A Senior Strategist, Urvee has multi-industry exposure in Banking, Technology and Aviation. She has worked in UK, USA and India and has led Strategy functions at Citi, ICAP and ADP in New York. Urvee is currently the Global Transformations Leader for Banking & Capital Markets portfolio at Genpact, India.
A firm believer of living a full life, Urvee likes to venture out and get her arms around different things in life. Outside of Genpact, she is the Chapter Lead for Lean In India, a Sheryl Sandberg organization supporting women to achieve their career ambitions. She represented India at Lean In’s Regional Leaders Meet in 2019. A TEDx speaker, Urvee also writes columns for BW Businessworld and Financial Express. She is a Chicago Booth Graduate and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a Master’s degree in E-commerce. A mother to two young girls, she also trains in Pilates. Her hobbies include travelling around the world and trying different cuisines.
Samir is an IT and Business Process Management professional who has worked on assignments across US, Europe, China and India. Samir has worked at leading Indian companies like Wipro Ltd. and Asian Paints. Samir has been a supporter of the work of Lotus Petal Foundation since the onset of the trust. He believes in the work of the foundation and the philosophy of Changing the World One Child at a Time. Samir is focused to take the work forward and to help establish and grow the Foundation’s activities and visibility in the United States.
Navneet S. Chugh is the Managing Partner of Chugh, LLP founded in 1985. He is an Attorney and a CPA. He holds an MBA from USC and is a graduate of Senior Executive Leadership Program (SELP) from Harvard University.
Chugh, LLP provides full service legal and tax services to emerging and mature companies. Chugh, LLP has a staff of 600 employees with 184 attorneys and CPAs in 15 offices all over the world.
He is the founder of South Asian Bar Association of California (SABA); TiE Southern California; SABA North America (SABANA – with 27 chapters in North America); International Indian Bar Association; and Indian Lawyers Association (ILA – representing 1.3 million lawyers in 400 Chapters in India).
He is on the board of HAB Bank, Dhandho Holdings, Kelp HR, Pratham USA, Sambhi Foundation, Antara International Foundation, Foster India Foundation, and newspaper India West. He has served on the boards of TiE Global, American India Foundation (AIF), Ignify Consulting (sold to Hitachi), 1947 Partition Archives, Sikh Center of OC, India Community Center (Silicon Valley), and Asia Society SoCal.
Shanthi has over 25 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry where she specializes in the area of Regulatory Affairs helping bring cancer medicines to patients.
She holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Northwestern University, Illinois, USA.
Shanthi supports and volunteers at several organizations that help children’s education and upbringing. She is passionate about creating an impact in their lives to enable them to have a better future.
She lives in New Jersey with her husband who also shares her passion for making a difference in children’s lives.
Pankaj is a passionate entrepreneur and strong proponent of equal opportunities. An IIM Lucknow alumnus, Pankaj has spent over three decades working in technology industry . Currently Pankaj is CTO of Unify Dots – a Business Solutions company with a focus on Artificial Intelligence. Having completed his own education on scholarships & loans, Pankaj is very familiar by what young minds can achieve with some help. He spends his spare time learning about kindness & education -the two pillars for our future. He has been closely involved with Lotus Petal Foundation since 2016 and has made generous contributions that have taken the work of the foundation towards growth and expansion.
Monisha is an experienced Curriculum Designer with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry.
She is skilled in STEM Education, PS-12 Education, Secondary Education, 21st Century Assessments, Educational Technology Integration, Professional Development, Student Engagement and Classroom Management.
Monisha is a strong education professional with a Master’s degree, EE focused in Operations Research from UCLA.
Nicole has dedicated her career to public service and leadership specifically in the realm of K-12 public education policy and management. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy from USC and a Masters degree in Education Policy and Management from Harvard University.
Her passion and dedication to ensuring educational equity for the most underserved and under-resourced communities has influenced projects both domestically and internationally. Early in her career, she worked on the ground-level turning around a government primary school in a small village in Northern India. Subsequently, she worked with two of the largest school districts in the U.S. including Chicago Public Schools focusing on school turnaround initiatives and Los Angeles Unified School District working on the district’s unified enrollment initiative.
Nicole is also on the board of the Pad Project, a non-profit organization focused on cultivating awareness, providing resources for, and empowering women worldwide regarding reproductive health and menstrual care. She has written a children’s book focused on mental health to improve stigmas and help provide young children with early education and tools to understand, identify, and manage mental health struggles from a young age.
Mukesh lives in Fremont, California and currently works as VP of Product Management for Software Next-Gen Firewalls at Palo Alto Networks. He has been living in the Bay Area for 20+ years working for high-tech companies such as Illumio, Juniper Networks, Tropos Networks, and Nokia. He also co-founded LocalCircles, a social media platform for communities, governance, and urban daily life in India. Mukesh always felt that providing education to the underprivileged kids can not only change their entire life but can also change the future trajectory of their entire family. Mukesh was inspired to get involved in Lotus Petal Foundation by Arun who ran 12 marathons in a year to raise money for Lotus Petal in 2016. Both Mukesh and his 15 years old daughter Jiya have been actively helping Lotus Petal Foundation in its mission since then.
Arun lives in Pleasanton, California & works for Cisco Systems. He has spent over two decades trying to learn and improve network telecommunication space. Arun is currently focused on creating innovative solutions for network visibility. He firmly believes, just as in internet space, where there are complex problems with simple solutions, same applies to challenges in our society today, starting with education for the under privilege.
His search for a non-profit that treats children from the underprivileged as he takes care of his family found a destination at Lotus Petal in 2016. He raised funds & awareness for the foundation by running 12 marathons in a year. In his pursuit for giving the children of Lotus Petal more.
Ami has a combination of experience in the areas of business operations and technology transformation. She currently leads the Modern Workplace Technology strategy within MUFG bank.
Ami is experienced in taking organizations through transformation, integrating newly implemented technology into business operations to enable the workforce for efficiency and client growth.
Yogesh Kasat has the rare distinction of being named a Fast-track Recognized Solution Architect by Microsoft.Yogesh has led more than 20 full-cycle ERP implementations and upgrade projects, working closely with several CFOs to design solutions for better visibility into inventory levels, costs, and aging, as well as improving collections processes and reducing open accounts receivables. Yogesh has also authored books on Implementing Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations. Yogesh loves exploring mountain biking trails and supporting non-profit organizations that focus on potable water & education. His to give back to the community led him to the work of Lotus Petal Foundation & works tirelessly to organize events and gala’s to promote the work of the foundation.
Ravinder Singh has been working in United States for more than a decade and is currently employed with Hitachi Solutions as Senior Manager. Ravinder is passionate about configuring ERP systems for large enterprises and specializes in executing projects all over the globe with multiple teams at multiple locations. He is blessed with two kids and is passionate about helping the children who are less privileged and strongly believes in the thought of giving back to the society
