CORE TEAM
Our change making team is committed to making our journey from apathy to ownership a success. With experienced leaders across boards and industries, we are upbeat, striving towards our goal, unstoppable and unmatched.
Vallabh Bhanshali is the Founder and Chief Mentor of Desh
Apnayen Sahayog Foundation. Read more
Shantilal ji is a legendary community veteran, giving up business at a young age of 32 yrs. Read more
Dr. Radhakrishnan Pillai is the bestselling author of inside Chanakya's Mind and Chatur Chanakya & The Himalayan Problem. Read more
Narendra Thapar has had a long association with ENAM.
Currently he is an investment strategist Read more
VALLABH BHANSHALI
Vallabh Bhanshali is the founder and chief mentor of DeshApnayenSahayog Foundation. He sets the organization’s overall direction and inspires the team towards positive change and action. He acts as the chief advocate for the Foundation.
He is the Chairman and Co-founder of ENAM group, a reputed and home-grown investment banking and investor group of India. Under his leadership, ENAM was involved in some of the most innovative and pioneering capital market and advisory transactions in the country. ENAM played a significant role in the development of leading business houses such as Infosys, Zee, Reliance, Sterlite, Marico, Inox, Thermax, Pantaloons and Radio Mirchi, as well as public sector companies such as NTPC, PTC, PFC and PGCIL. ENAM had one of the largest retail and institutional networks and is often credited with pioneering equity research in the country.
A multifaceted person, Vallabh Bhanshali has a degree in law and is also a Chartered Accountant. He is respected across fields as a visionary, thinker, promoter of spiritual and cultural traditions of India and an expert on modern fields such as development economics, behavioural science and communication. This led him to anchor a popular TV show focused on reviving volunteerism and patriotism in the country called ‘Kaun Hai Bharat Bhagya Vidhata’. As a sequel, he founded DeshApnayenSahayog Foundation focused on instilling a sense of active citizenship amongst school and college students.
He is the founder Director of FLAME University - India’s innovative Liberal Arts and Management Education University. He is also the co- sponsor and co-founder of Indian School of Public Policy, Delhi jointly Amongst other positions he is a trustee and was Ex - Chairman of the Global Vipassana Foundation (Vipassana is a non- sectarian technique to know oneself and be happy).
He co- created the impact making and much admired documentary -History of Yoga, tracing its continuous practice over 6000 years in India. A grand sequel on Essence of Bharat- Yoga Philosophy will be released soon.
He is currently serving on some of the policy making & advisory committees of the Govt. of India.
He is a Trustee of the Bhartiya Jain Sangathan, one of the most successful NGOs of the country. He is a Trustee of the Bombay Stock Exchange and served on various Committees of the Stock Exchange, SEBI and other bodies. He serves on the Board of Directors of many reputed companies.
NEMISH SHAH
Nemish Shah is the Co-founder and Mentor of Desh Apnayen Sahayog Foundation.
He is the Co-founder of ENAM group and is a living legend in the Indian Equity Markets. His analysis and research-based approach to long term investing has inspired two generations of investors.
His passion for education and desire for philanthropy led him to establish the highly rated FLAME University, an innovative and path breaking Liberal Arts institution.
Nemish Shah is a deeply spiritual person and has rendered yeoman service to spreading the teaching of Lord Mahavir through Shree Kundkund Kahan Parmarthik Trust. He recently contributed immensely to the building of a majestic Jain temple in Vile Parle, Mumbai.
DR. RADHAKRISHNAN PILLAI
Dr Pillai is one of the most successful authors of India having written 6 best sellers, all on the theme of Chanakya and various aspects of our life.
He has been instrumental in starting a full degree course on the teaching of Chanakya’s wisdom. He is an authority on issues of policy and governance and brings great counsel to the Foundation.
