With her lineage of industry and business, she is herself an entrepreneur who independently manages an export company. Brinda supports women's empowerment, animal welfare and promotion of the Arts. She is a Council Member of The National Centre for Performing Arts and a Trustee of Bombay Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

A versatile woman, she had put together a calendar of multi-cultural events in a span of six days for the international WPO off-sites, to show the best of Bombay and India to visitors from overseas.

An active member of Chambers of Commerce, she serves trade and industry, and promotes entrepreneurship amongst women with her innovative ideas. Gauri also manages the family business of industrial construction.

Being a hotelier's wife, she is involved in hotel management, besides contributing to the activities of WPO and the American School, promoting entrepreneurship in women and organizing Art camps for contemporary Indian artists. Lakshmi oversees the management of Beauty Salons, retail spaces and art galleries at various properties for The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts across India. She is also Editor-in-chief of The Leela Magazine, the group's quarterly in-house luxury lifestyle magazine. She is a patron of the arts, a devoted animal lover and an active member of the Mumbai-based women's group Indus.

Belonging to a family associated with the freedom struggle & Gandhiji, she is a driving force within the Sahachari group due to her experience and insight into issues related to women. She has been associated with several family trusts and CSR activities of the Bajaj Group.

Her social involvement is in the field of education for visually impaired and mentally challenged chidren for about 6 years. She is presently the Hon. Secretary of the Victoria Memorial School for the Blind at Tardeo.She plays a vital role in sourcing and tapping debut talent, and converting it into budding entrepreneurship with her valuable guidance.

She is involved in several projects undertaken as a part of Essar group's CSR activity for the benefit of villagers, environment and education, including a village school in Lonavala and a secondary school in Hazira. She has recently also started AVID, the school of continuous learning.

A patron of the arts, with a seasoned appreciation for Hindustani classical music, she arranges concerts, both public and private, and is actively engaged in the propagation and preservation of our classical heritage, under the aegis of Kilachand Foundation.

She has a passion for classical dance and is an Odissi dancer herself. With her keen sense of aesthetics, she is able to create the desired ambience in a chosen venue. She has played a meaningful role in serving the cause of girl's education and healthcare.

A working woman, she has always been interested in promoting the cause of entrepreneurship in women and education. As a housewife to a mill owner, she started a ladies' club with the officers' wives. The group helped women to become self-sufficient by providing them with necessary start- up equipment such as sewing machines.

She is a moving force at two NGOs: Isha Foundation, which brings about development and progress in the lives of the rural poor, and BSPCA, an animal rights organization.

She is Director of The United World Colleges Committee (India). Her work involves selection of candidates for IB Diploma course for 11th and 12th grade, finance, new projects, liaison with UWC International Office and Overseas UWCs.She is also a member of several not-for-profit organizations including Seva Sadan School for Computer Education, and "Empathy", an NGO for physically abused women.

A former banker, she enjoys scouting entrepreneurial opportunities and being a full time mother. A keen art appreciator and enthusiast, she is passionate about the various forms in which art manifests itself in life. An intrepid traveller and voracious reader, Amrita loves learning as a multi-disciplinary and multi-sensory process and feels very strongly about empowerment through education. She is actively involved with fund-raising activities for deserving NGOs.

Third generation hotelier and animal lover, Amruda Nair has a Master's degree from the Cornell Hotel School and a diploma from the London School of Journalism. She strives to use her hospitality skills and interest in writing to support the Foundation's causes.

She is a lawyer turned homemaker. She supports various charitable causes, including the mid-day meal programme of ISKCON, Jai Vakil School, The Magic Bus. Bijal is keenly interested in photography and performing arts.

Biyash is an industrial engineer and has worked in management consulting for many years. She also co-founded and ran an online newspaper - currentkids.in for kids for several years. In her free time she enjoys cooking, music and travel. She feels strongly about empowering women and educating and nurturing adolescent girls. She is also into recycling.

Chairperson of TCPL Foundation Ltd, the CSR arm of TCPL Packaging Ltd., a public limited company engaged in the manufacture and supply of printed packaging materials. Earlier she used to head Accura Reprotech Pvt. Ltd, a company which is the design arm of TCPL Packaging Ltd., She is an avid traveller and an art enthusiast.

She is a graphic designer and ran her own studio, Color Story. Amongst her skills are designing space and interiors, personalized stationery and art work for publicity.