Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has. This quote by Margaret Mead has been the bedrock of our philosophy for the RIGHT every WRONG movement. Karmaveer Puraskaar is the fellowship and award, within the RIGHT every WRONG movement, to recognize the citizen action for social justice of the people who believe in being and leading the change. Over the years, the RIGHT every WRONG movement has become a powerful movement and issues that we have discussed are the benchmarks for various forums across the globe. The ideas and thoughts we have created have also triggered large movements and some of our NOBLE LAUREATES over the years have now become ambassadors for global issues.
From the beginning of the RIGHT every WRONG movement we tried to make the movement inclusive and involved various sectors, organisations and citizens working in these organisations & sectors as our partners, as we truly believe that if citizens are not apathetic and become proactively responsible to address issues related to social justice then "together as ONE we can RIGHT every WRONG". Thus we involved various people as our thought leaders and advisers over the years in our governance & managing committee. What is worth noting is that all these people, besides being leaders and achievers in their respective businesses or professions, have also had the resolve to devote time, attention and get involved with social causes be it children, communities, animals or environment
Every year we choose a theme for the RIGHT every WRONG conclave, that is the knowledge forum pillar of the movement, to churn knowledge related to socio- political issues. In the first curtain raiser year (2006-07) we had various issues that affect us as citizens and a population ,as themes and thus we partnered with Population First for the first conclave and had members from iCONGO and PF as the founding governing council members for the RIGHT every WRONG movement. In subsequent years we have led 2 forums (2007-08 & 2008-09) on climate change and electoral reforms with WOTR and NNFI as our pivotal partners. So every year, along with the partner organisation for that year and the co-promoters, we form the governance & managing committee. Over the years we have had some eminent and some concerned citizens including students who have served on the council. The various people who are now our mentors and co-founders in the movement are as given below.
Chief Patrons
Mr. J.M. Lyngdoh
Mr. J.M. Lyngdoh is an
IAS (BH: 1961) Born-m Shillong - 08.02.1939 B.A Hons. Economics National Defence College Graduate
Mr. L.M.Singhvi
Mr. L.M.Singhvi is an eminent jurist, leading constitutional expert, distinguished parliamentarian, prominent citizen-intellectual, well-known human rights exponent, doyen of the Indian Bar and an author, poet, publicist, linguist and litterateur. READ MORE
Mr. Vasant Sathe
Mr. Vasant Sathe was born on 5th March, 1925. He had his early education in Bhonsale Military School, Nashik and at Nagpur Mahavidyalaya.
Governing Council & Managing Committee Over The Years
Ms. Amala Akkineni
Ms. Amala Akkineni is married to film star Nagarjuna Akkineni. A successful film star herself, she is a trained classical dancer from Kalakshetra, chennai.
Mr. Anant Trivedi
Mr. Anant Trivedi is a retired IT and engineering professional, member of the British Computer Society and a chartered engineer. Founder member of National Network For India, acting as their strategist. Also a founder member of VoteSmartIndia and Get Together For India.
Mr. Anil Bharadwaj
FISME Mr. Anil Bhardwaj is the Secretary General of the Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME), New Delhi in India. An MBA (Intl. Trade), he served in private sector for a decade in International Trade, before joining FISME in 1996.
Ms. Anjlee Agarwal
Samarthya, National Center for Promotion of Barrier-Free Environment For Disabled Persons Anjlee Agarwal is presently member of Working Group on Empowering the Disabled (Barrier Free Environment and Social Awareness), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India.
Mr. Arun Samuel
Mr. Arun Samuel , at 17 yrs, started out in 1984 as a door-to-door Sales Representative of DSPCO, marketing Zero B as his first product.
Mr. Ashok Kanwar
Mr. Ashok Kanwar as modestly describes himself as a small industrialist. Small indeed for a person who started with nothing to carve a niche in the niche business of Chocolates.
Begum Bilkees Latif
Begum Bilkees Latif is a social worker earlier involved with upgrading and recognition of 60 Air Force Schools, stressing family planning issues through women’s groups and Air Force Medical Centres all over India.
Ms. Chandini Chhabra
Vice President, AIESEC Having graduated from Delhi University (SRCC), she is now Vice President and Director -Western Region of AIESEC India. In the future she plans to work in an organisation concerned with animal rights. Interests - Travelling, reading, sports & theatre.
Mr. Crispino Lobo
Mr. Crispino Lobo is a person well known in development circles for his knowledge and achievements in the fields of natural resource management and participatory watershed development.
Mr. Deepak Chopra
Mr. Deepak Chopra
Acknowledged as one of the world's greatest leaders in the field of mind-body medicine, Deepak Chopra continues to transform our understanding of the meaning of health. Through his creation of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing in California in 1996, Dr. Chopra established a formal vehicle for the expansion of his healing approach using the integration of the best of Western medicine with natural healing traditions
Mr. Deepak Parekh
Mr. Deepak Parekh is Chairman of the Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited. www.hdfc.com, India's best known housing finance institution that has virtually paved the way for the development of the retail loans business in India.
Mr. Edwin Cheria
Mr. Edwin is an author specializing in human rights issues or writer-activists and institution development consultants.
