Mr. Ramesh Sarin - Chairman.
Served as Managing Director Voltas Ltd., one of the largest Tata companies and Chairman of several companies including ITC Ltd. (Tobacco, Printing, Hoteliering & General Exports), Bhadrachalam Paper Boards, Coats of India (Printing Inks), Carrier Aircon Ltd, Roche Products Ltd. (Pharmaceuticals). Executive Committee Member of All India Management Association, Confederation of Indian Industries and other prestigious bodies. Named amongst the top 100 Businessmen in India.

Mrs. Pheroza J. Godrej - Author, Art Critic and Trustee of the Foundation for the Advancement of Craft Enterprise and Skills (FACES), Athravan Educational Trust and Sea Cadet Council. Member of the Executive Council, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH). President of the National Society of the Friends of Trees.





Mr. Y. H. Malegam - Chartered Accountant. Senior Managing Partner in a reputed firm of Auditors. On the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India and the Board for Financial Supervision






Mr. Sunil Wadhwani - CEO and Co-Founder of iGate Capital, based in the USA, with branches in other countries including India. Launched 15 new I.T. services business including UroTec Systems (medical services.) On the Board of Carnegie-Mellon University, the Information Technology Association of America and the Pittsburg Technology Council.




Executive Team:

Zelma Lazarus
Founder Director and subsequently Chief Executive Officer, Impact India Foundation

Zelma Lazarus is the Chief Executive Officer of Impact India. As General Manager Corporate Relations of Voltas Limited, a large Private Sector enterprise in India, she has had substantial experience in all aspects of public affairs. Her work experience is over 30 years.

She was World President of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) for the year 1998; the first Asian Woman to head this prestigious body. IPRA constitutes the most genuinely international group of Public Relations Practitioners in 90 countries.

The basic prerequisite of Impact, which she leads successfully, is awareness. A nationwide communications package for India was therefore designed by her for a wide and diverse audience, from the slum dweller who is the potential beneficiary, to the industrialist who will financially support the programme.

She was invited by the Government of India to become a member of the Planning Commissions Working Group on Health, Education and Communications for the preparation of the Seventh and Eighth Five-Year Plans for the country.

She was commissioned by the Government of India to serve on the Film Censor Board.

An inspirational orator, she has been on the world speakers' circuit, delivering lectures at United Nations Headquarters, at various international seminars, universities and public platforms. She has appeared on live programmes on Television channels in many countries and several hundred articles have appeared about her in international dailies and journals including Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, Elle, The Times (London)...

She has completed a Senior Management Course on "Leadership" at the Ashridge Management College, U.K., and has edited several publications worldwide. She is a winner of several awards:

The United Nations Award for Excellence in Public Service for the "Lifeline Project"

The "Woman of the Year" Award from Zonta International

The Rotary Club Public Award for Leadership in creating India's first mobile Hospital Train

The Distinguished Golden World Trophy for Excellence in Internal Communications from IPRA in London; IPRA's Golden World Trophies for Excellence in Consumer Affairs and again, for Excellence in Public Service worldwide

The prestigious Silver Bell Trophy at the PR World Congress for "The most outstanding PR Campaign in the country"

The Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Good Corporate Citizen Award

Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Relations and Corporate Social Responsibilities by Association of Business Communicators of India (ABCI) in 2005.

Lifetime Achievement Award from the Public Relations Society of India(PRSI) IN 2007

P. M. Rajasekharan
Chief Operating Officer

Inducted into Impact from 1st May 2007, Raj brings with him almost four decades of rich and extensive experience in varied fields such as Finance, Administration & Controls, Supply Chain Management, Customer Service, Global Support Operations and Marketing & Sales in Philips Electronics India Limited.

A Post Graduate in Commerce from Bombay University, Raj has augmented his wealth of knowledge through various trainings, seminars and workshops conducted within India and abroad. He is formally trained in ISO 9000, and was the Management Representative in his earlier assignment.

Raj has travelled widely on business in the Asia-Pacific Region and has interacted with multi-cultural people across the globe.

He has been associated with various local social organizations in philanthropic activities.

Neelam Kshirsagar
General Manager, Special Projects

Joined Impact India Foundation from 1 March, 2001. Neelam brings to the position much experience that will help Impact in its efforts for the prevention and cure of disablement. She has worked in various capacities in the fields of social communications, research, education and training mainly with Doordarshan, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and the Aga Khan Education Service, India.

Neelam is a Trustee of the Process Work Institute of India (psychotherapy and social action) and an activist with Action for good Governance and Networking in India (AGNI), mobilizing citizens from all classes towards civic action.

Neelam has travelled abroad on various scholarships and has attended several seminars on the many aspects of social development.

Her interests include organizing workshops, conflict resolution, yoga , meditation, integrating dreams and a growing interest in "ageing".

Lt. Col. Randhir Singh Vishwen
Chief Executive Officer - Lifeline Express

Col. Vishwen comes to the Impact India Foundation with a wealth of experience covering nearly 40 years, as Chief Executive Commanding Officer of an Infantry Battalion in Jammu and Kashmir, to General Staff Officer Grade I at Army Headquarters Eastern Command, to Administrator of a College of Physical Education and a senior appointment in the corporate sector.

Pius Moraes- Project Director
Community Health Intiative

A Gold Medalist in Psychology from the University of Mumbai and a postgraduate in Social Welfare Administration from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai has been in the Developmental field for the past 3 decades. He is a person with wide range of experience and has held senior positions in the fields of Social Work and Education.He has been the Director of Centre for Studies in Rural Development (CSRD) in Ahmednagar, Regional Head (Gujarat) of Aga Khan Education Service, India; CEO of a large NGO in Gujarat and also has been a Resource Person for evaluations in Watershed Management. He excels in writing, administration, training and Human Reource Management.