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Sangath Leadership

At Sangath, our leadership reflects the diversity, vision, and commitment that shape our work in advancing mental health and wellbeing. We are guided by a multidisciplinary team of public health experts, researchers, clinicians, community leaders, and development professionals who bring rich perspectives and lived experiences to the table. By fostering trust and credibility within our communities, our leaders play a critical role in translating ideas into action and delivering real-world impact across low-resource settings.

Managing Committee Members
IMG

Aresh Naik

Chairperson

IMG

Nazneen Sarosh Rebelo

Vice Chairperson

IMG

Prof. Vikram Patel

Member

IMG

Dr. Soumitra Pathare

Member

IMG

Prashanti Talpankar

Secretary

IMG

Monica Bariya

Treasurer

IMG

Prof. Abhijit Nadkarni

Jt. Secretary

Executive Council Members
Anant Bhan

Deepak Tugnawat

Member

Anant Bhan

Jayesh Wable

Member

Anant Bhan

Prachi Khandeparkar

Member

Anant Bhan

Robinson Issac

Member

Anant Bhan

Devika Gupta

Member

Anant Bhan

Kedar Mirchandani

Member

Anant Bhan

Prof. Abhijit Nadkarni

MC representative

Anant Bhan

Sharin D'Souza

Member

Anant Bhan

Harikeerthan Raghuram

Member

Anant Bhan

Nishant Bajpai

Member

Anant Bhan

R Anutam

Member

 General Body Members

Anil Vartak 

Founder President, Eklavya Foundation for Mental health, Pune

Ashwin Tombat

 Director, Adventure Breaks, Goa

Devaki Nambiar

Public Health Professional, George Institute

Dr. Anthony (Tino) de Sa

Chief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh (retired)

Dr. Nishtha Desai

Asst. Prof., dept. of Women's Studies, Goa University (retired)


Dr. Pushkar

Director & Chief Executive, The International Centre Goa

Dr. Soumitra Pathare

Director, Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy (CMHLP), Indian Law Society, Pune

Fredric Azariah

Director, Global Research and Development, citiesRISE

Lalana Zaveri

Entrepreneur & Corporate trainer, Bangalore

Newton Sequeira

Asst. Editor, Times of India, Goa

Prachi Khandeparkar

Project Lead, SMHPP, Sangath

Sandesh Prabhudesai

Journalist & Editor, Goanews.com

Shrikrishna Dessai

School headmaster (retired)

Suheil Farell Tandon

Director-Founder, Pro-sports Development

Thomas Pereira

Vijay Nallawala

Founder, Bipolar India

Aresh Naik 

Asst. Prof., Dept. of Psychology, Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Goa

Bidisha Banerjee

Asst. Prof.,  BITS Pilani, Hyderabad

Dr. Abhijit Nadkarni

Co-Director, ARG, Sangath

NIHR Prof. of Global Health Research, Dept. of Population Health, LSHTM, UK


Dr. Babugouda S. Patil

Associate Prof., Salgaoncar Law College

Dr. Pradeep Padwal

Indian Medical Association

Indian Public Health Association

Dr. Ravindra Agrawal

Psychiatrist & Clinical Research Fellow, Sangath


Dr. Sulochana Suresh Pednekar

Asst. Prof., Women’s studies, Goa University

Isabel Santa Rita Vas

Founder member, Mustard Seed Art Company

Monica Bariya

Treasurer, Sangath Managing Committee

Nitin Kunkolienker

Co-founder and Director, Attort Legal Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.

Prashanti Talpankar

TV, Radio, Theatre and Film artist

Sangeeta Naik

Managing Committee Member, Child Rights in Goa (CRG) 

Partner, Digital Goa

Smita Naik

Resource person, SCERT, Goa

ICT teacher, government-aided institution in Goa

Sujai Joshi

Lawyer, Goa

Urvita Bhatia

Deputy Director, ARG, Sangath

Research Fellow, Department of Population Health, LSHTM, UK

Asawari Nayak

Asst. Prof., Govt. College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Khandola, Goa

Carolyn Noronha

Operations Manager (Retired)

Dr. Amit Dias

Asst. Prof., Dept. of Preventive & Social Medicine, Goa Medical College

Dr. Gauri Divan

Director, Child Development Group, Sangath

Dr. Prashanth N.S

Director & Senior Fellow, Institute of Public Health, Bangalore

Dr. Shelley Thakral

DRC spokesperson, UN World Food Programme

Dr. Vikram Patel

      Paul Farmer Prof. & Chair of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Kalpana Joshi

Experience with Indian Association of Adoption & Early Childhood disabilities

Nazneen Sarosh Rebello

Vice Chairperson, Sangath Managing Committee

Percy Cardozo

State Advisory Board on Disability, Goa,

National Core Group, Centre for Disability Studies, NALSAR University, Hyderabad

Ridhima Shirodkar

Asst. Prof., Govt. College of Arts , Science & Commenrce, Khandola, Goa

Shailendra G. Bhobe

Public Prosecutor, Goa High Court

Sudhir Krishna

Profe. Emeritus, Trans disciplinary University, Bangalore

Sulaxa Gawas

Clinical Counselling

Veena Hegde

Psychaitrist 

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