Vikas Mapara has been actively associated with ENAM for almost 3 decades in various capacities. Read more
Chief Program Officer, Cambridge CELTA Trainer, IHWO, Bristol, Business English Trainer, E -Moderator and E-Learning Teacher - British Council Read more
Content Head, Dr. Garima has done her Ph.D. in Home Science Extension and Communication Management. Read more
Outreach and School Engagement, Masters in Marketing - SIMSR & General Management from IIM Lucknow. Read more
Engagement Officer, Masters in Social Work - TISS Read more
DEEPA NATARAJAN - Chief Program Officer
Cambridge CELTA Trainer, IHWO, Bristol, Business English Trainer, E -Moderator and E-Learning Teacher - British Council. Ms. Deepa Natrajan looks after all the new initiatives at Desh Apnayen and designs empowerment and training workshops for Schools and Teachers.
Dr. GARIMA GOSWAMI - Content Head
Dr. Garima has done her Ph.D. in Home Science Extension and Communication Management. She has expertise in program design, research and content development. Garima looks after Research and Content Development.
NIKHIL MHATRE - Outreach and School Engagement
Masters in Marketing - SIMSR & General Management from IIM Lucknow. Nikhil Mhatre look after strategic alliances, Program Management and school acquisitions at Desh Apnayen.
PUJA BISWAS - Engagement Officer
Masters in Social Work - TISS. Puja Biswas handholds Schools in program implementation and rolling out Desh Apnayen programs
NILESH SHAH
Nilesh Shah heads the Private Equity Investments practice at ENAM Holdings Pvt. Ltd, the proprietary investment management arm of the ENAM group. He is responsible for identifying equity investment opportunities and supporting investee companies to grow and scale.
He is passionate about finding scalable ways to increase the overall impact of philanthropy and charitable activities. He also advises the other not-for-profit initiatives supported by the founders of the ENAM group such as FLAME University, Pune. www.flame.edu.in
He actively advises the Desh Apnayen Foundation team members on strategy and execution. He often leads the Foundation’s team on engagement and collaboration with external stakeholders.
Nilesh Shah is a Chartered Accountant with 22 years of entrepreneurial, operational, investing and finance knowledge. He has served in various leadership capacities in leading organisations such as Rare Enterprises (A Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Company), Reliance Capital Mutual Fund, Reliance Industries Limited, Navneet Edutainment and FIITJEE Limited.
NARENDRA THAPAR
Narendra Thapar has had a long association with ENAM. Currently he is an investment strategist with the group. He has wide experience in all aspects of Investment Banking, Private Equity and Fund Raising Activities.
He has been actively associated with the creation, launch and operations of Desh Apnayen and is a valuable advisor and guide. He has assisted many reputable NGOs such as OXFAM, HelpAge India and the National Association of the Blind in financial structuring and fund raising activities.
From a very young age he has been associated with patriotic and cultural organization and is imbued with the spirit of community welfare and nation building.
He holds a Post Graduate qualification in Financial Management.
SHANTILAL MUTTHA
Shantilal ji is a legendary community veteran, giving up business at a young age of 32 yrs.
Over the last 33 years he created the world’s most successful Value Education program – Mulyavardhan which has been rolled out across all the 67000 Govt schools in Maharashtra and all schools in Goa. It is set to roll out in Gujarat and gradually across India.
Besides education, his foundation Bhartiya Jain Sanghatna’s ( BJS) work on drought relief across several states of India, disaster relief work, rehabilitation of children affected by calamity, parent suicide, poverty, tribalism etc have few parallels. His deep insights into education and value inculcation are of great value to the Foundation.
VIKAS MAPARA
Vikas Mapara has been actively associated with ENAM for almost 3 decades in various capacities. He has been a pillar of the group in the fields of administration, technology, compliance, legal affairs, taxation, accounting and finance. Currently the Chief Financial Officer of the group. He has a large number of relationships in the fields of his expertise.
As a person who has come from the ranks, he cherishes progress of those who are less privileged. And that can happen only if we systematically cultivate the desire amongst all to adopt the community's welfare to be as important as one's own A person of high integrity he longs to see greater acceptance of honesty and dedication as essential values for nation building.
He has been enthusiastically associated with the registration, operations and financial management of Desh Apnayen.
He holds a Post Graduate qualification in Financial Management.
