Board of Directors

Sarosh J. Ghandy, Chairman Sarosh Ghandy is a graduate (1958) in Metallurgical Engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, USA. He joined the Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co. Ltd. (now Tata Motors Ltd.) as an Asst. Metallurgist and over a period of 14 years rose to become the General Manager of the Jamshedpur Works of Telco. He joined the Telco Board as Executive Director from 1973 to 1999. He resigned from the Telco Board to take up the Managing Directorship of a subsidiary of Telco, TELCON till his retirement in 2002. Mr. Ghandy has dedicated his life to supporting Social and Educational Services at the highest level and was the Chairman of eight related organizations. Additionally he is on the board of ten Business organizations.

Elaine Marie Ghosh, Executive Director Elaine began her career in 1974 as a financial analyst with Citibank N.A. and served as a banker for 10 years. In 2004/05 she was the Consultant for all administrative functions & Facility Manager for the start-up India operations of Macromedia Research and Development. She also ran a Premises Consultancy and among other projects, set up the head office of Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd, a microfinance company that provides financial services to urban poor women. In 2007 she started Parinaam Foundation as a non-profit Section 25 company to provide social services to poor urban families. She is a strong environmentalist with a special interest in water and tree conservation.