Patrons – iqwat

Lifetime Patrons

The Kashmiri Pandit community over multiple exoduses and more recently the one in 1990, has gotten dispersed and strewn all over the globe. As a result of this fragmentation, our rituals, traditions, music, food, language and culture as a whole are at a serious threat. In short, the pride of being a Kashmiri Pandit is dwindling and we may face extinction in a few decades.

D.K.Goel

New Delhi, India

D.K. Goel is the Founder Chairman & Chief Mentor of FIITJEE Group. An IIT-Delhi, B.Tech. graduate from the 1986 batch, he is a first-generation entrepreneur with vision and a deep understanding of the education field and the entire ecosystem of a student. With modest beginning in 1992, FIITJEE has transitioned into a large Education Conglomerate with footprints across India and the Middle East with an employee base of 2200+ employees and 76 Centres across 42 cities. His Edtech venture – Edfora Edtech Pvt. Ltd. is readying to transform school education with a futuristic education management system. Mr Goel is an active donor to organizations like SPIC MACAY, UPWARD Foundation, Guild for service, an NGO actively working towards upliftment of women & children – conducting mass marriages of widows & women of lower strata for last 10 yrs. D.K. Goel was awarded the Industry Achievement Award – Education, 2019 by Hurun India. He also ranked 257 in HURUN INDIA RICH LIST, 2020.

Sanjiv Kaul

Delhi, India
Roots – Rainawari

Sanjiv Kaul is one of the Managing Partners with Chrys Capital. He joined ChrysCapital Private Equity in 2004 as Managing Director & Partner. He is presently responsible for the portfolio management across all sectors. Sanjiv is the first and the only Indian so far to be awarded the prestigious PE & VC Professional of the Year by AVCJ in 2018. He served for 2 terms as the industry expert on the Healthcare Advisory panels chaired by Shri Manmohan Singh Ji in 2007-10 and Shri Narendra Modi Ji in 2015-18. Prior to joining ChrysCapital, Sanjiv had 24 years of general management experience in pharmaceuticals, of which the last 2 decades were with Ranbaxy. Sanjiv is a pharmacy graduate with an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and an AMP from Harvard Business School, Boston. Sanjiv also co-founded BioQuest, one of the leading medico marketing companies in India.

Founding Patrons

Anil Kaul

Mumbai, India
Roots – Zaindar Mohalla

Mr. Anil Kaul is the MD of TATA Capital Housing Finance Ltd. He holds a B.Sc. in Physics from Punjab University and has done PGDM from University of Lucknow. Mr. Kaul has over of 29 years of experience in banking and financial services industry. Mr. Kaul was the Senior General Manager at ICICI Bank Limited before joining the TATAS.

Abhay Aima

Mumbai, India
Roots – Nursingh Gurh

A pass out of the National Defence Academy & Elementary flying school – Bidar, Abhay was a member of the core promoter group of HDFC Bank and played a key role in building HDFC Bank. He continues to be a Director on the board of HDFC Securities.

Sharda Cherwoo

New York
Roots – Nai Sarak, Srinagar

Sharda is a strategic and innovative leader, and currently serves as a U.S. public company board director, a corporate board advisor, an AI start-up company mentor, and on the board of directors of several not-for-profit organizations.