Sadanand Bhagwat, President & Chairman

Sadanand Bhagwat is one of the founders of Next Generation Foundation. An engineer by profession he had worked at Nuclear Power Corporation of India and also worked in USA in the field of information technology as well. He had returned back to India for good to fulfill his passion of social service. He currently manages NGF India from its headquaters in Devrukh, Maharastra. He has indulged himself in many social service activities around Devrukh and is a well respected social worker in the Ratnagiri district of Maharastra...

Joseph Jerome , Trustee

Mr.Jerome retired from Indian Oversees Bank after 28 years of service and with more than 20 years of Information Technology experience. He has now taken up consultancy and training for a few IT companies in India. He has worked in the past in Singapore and travels extensively across the world in his current consultancy career as well. He serves as one of the trustees of NGF in its Indian operations.

Salil Makoday, Trustee

Mr. Salil Makoday has retired after serving for 30 years in multinational companies and worked at Bomaby, Delhi, Pune, Indore and many other rural and urban places in India for marketing various Agro Industrial products while holding senior corporate positions. Mr Makoday has a son and a daughter both are post graduates in Computer Science and currently based in USA. Mr. Makoday is based at Indore and is one of the National Trustee for Next Generation Foundation India and also looking after the Indore chapter activities as its President.

Nilesh Dhoble, Honorary Secretary NGF, Indore Chapter

Nilesh Dhoble is currently working as a faculty of MBA in a reputed institute of Indore. He teaches Human Resource Management; He has also worked as lecturer in Indore School of Social Work. He has been identified as the master trainer by many social organizations. He is currently working on his PhD thesis title "Psychosocial aspects of children in need of care and protection. He is a professional social worker and did his Masters of social work (with specialization in
medical & psychiatric Social work) in the year 2002. He has worked in the field of psychosocial rehabilitation at CADABAM's Home for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Bangalore and also worked as City Coordinator for CHILDLINE INDIA FOUNDAION, His area of interest is Counseling, Education, Child welfare and social work research. He has attended many national and state level workshops and seminars on various social issues.

He is actively involved with many NGOs in India such as he is a life member of National Association of Professional Social Work in India (NAPSWI). He is also with Rehabilitation Council of India, New Delhi as a professional social worker in disability field. He is also a member of National Academy of Psychology (NAOP), India. He does yoga and spiritual activities in his leisure time.