (The Indus Entrepreneur DC Chapter). In prior life, he led a federal technology consulting business helping several large US federal agencies transform citizen facing mission delivery. In his role, he was responsible for overall business strategy, growth, and innovation at Creative. Under his leadership, Creative was consistently ranked in the Inc5000 fastest growing private companies from 2014 to 2020. Creative was acquired by a publicly traded global management consulting firm in Dec 2021. Mr. Khera is an MBA from the Smith School of Business. He graduated in 2000 and serves on the Robert H. Smith School of Business Board of Advisors. He lives in McLean, Virginia with his wife and two sons. |
Sachin Kulkarni |
Sarika Gehani |
Honorary Board Members |
Prof. Radheshyam Dwivedi
Prof. Radheshyam Dwivedi Prof. Dwivedi is a retired Professor of Cell Biology, Howard University, in Washington DC. He serves on many advisory boards including that of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh and Samskrita Bharati. He is also the president of the International Center for Cultural Studies (ICCS), USA. |
Arti Gehani |
Avadesh Agrawal |
Prof. Manohar Shinde
Prof. Manohar Shinde Dr. Manohar Shinde is a retired psychiatrist who specialized in studying and treating eating disorders in children and adolescents. Dr. Shinde worked with the Eating Disorder Institute of California (EDIC) for many years, and also taught at universities. He is also an eminent Hindu scholar and currently heads the Dharma Foundation, a think tank group. |
Dr. Mukesh Goel
Dr. Mukesh Goel Dr. Goel is a Harvard Medical School trained Interventional Cardiologist. He is the president and founder of the Putnam Heart Center and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Palatka, FL. He has been widely published in medical journals. Dr. Goel comes from a socially conscious family of philanthropists. |
Executive Leadership |
Srikanth Gundavarapu
Srikanth Gundavarapu Experience |
Arun Kankani
Arun Kankani Arun Kankani is the Director of Inventory Management with Star Pipe Products, Houston, TX. He is also a member of the National Executive Team of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, USA. As a certified MBTI trainer, he has conducted many free MBTI workshops for non-profit workers and for families. He has worked in the social sector in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He has travelled extensively to many countries in Europe and the Caribbean on work related to social and cultural causes and to conduct training. |
Prem Pusuloori
Prem Pusuloori Prem Pusuloori is Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Integrated Systems Management, Inc., in New York. He has earned an MSc in Chemistry, an MSc in Geography, as well as a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications. After his formal education he worked fulltime for three years in support of social causes in India. He relocated to the US in 1998, and now lives in New Jersey with his wife and daughters. |
Venkat Subramanyam
Venkat Subramanyam Shri. Venkata Subramanian Santhanaraman is associated with SewaUSA since its inception in 2004 as its VP-Finance and CFO. Professionally he also serves as the Chief Financial Officer at CoreStack, Inc. He has a 30+ year career in finance with experience in digital commerce, technology-enabled business services, and a strong focus on project financing, strategy, business, and financial planning and analysis. He received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston - Victoria, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Madras in India. He also holds multiple certifications from USA, including Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Financial Manager (CFM) designations and Cost and Management Accounting degree from India. |
Sandeep Khadkekar
Sandeep Khadkekar Sandeep Khadkekar is a product & technology leader in the field of software engineering. He works at Apple as Software Architect for iTunes data platform. He is Vice President of Organization for Sewa International USA. He spearheaded Balagokulam program of Hindu Sewayamsevak Sangh nationally for many years. He has extensively travelled within USA to promote social & cultural causes, develop organizational structure and train volunteers. He earned his bachelor’s degree from BITS Pilani, India. He lives in Bay Area, California with his wife and two children. |
Dilip Karandikar
Dilip Karandikar Dilip Karandikar serves as the VP, Technology for Sewa International USA, where he focuses on leveraging technology as a key enabler to empower our teams to serve more effectively. A volunteer since January 2020, he is driven by the belief that selfless service is the path to a purposeful and meaningful life. Originally from Nagpur, India, Dilip has called Phoenix home for 25+ years. He lives there with his wife, and they are the proud parents of a daughter currently serving as a second-year medical resident at a local hospital. Professionally, he brings extensive technical leadership to his role at Sewa, currently serving as a Senior Practice Leader at Amazon/AWS. |
Swadesh Katoch
Swadesh Katoch Swadesh Katoch lives in Atlanta, GA, with his wife and three children. An IT Consultant by profession, Swadesh has been associated with Sewa International since its inception in 2003, contributing his time and leadership to various initiatives over the past two decades. He currently serves as Sewa’s Vice President (Disaster Recovery). He leads the organization’s strategy, planning, and operations related to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. The disaster Recovery team oversees programs that support affected communities, coordinate with government agencies, donors, and partner organizations, and ensure resources are deployed effectively. Swadesh’s commitment to service has been widely recognized. In 2011, the Georgia Association of Physicians of Indian Heritage (GAPI) honored him with the “Humanitarian of the Year” award for his impactful work with the Bhutanese refugee community. In 2025, he was felicitated by the US-Indo Chamber of Commerce in Columbus, GA, for his leadership in driving social impact through service and community engagement. |
Anil Deshpande
Anil Deshpande Anil Deshpande has volunteered in the non-profit sector since 1990. He has been the Vice President of Sewa International since 2011, and his team has supported projects and disaster recovery in different parts of the world. He volunteered at the World Kannada Conference in 2008 and was Vice President of the Vidyaranya Kannada Kuta, Chicago Chapter, in 2009 and President in 2010. He is on the Board of Directors of AKKA (Association of Kannada Kootas of America) since 2010. His non-profit experience started during his student days in India. Anil earned his MS from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1997. Serving on marketing and development committees, Anil has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charitable causes. He is a technology and management consultant and an expert in program and event management. |
Nikhil Jain
Nikhil Jain Nikhil Jain is a Houston-based community leader with 25+ years of serving the community. A recipient of the 2021 Akhil Chopra Service Award, he organizes complex community service programs and events and advocates for nonviolence and diversity. He lives in Richmond, Texas, with his wife, Ritu, and his parents. He has two daughters both working in the corporate sector. |
Directors |
Mitesh Rathore |
Kirthi Jain |
Gangaraju Hanumaiah |
Bhuvana Vishwanathan |
Vasudev Singh |
Vidyasagar Tontalapur
Vidyasagar Tontalapur A Journalist turned Software Engineer who lives and works in Superior, CO. He is deeply interested in Sanatan Dharma, Technology and its impact on society, International Affairs, and American and Indian politics. Vidyasagar got involved in Sewa International, USA’s Bhutanese Empowerment Program in 2008 and now volunteers as its Director of Communications. Writing and travel are his other passions. |
Gopa Kumar |
Prasad Koranne |
Swarup Kurella |
Vikas Arora |
Guru Prasad |
Jyothsna Prasad |
Subba Raju Datla |
Board of Advisors |
Amit K. Misra |
Dhiren Shah |
Girish Mehta |
Saumitra Gokhale |
Shyam Parande |
Sri Narayan Chandak |
Venkatesh Murthy |
Prof. Yashwant Pathak |
S. P. Kothari |
Jayesh Shah |
Hetal Nayak |
Gautam Desai |
Sree Sreenath |
Arun Kankani |
Srikanth Konda |
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