Maya Shahani Chairperson of SAGE Foundation is the Trustee of Shahani Trust  (www.shahanigroup.com) and Governing Board Member of the HSNC Board (www.hsncb.ac.in), Vice Chairperson of Global Dialogue Foundation (www.GlobalDialogueFoundation.com) and Founder Trustee of Women’s Movement for Peace and Prosperity (www.wmpp.org) under the aegis of  Times Foundation (www.timesfoundation.org) She is also the Education Board member of Sadhu Vaswani Mission (www.sadhuvaswani.org) and Priyadarshni Academy (www.priyadarshniacademy.org), Patron of Cancer Patients Aid Association (www.cpaaindia.org) and Governing Board Member of the Bombay Mothers’ and Children Welfare Society (www.bmcws.com) as well as Chairperson, of the Justice H.K. Chainani Elder’s Home. Maya fulfills her duties with compassion, love and commitment.

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Kishore Shahani, Director, Finance, of SAGE Foundation is also the Managing Trustee of Shahani Trust, which provides more than 60 years of charitable work in education, healthcare & low cost housing.  As a partner in East India Papaer Company, one of India’s oldest and largest paper & paperboard companies,  he is one of India’s leading paper distributors. A philanthropist and social Entreprenuer, Shahani provides seed money for Educational and Medical Institutes. He is the Trustee of Shahani Holiday Home, a holiday resort for low income families. He has set up a diagnostic center in the memory of his late brother, and a center for the early detection of cancer in the memory of his mother. He disburses hundreds of money orders every month for education, health care and poverty alleviation.

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Akhil Shahani is the Managing Director of SAGE Foundation and Centre for Management (www.centreformanagement.com). An MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management he Educates Entrepreneurs to succeed through his website (www.aykya.com).
He is also the Director of Kaizen Management Advisors Pvt. Ltd - A Private Equity Fund investing in India’s $50 Billion education sector. He runs the Smart Institute - A global business school that creates Smart People for Smart Companies and the Smart Entrepreneur Network - a web portal that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Akhil is a partner in  East India Paper Company  and a Trustee of The Shahani Trust.  He is on the Board of Unltd India - supporting start up social entrepreneurs in India and on the Higher Education Task Force of the Confederation of Indian Industry, India’s premier industry association.  Akhil loves to get involved in enterprises that truly add value to society. He was the past president of the American Allumni Association and The Rotary Club of Mumbai Mid Town. He is also a member of the Young Entrepreneur’s Organization, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Indian Merchant’s Chamber & Indian Institute of Management Consultants. He is listed in “Asia’s Whos Who - Men & Women of Achievement”, was awarded the “Bharat Shiromani Award” in 2006 for excellence & contribution to society. Received the ‘Bharat Gaurav Award” in 2007 for contribution to Indian Business, and the “Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award’ in 2009 for his work in education. He was also selected as ‘India’s Man of The Year’ By The American Biographical Institute.

 Rajesh Advani,Director, Marketing, SAGE Foundation
Has several years of experience in the semiconductor industry both in Business Development & Design. Holds a Masters in Computers from San Hose, and Doctorate in Chip design. Former Director - IIVT (Interface Institute of VLSI Technology), he currently works as the Program Manager for AMD (Advance Micro Devices) based in Hyderabad. Looks after the semiconductor business in Japan, Sweden, & Denmark.
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