Dr. Sudhir Dagaonkar has three decades of experience in Clinical Pharmacology, clinical researcher and medical educationist. He is an Eminent Medical Expert-Director at Lilavati Hospital. He has also been a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at K.J. Somaiya Medical College and Hospital. Owing to his expertise, Dr. Dagaonkar is a sort after expert in Regulatory Affairs & Clinical Trials. He has been Former Vice President of Maharashtra Medical Council. He has been actively associated with Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council and a member of National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an organization that assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in India. He was nominated to the Senate of Mumbai University and Maharashtra University of Health Sciences by “His Excellency” The Governor of Maharashtra. He has been Member of the Standing Committee of PGI Chandigarh as Government of India nominee. He has authored chapter on Autonomic Nervous System in the text book of Pharmacology by Prof. Dr. Seth. He is also a Pharmacology subject expert at ICMR.

Dr. Dagaonkar completed his Doctor of Medicine with specialization in Pharmacology. He has rich experience in the pharmaceutical industry as a full-time Medical Director and as consultant since 1984. He has traveled globally for professional projects of regulatory, clinical trials and international business.

Dr. Mukesh Hariawala has over three decades of experience of being a Cardiac Surgeon, Research Scientist & Healthcare Economist. His expertise in the field of cardio-vascular surgery involves open heart and transplantation surgeries. He was on the surgical team that performed the first bypass surgery on Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in 1990 and many such known people. He was bestowed with the prestigious ‘India's Most Admired Surgeon, 2012’ award by Shri. K Sankaranarayanan, Governor of Maharashtra. He is a Director on the Board of LoudCloud Systems in Dallas, USA and A3 Remote Monitoring Technologies Mumbai, India. Dr. Hariawala is a Surgeon Consultant & Advisor to Thoratec Corporation, San Francisco, USA and also a Principal Clinical Trial Investigator - Asia Pacific for Blue Fiber Medical, Dusseldorf, Germany.

He is the Global Brand Ambassador for the Shockwave System by Storz Medical, Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Hariawala is Adjunct Professor of Management Studies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA and has also been Instructor of Surgery at the illustrious Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA.

He is an active member in the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons and International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation. He completed his graduation in medicine from TN Medical College & Nair Hospital in Mumbai. Dr. Hariawala gained experience in cardiac surgery at Nanavati and Breach Candy Hospital. He eventually got invited to the US and was made an American citizen for scientific excellence. He also became a Triple Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, American College of Surgeons and International College of Surgeons.

Mr. Kewal Handa brings more than three decades of rich experience in handling businesses in diverse profiles such as Finance, Commercial, Strategy and Business Development, Corporate Affairs. He spearheaded Pfizer India as the Managing Director from 2005 to 2012 and strategically paved way for three mergers with Parke Davis - Warner Lambert (India) Private Limited, Pharmacia and Wyeth Ltd. respectively. Prior to this, he served as Executive Director – Finance at Pfizer and has also headed its Animal Health business. Mr. Handa was also the Managing Director of Wyeth Ltd. He has worked in sectors like Engineering, Consumer and Project Finance through companies like Schrader Scovill, SICOM, HLL & Vidyut Blades as well. During his stint at Pfizer, he has affirmatively driven various teams to hire and retain women colleagues in the management and more importantly in sales positions – an initiative unheard of in the Indian pharmaceutical industry.

Mr. Handa spearheaded several CSR initiatives while at Pfizer like ‘Nasha Free Punjab’ and Community-run Fair Price pharmacy. He envisioned Arpana Trust Mother & Child Care with a key focus to reduce infant and maternal mortality in Haryana through increased institutional deliveries and improved nutrition and health awareness. He also build partnerships with micro-finance NGOs in the Kalahandi district of Orissa to provide high quality drugs at lower than market prices to local communities. He has also partnered with the WHO and Ministry of Health to take the war on tobacco to the next level by increasing community awareness of existing tobacco cessation clinics and increasing treatment compliance. Under his guidance, Pfizer partnered with the NRHM and Impact Foundation to improve healthcare service delivery in local PHCs through public-private partnerships.

Mr. Handa has held prominent positions in the past at Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI), All India Management Association (AIMA), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI) and Pharmaceutical Committee of ASSOCHAM. He is also a member of the Governing Board of IIM Raipur and was the independent Board Director and Chairman of audit committee at Alfa Laval Ltd.

Mr. Handa is a qualified Management Accountant and Company Secretary and has a Masters Degree in Commerce. He has completed the Pfizer Leadership Development Program from Harvard University, Senior Management Development Program from IIM Ahmedabad and Marketing Strategy from Columbia Business School. Mr. Handa was awarded the ‘India CFO 2004, Excellence in Finance in an MNC’ by International Market Assessment Group. Mr Handa was awarded, the Bharat Shiromani Award in 2007 and the Pharma Leaders - Pharma Professional of the year 2010. Mr. Handa is presently Promoter Director of Salus Lifecare Pvt. Ltd. and Strategic Adviser to various companies.