Fr. Herman Bacher
Fr. Herman Bacher Swiss by birth, Fr. Hermann Bacher came to India in 1948 as a Jesuit priest. Profoundly affected by the distress of the poor in the drought prone district of Ahmednagar, in the hinterland of Maharashtra, Fr. Bacher decided to devote his life to their social and economic upliftment.
Mr. Jagdish Sharma
Chair - Managing Commitee Former Jt. Secretary Ministry of External Affairs A truly multi-faceted personality, Mr J C Sharma has outstanding achievements as a solider, diplomat and scholar. He began his professional career as a Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army (1967-72) and was awarded the “Sena Medal” for Gallantry in 1971 Indo-Pak war.
Mr. Jamshyd N Godrej
Mr. Jamshyd N. Godrej graduated in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. He joined the Board of Management of Godrej and Boyce Mfg. Co. Limited, as Director in 1974.
Ms. Jasmer Dhingra
AIESEC I see myself in a capacity building role working for an NGO or exploring opportunities for Social Entrepreneurship or Corporate Social Responsibility
Mr. Jeroninio (Jerry) Almeida
Believes there is a purpose to life that is not just about creating wealth for oneself and our near and dear ones.
Mr. Karan Ahuja
AIESEC Graduated with a Degree in Economics Honours from Delhi University. President of AIESEC in Delhi University.
Mr. Keshub Mahindra
Mr. Keshub Mahindra is the Chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra Limited www.mahindra.com, the largest manufacturer of utility vehicles and tractors in India, and the flagship company of the Mahindra group.
Ms. Lynn DeSouza
Ms. Lynn is a management graduate from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute. For over 25 years she has consistently demonstrated exclusive expertise in fostering the cause of media buying as an independent enterprise.
Dr. Marcella D’Souza
Dr. Marcella D’Souza is
a medical doctor by profession, chose to give up a lucrative medical career in order to dedicate her life to serving the poor in rural India.
Major Gen. Vinod Saighal
Major General Vinod Saighal retired from the Indian Army in 1995 from the post of Director General Military Training. He has a wide range of interests and speaks several languages including French and Persian. Currently he is the Executive Director of Eco Monitors Society (EMS), a non-governmental organization concerned with demography and ecology. After retirement, he founded the Movement for Restoration of Good Government (MRGG).
Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
The United Nations Environment Programme described Prof. M.S. Swaminathan as "the Father of Economic Ecology".
Ms. Nafisa Ali
Ms. Nafisa Ali Sodhi born on the 18th January 1957 is the daughter of Ahmed Ali and grand daughter of noted Bengali writer and litterateur S.Wajid Ali. An outstanding athlete – National Swimming champion of India in 1974.
Dr. N. Bhaskar Rao
Awards Director CMS (Chair- Awards) A pioneer of social research in India and an eminent mass communication expert with 40 years of distinguished background, Dr. N. Bhaskara Rao is founder Chairman of well known independent
Mr. Promod Chawala
Mr. Promod Chawla, Trustee NNFI, 68, from an International Marketing & Corporate planning Industry background - whole time, social networker, for 7 years, firmly believing alongside stalwarts, in Group Action.
Mrs. Rajshree Birla
Mrs. Rajashree Birla is a director of all the major companies of the Aditya Birla group www.adityabirla.com, which is recognised as "India's first global corporation" and has annual revenues in excess of 6 billion USD.
Mr. Ratan N. Tata
Mr. Ratan Tata heads the salt-to-software Tata Group < www.tata.com >, India's best known and reputed corporate house whose products and services touch the lives of most Indians in some way.
Ms. Rufina Fernandes
Chief Executive Officer - NASSCOM Foundation Ms. Rufina Fernandes is at the helm of NASSCOM Foundation's (NF) commitment & vision. As Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Sanjeev Sachdeva
Samarthya Sanjeev Sachdeva is presently member of Working Group on Empowering the Disabled (Barrier Free Environment and Social Awareness), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India.
Mr. Sunil Gupta
Coordinating Director Managing Committee With an experience of over 23 years in different organizations Sunil Gupta is involved in strategic management functions, formulating and implementing policy and related issues and decisions related to Systems and Administration.
Dr. S. Parasuraman
Director - Tata Institute of Social Sciences India Dr. S. Parasuraman has over 25 years of experience as a teacher, trainer, activist, administrator and development worker. He has a strong foundation in critical thinking, and conceptual and analytical skills.
Mr. S.V.Sista
Mr. S.V. Sista is the Founder and Executive Trustee of Population First. Known to his friends as 'Bobby', he is one of those stalwarts who have guided Indian advertising to consistently higher standards.
Ms. Tara Sinha
Mr. Tejendra Khanna
Mr. Tejendra Khanna is the Chairman of Ranbaxy Laboratories www.ranbaxy.com, India's largest pharmaceutical and research company with exports to over 70 countries and global net sales of 764 million USD, 2002.
Mr. V. R. Jathar
Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mr. V. R. Jathar is a Director – Corporate Social Responsibility. He is working with Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry for over 12 years and has looked after various departments like Corporate Social Responsibility