The forty successful applicants for the Dishaa leadership
initiative - first launched by British Prime Minister, David
Cameron - were announced today.
From 30 January to 3 February 2011, the 40 talents from the
private, public and not-for-profit sector in the UK and India will
participate in the UK-India leadership development initiative,
which will enhance bilateral relations between the two countries.
Participants in the first Dishaa initiative will develop models for
innovation under the guidance of
Martin Kalungu-Banda in Pune, India. The individuals in
question have been set the challenge by Dr. Devi
Shetty to determine what systemic change would be
required to make heart surgery at $1,000 USD a possibility.
The 40 leaders who will take part in the first Dishaa initiative
are:
From India:
- Richard Alderson, Co-Founder, UnLtd India
- Ramnath Ballala, Senior Partnerships Manager, Karuna Trust
- Pekham Basu, Senior Social Worker, Resource Centre on
Interventions on Violence Against Women, Tata Institute Of Social
Sciences
- Rakesh Bhutoria, Managing Director & Head - Local
Corporates, India, Standard Chartered Bank
- Raj Gilda, Co-Founder, Lend-A-Hand India
- Meera G. Harish, Head, Retail L&D, Innovation Council
Steering Committee, Titan Industries Ltd
- Rupa Jha, Desk Editor, BBC World Service
- Sanjeev Khaira, Managing Director, UBM India Pvt. Ltd
- Ruchi Khemka, Vice-President, SevaYatra Edutrips India Pvt.
Ltd.
- Amit Kothari, Head Treasury Mid Office, Barclays Bank Plc
- Rishi Pathania, Manager - Community Development, Tata Chemicals
Ltd.
- Manivannan Ponniah, Managing Director, Bangalore Electricity
Supply Company (BESCOM)
- Vandana Saxena Poria, CEO, Get Through Guides Pvt. Ltd
- Tripti Singh, Senior Practice Consultant, Tata Management
Training Centre
- Harit Soni, Founder/Director, Ecolibrium Energy
- Vishal Talreja, Co-founder and Executive Director,
Dream-A-Dream
- Sreeja V N, Lead Entrepreneur, Mayflower Media House
- Prem Yadav, Founding Director, Sanchar InfoTech Pvt. Ltd
From the United Kingdom:
- Heather Barrett, Senior Partnerships Manager, The Open
University
- Soma Bhowmick, Development Consultant, Freelance
- Katherine Bryant, Support Manager (Governance), Groundwork
UK
- Andre Campbell, Director, Enfuse Youth Ltd
- Alison Dixey, Operations Director, British Red Cross
- Susie Hargreaves, Chief Executive, Society of Dyers &
Colourists (SDC)
- Lynn Henni, Head of International Strategy, Senior Principal,
The Scottish Government
- Parmod Kumar Garg, Director, Trade Sales Origination, Cash and
Trade, Barclays Corporate, Barclays Bank Plc
- Vanessa Jardine, Superintendent, Greater Manchester Police
- Daniel Knight, Managing Director, International Treasury, Bank
of America Merrill Lynch
- Seema Malhotra, Management Consultant, Self Employed
- Harry Miskin, Consultant, Bell Pottinger Sans Frontieres
- Nitin Premchandani, Assistant Director, PwC
- Louise Quy, Senior Manager Assurance, PwC
- Ganesh Ram, Manager, PwC
- Balraj Singh Rai, Chair, Institute of Healthcare Management,
W.Mids Regional Council
- David Spencer, Staff Officer to the President, Association of
Chief Police Officers
- Claire Tulloch, Managing Director, UBM Conferences Europe
- Rosie Walford, Owner and Director, Big Stretch Ltd
- Louise Warde Hunter, Strategic Director Children's Services,
Scotland and Northern Ireland, Action for Children
- Oli Wilkinson, Strategy Consultant, PwC
- William Wong, Chief Executive, 3become1
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