Dr. Zimra Israel brings over 20 years of diverse pharmaceutical and academic experience with key focus on global health policy and public affairs, opinion leader relations, alliance management experience to develop and support product commercialization and global access.

She has worked as an immunologist/vaccinologist in vaccine and HIV research in industry, academia and the governments in the US, India and Japan. She was affiliated with prestigious US institutions such as New York University Medical Center, Colorado State University and the New Mexico State University and has authored over 35 publications.

In her tenure at Wyeth (now Pfizer) Dr. Israel served as the project lead for multimillion dollar grants from the NIH and served on NIH review Boards. Dr. Israel also served as Associate Director, Clinical Research at Pfizer and was responsible for planning and leading phase 1 vaccine studies and epidemiological studies. As Director, Worldwide Policy at Pfizer, she built and maintained relationships with Pfizer scientists, subject matter experts, and external policy experts who generate new research and influence science policy debates within the global Vaccines and Biologics space. She also had the opportunity to work closely with the Corporate Social Responsibility team at Pfizer to identify partners and execute global programs.

Dr. Israel was the first woman international scientist to receive an award from the Viral Hepatitis Foundation of Japan for her research at the Nagasaki Chuo National Hospital in Nagasaki, Japan. Dr. Israel conducted her thesis work towards a Master’s degree followed by doctorate research on HIV/AIDS from Mumbai University at the National Institute of Virology in Pune, India. She is a Microbiology undergraduate from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.

Ulka have over 18 years of experience. She has been fully involved with the social sector for over two and a half years now. Her association with the Indian Cancer Society as Director – Awareness & Detection helped gain insight and understanding of the functioning of the social sector. Her set of professional and communication skills helped scale up the activities of her vertical and were instrumental in garnering support for CSR projects.

Prior to her involvement in the social sector, she has a valuable experience in the area of advertising and communications. She has held senior leadership positions at leading advertising agencies like Leo Burnett and Enterprise Nexus. She has worked on several FMCG and lifestyle brands. She has worked closely with consumers to gain key insights that have helped tremendously in developing winning strategies and communication to increase market shares and enhance brand equity.

She is a consultant with Conexus Social Responsibility Services Pvt. Ltd. where she heads the business development activities of the company.

Ulka is a commerce graduate from H R College of Commerce and Economics (Mumbai University)

Sarika has eleven years of experience in working closely with non- governmental organizations in India. Her key strengths lie in the area of effective implementation of social projects, building NGO partnerships, monitoring & evaluation, facilitating research & training.

In CSRSPL she is heading implementation of CSR programmes across India. She has been working on IContribute online donation portal for building partnerships with various Stakeholders and looking after implementation of the project across two cities.

Sarika has wide experience in the areas of health, education and community development. She has proved her credentials as a team manager, campaigner and evaluator for fund grant/disbursement. Her understanding of concepts, analytical and evaluation skills are an essential attributes to implementation of any CSR program. She has conducted training programs for NGOs and CBOs.

She has been consulting with non - governmental organizations for designing programmes, organizational development and conducting various trainings for staff development. She also helps other organization to develop the monitoring and reporting system for various programs.

She has worked with Nathani Charitable Trust, Rangoonwala Foundation (India) Trust, Credibility Alliance and India Renal Foundation. Sarika has done her Master in Social Work (MSW) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and L.L.B. from Govt. Law College, Mumbai University.

Nikita has five years of experience of working with NGOs and youth. She has been part of various surveys in community and rural areas. She has worked with Wockhardt Foundation on mobile health van initiative. Her key strengths lie in Networking, PR Marketing, community surveys and event management.

At Conexus, she is responsible for program implementation and development which includes coordination and liaising with NGOs at local and national levels, monitoring, monitoring and evaluation visits across operational sites, documentation and reporting.

She has been an active Rotaract member since seven years, and is serving Rotaract District 3142 as a charter District Secretary. She is designated as a Chairwomen Partners in Service for the year 2017-18 for District.

Nikita has completed her graduation from University of Mumbai and is completing her MBA in Social Entrepreneurship from NMIMS.

Sharon has done her Bachelor's of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from St. Andrews College, Mumbai.

She has 1yr experience as a Customer Service Assistant in Jet Airways Pvt Ltd and 2yrs experience as Customer Relationship Officer in World of Titan( TATA ENTERPRISES) .

In CSRSPL she is looking after administrative responsibilities and accounts from past 2 years.

Ruchita has done her bachelor's of business administration in marketing from GMFC college Dharbandoda.

And also completed her master of social work from Don Bosco College Panjim.

She was a part of Nehru yuva kendra margao working as volunteer for two years..