Trustees

Keshub Mahindra

Mr. Keshub Mahindra, Chairman Emeritus of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., is a graduate from Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, USA. After joining the Company in 1947, he became the Chairman in 1963. Over five decades, his continuous involvement has enabled the Mahindra Group to reach where it is today. A philanthropist at heart he has redefined corporate governance within the Mahindra Group by effectively channelising funds into the social sector. He was also appointed by the government of India on a number of committees including the Sachar Commission on Company Law & MRTP; Central Advisory Council of Industries etc. Today, he is an icon, an inspiring business leader and a distinguished corporate citizen that everyone looks up to.

Anand Gopal Mahindra

Mr. Anand G. Mahindra, Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., graduated from Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Magna cum Laude (High Honours). In 1981 he secured an MBA degree from Havard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts. In 1997, he was appointed Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., the country's dominant producer of off-road vehicles and agricultural tractors. He has since been engaged in a comprehensive change programme in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. to make the company an efficient and aggressive competitor in the new liberalised economic environment in India. In 2003, he was given the responsibility of Vice Chairman. Apart from being the recipient of many prestigious awards, Mr. Anand Mahindra has held key positions in a number of important institutions such as CII & ARAI. A strong campaigner for 'education for all', he is on the Board of Governors of the Mahindra United World College of India

Bharat N. Doshi

Mr. Bharat Doshi, Executive Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. & Group CFO, holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce and Master's Degree in Law from the Bombay University, and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Doshi joined Mahindra & Mahindra Limited in 1973 and has held various senior managerial positions over the past 33 years and was elevated to the company's Board in 1992. Mr. Doshi is very actively involved with the work of several chambers of commerce and industry in India and is a member of various expert committees, which influence economic and business policies of the government. Mr. Bharat Doshi was adjudged 'India's Best CFO' by the leading business fortnightly "Business Today" (India Today Group Publication) in April 2005 and was also named 'CFO of the year' by HSBC & CNBC in 2007.

Ulhas N. Yargop

Mr. Ulhas N. Yargop, President, IT Sector. Group CTO and Member, Group Executive Board

Ulhas joined the Mahindra Group in 1992.  He has worked since then as General Manager - Corporate Planning, General Manager - Product Planning, General Manager, Mahindra-Ford Project, and Treasurer.  He was appointed as President, IT Sector in 1999.  He assumed additional responsibility as the Group CTO in 2010 and as Chairman of the Group Sustainability Council in 2011.

Ulhas is also responsible for Mahindra SIRF, the Corporate VC activity of the Mahindra Group.

Ulhas is a Director on the boards of Satyam Computer Services, Tech Mahindra, Bristlecone, Mahindra Engineering Services, AT&T Global Network Services (India), etc. 

Ulhas, a Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Master in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School, is a member of the Managing Committee of Harvard Business School (India) Research Center, a member of the Board of Governors of The Mahindra United World College of India, a Trustee of the K. C. Mahindra Education Trust and a Trustee of the Mahindra Foundation.

Uma Ranjit Malhotra

Ms. Uma Malhotra set up a Play School in 1985 called First Steps. Prior to this she used to work as a teacher in West Wind Nursery School. Her experience and qualifications in the teaching sector make her an invaluable member of the Trust. Uma has now been providing an opportunity to children from underpriviledged communities to avail of quality education at first steps.

Leena Labroo

Ms. Leena Labroo, graduated from University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. with a specialisation in Mass Communcations. She is currently working with Youthreach in New Delhi, an NGO whose vision is to inspire individual and collective transformation to create positive social change. She is also a trustee of the Shantidevi Charitable Trust and is involved with the work being done at the grassroots level with disadvantaged children in the area of education. In the past she has been a director with PSL McCann and has worked with Sista's Advertising Agency and MARG.

Sheetal Mehta

Ms. Sheetal Mehta, is the Executive Director, K. C. Mahindra Education Trust since 2001. She is also Chief - CSR Initiatives, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. and as a member of the CSR Council, is responsible for following the CSR Ethos developed by the management and developing a strategy in line with this which ties in with employees engagement opportunities. Sheetal has been a member of the CII National

Committee on Primary Education and Literacy and the CSR Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Her other current positions include Managing Trustee of Mahindra Foundation India, President Mahindra Foundation USA and Trustee & President, Mahindra Education Society which looks after 2 schools.

Prior to assuming her current role she was handling marketing functions at the Mahindra Group. She has graduated in Psychology, Sociology & Economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and has attended a number of executive development courses and marketing management courses at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta and National University of Singapore, Singapore including a course on Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management at Harvard Business School.