Board of Directors

Bharat Chandra

Mr Bharat Chandra Maharaj (Chairman): Mr Maharaj is B.Sc Engg. (Mech) and MBA. He has 38 years of professional experience in the aerospace field in organizations such as HAL, IEL and Pratt & Whitney. He is, at present, General Manager of Pratt & Whitney located in Hyderabad. He manages several supplier companies of Pratt & Whitney in India and Singapore. He has accomplished several community development projects through EWB India. The projects which stand out are Krushi Home projects, KGNMT projects, ZPH School projects and Primary school projects, KGBV projects, and most importantly eLearning Center projects (started in 2011 and still counting); 120 eLearning centers have already been completed so far in government schools.

Dr Shaukat Ali Mirza: Dr Mirza has over 24 years of management, training and organizational experience both in corporate and academic cultures in Switzerland, USA, India and UAE.  He is a demonstrated leader, communicator, problem solver and strategic planner and carries a successful record of continuous business expansion and long term growth. Dr Mirza has just returned for good from UAE after establishing multi-faceted universities in UAE and his last position was President, American University of Ras Al Khaimah.  He was the founder Director of AMS School of Informatics and left behind him a successful track record.  Prior to this he held several important positions in Switzerland, USA and India. Dr Mirza is also an active member in several social and professional organizations.

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Mr Anil Rai: Anil Rai, an Alumni of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT, Bombay) is a certified Chartered Engineer from Engineering Council of United Kingdom and a Member of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, United Kingdom. He has over 20 years of hard core experience in designing and executing mega and complex projects in areas of Desalination, Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Waste Water Recycling. He has undertaken projects in India, UK, Australia, Singapore, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. He has presented number of papers in international and national conferences on Water, Wastewater and Biosolids treatments. He has been associated with EWB India since 2009 and has extended his association with International chapters of EWB.

Mr. Rajeev Lal: has been a doyen in the IT industry for over 45 years. During his career, he successfully helped large companies in India, US and Europe leverage the power of global workforce in Engineering Services and Information Technology. He is a Director on the Board of Belcan India Pvt. Ltd.

During his illustrious career, he has headed a number of iconic organizations and won many accolades for his contribution. He has been actively engaged in numerous charitable initiatives and social welfare projects throughout.

He has been a guest faculty on MIS & Computer related training / seminars at various well-known institutions in India and abroad.

He has presented numerous papers in the local and international conferences/seminars and has contributed articles in various computer magazines and newspapers on IT. He published a book “A Star is Born” in 2014.

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Mr. Venkatarama Chary Rebbalapalli: Mr. Chary has 26 years of core design, aftermarket and manufacturing engineering experience in aerospace and automotive domains. Currently associated with Cyient Ltd. Hyderabad as a Deputy General Manager & Delivery Head for Aero Engine Aftermarket & Manufacturing business.

He holds the Masters in Design for Manufacturing and MBA with specialization in International Business.

He has been associated with EWB India since 2009. He and his team are actively engaged in all the EWB projects carried out at various locations in and around Hyderabad that includes Krushi Home, KGNMT, KGBV and e-Learning Centers in various government schools over last 10 years.

Sabina F: Sabina with over 30 years of experience in managing people in the corporate world. She is now happily retired and has devoted her retired life for social work and charity.

She was founder member of EWB Mumbai Chapter, and since 2009 she has grown from being a member of EWB to taking up roles of the Executive Committee for the Chapter to now being one of the Director’s of EWB India.

Dr. Ishrat Meera Mirzana: Dr. Ishrat Meera Mirzana, Professor in Mechanical Engg. Dept of Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad has two decades of teaching experience. She has worked on many socio-responsive projects. She published 20 textbooks in the field of Mechanical engineering along with journal and conference papers. She has two Indian utility patents and one Australian Patent granted and published four Indian utility patents and five design patents and one copyright registered for Mathematical formulation for FGM(Functionally Graded Materials). She conducts webinars/ seminars in the area of Patents; Project based learning/community projects, Awareness about Sustainable Development Goals and technical topics of Mechanical Engineering. She received many awards like Peace Award from Smiles Foundation Faculty Award for “Excellence Teaching in Higher Education”, presented by DK International Research Foundation, Research Ratna Award of the year 2019 as “Distinguished Researcher in Functionally Graded Materials”, presented by World Research Council, REAA 2018 – “Best Women Faculty Award”, Presented by Combined Society for Educational Research and Development, etc. She is recognized research supervisor for Osmania University, Telangana and  KL University, Andhra Pradesh. She is a member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Engineers Without Borders- India, Institution of Green Engineers (IGEN), Indo- US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE), Association of Muslim Professionals, Quality Circle of India (QCI) etc.