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Vidya Roshan Charitable Trust Board Of Management

Veena Eagleton Chairperson

Ms. Veena Eagleton was a member of the Indian Administrative Service. She worked in several departments but gained expertise while working with the Government of India and the Haryana Government in the areas of Health, Education, and Women and Child Development. She was also associated with women’s programs under Non-Aligned Movements, SAARC, and worked with the Commonwealth Youth Programme and UNDP. She was a Founder Trustee of Nishaant which had looked after abandoned children providing them home and education. Ms. Eagleton is the founder Trustee of Vidya Roshan Charitable Trust. She exercises strict supervision on the activities of The Trust on a daily basis and guides and motivates the staff to work towards achieving its objectives.

Trustees
Trustee Dr. Reeta Khosla is a retired Associate Professor of University of Delhi.  She is an Environmentalist and has authored two books on Environment related topics. She is on the board of an NGO "Women for India " which is an associate of Indo-American Centre offering Rain-water Harvesting and Waste Management.  Also, associated with Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Chintan NGOS working in environment.  She is an active member of Lion's Club Delhi Capital and was its President (2012- 13)

Reeta Khosla

Trustee

Dr. Reeta Khosla is a retired Associate Professor of University of Delhi.  She is an Environmentalist and has authored two books on Environment related topics. She is on the board of an NGO “Women for India ” which is an associate of Indo-American Centre offering Rain-water Harvesting and Waste Management.  Also, associated with Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Chintan NGOS working in environment.  She is an active member of Lion’s Club Delhi Capital and was its President (2012- 13)
Trustee Ms. Jyoti Dhingra is an architect. In a career spanning over 30 years she has worked on numerous Architectural and Interior Design projects in Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Chennai, Ooty, Hosur and Uganda. Over the years she has designed Villas, residences, offices, institutional buildings, resorts, service apartments, guest houses and heritage hotels. She has also handled restoration and renovation of heritage palaces. After working with leading Architectural companies she started her own company named InterArch in 1993 and has handled numerous projects since then. Her work has been widely appreciated and also been published in Architectural and Interior Design magazines. Ms Dhingra has worked as a volunteer at a Spastic Society in Karnataka and was passionate about teaching differently abled children. She has designed and supervised the construction of Vidya Medical Centre and is actively involved in the expansion and renovation of the building and also handles its maintenance.

Jyoti Dhingra

Trustee

Ms. Jyoti Dhingra is an architect. In a career spanning over 30 years she has worked on numerous Architectural and Interior Design projects in Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Chennai, Ooty, Hosur and Uganda. Over the years she has designed Villas, residences, offices, institutional buildings, resorts, service apartments, guest houses and heritage hotels. She has also handled restoration and renovation of heritage palaces. After working with leading Architectural companies she started her own company named InterArch in 1993 and has handled numerous projects since then. Her work has been widely appreciated and also been published in Architectural and Interior Design magazines. Ms Dhingra has worked as a volunteer at a Spastic Society in Karnataka and was passionate about teaching differently abled children. She has designed and supervised the construction of Vidya Medical Centre and is actively involved in the expansion and renovation of the building and also handles its maintenance.
Trustee Ms. Sudha Sharma IRS(Retd.) Worked as Chief Commissioner Income Tax Ludhiana. Retired as Director General Investigation, northwestern region. Post Retirement worked as Director and President Omaxe Ltd New Delhi. Ms. Sharma is Patron and Founder Trustee of Piya Sharma Charitable Trust and of Piya Sharma Foundation which is working in the areas of Education, Health, and Vocational training of street children and women of slum colonies of Panchkula (Haryana)for more than 20 years. Repaired and renovated 30 washrooms in 2 schools in Panchkula. She is an Honorary Advisor to the board of trustees of Dr. PN Chuttani Trust (TVCC) Chandigarh on Finance and General Administration, for the Last Five Years. Also working with District Hospital Panchkula for maintenance of Sanitation Facilities and training of sanitation workers Since 2017. She is Brand Ambassador of Swatch Bharat Abhiyan for Panchkula District since 2017

Sudha Sharma

Trustee

Ms. Sudha Sharma IRS(Retd.) Worked as Chief Commissioner Income Tax Ludhiana. Retired as Director General Investigation, northwestern region. Post Retirement worked as Director and President Omaxe Ltd New Delhi. Ms. Sharma is Patron and Founder Trustee of Piya Sharma Charitable Trust and of Piya Sharma Foundation which is working in the areas of Education, Health, and Vocational training of street children and women of slum colonies of Panchkula (Haryana)for more than 20 years. Repaired and renovated 30 washrooms in 2 schools in Panchkula. She is an Honorary Advisor to the board of trustees of Dr. PN Chuttani Trust (TVCC) Chandigarh on Finance and General Administration, for the Last Five Years. Also working with District Hospital Panchkula for maintenance of Sanitation Facilities and training of sanitation workers Since 2017. She is Brand Ambassador of Swatch Bharat Abhiyan for Panchkula District since 2017
Trustee Ms. Firoza Mehrotra is on the Advisory Board of HomeNet South Asia, a network of organizations working with home-based women workers, as well as the global Board of International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) and is the chair of the ICRW Asia Board. She is presently involved in helping create a global network of home-based workers. She has worked in the Indian Administrative Service for over 38 years, working both at the policy and field levels.  She has worked extensively in the areas of gender equality, women’s empowerment, child development, adolescents, population, police, jail administration, and rural development. She also worked with UNIFEM (now UNWomen) South Asia as the Deputy Regional Program Director for over 5 years when she worked on policy and advocacy issues with the 8 South Asian governments of the region, Civil Society, and research institutions. In addition, she worked in UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund).

Firoza Mehrotra

Trustee

Ms. Firoza Mehrotra is on the Advisory Board of HomeNet South Asia, a network of organizations working with home-based women workers, as well as the global Board of International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) and is the chair of the ICRW Asia Board. She is presently involved in helping create a global network of home-based workers. She has worked in the Indian Administrative Service for over 38 years, working both at the policy and field levels.  She has worked extensively in the areas of gender equality, women’s empowerment, child development, adolescents, population, police, jail administration, and rural development. She also worked with UNIFEM (now UNWomen) South Asia as the Deputy Regional Program Director for over 5 years when she worked on policy and advocacy issues with the 8 South Asian governments of the region, Civil Society, and research institutions. In addition, she worked in UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund).
Trustee Ms. Surinder Pal Kaur. A 1965 batch IRS officer, retired as Chief Commissioner, North-west region. Earlier, worked as Commissioner Income Tax Mumbai and held many coveted posts. Post-retirement served as Vice Chairman, Income Tax Settlement Commission in Kolkota, and thereafter, as Ombudsman Electricity Punjab Board. She joined Rotary Club in Chandigarh which opened a structured vista for service for humanitarian projects. Involved with setting up a state-of-the-art stand-alone Rotary Blood Bank in Chandigarh to provide safe blood to Cities of Chandigarh. Panchkula, and Mohali. As President of Rotary Club, 2019-20 took various initiatives to meet the challenge of Pandemic COVID-90, coping with it on the hunger front by providing cooked meals, distributing dry rations and raising funds for families of jobless homeless labour and Procuring medical Equipment and the PPEs for medical and paramedic staff.

Surinder Pal Kaur

Trustee

Ms. Surinder Pal Kaur. A 1965 batch IRS officer, retired as Chief Commissioner, North-west region. Earlier, worked as Commissioner Income Tax Mumbai and held many coveted posts. Post-retirement served as Vice Chairman, Income Tax Settlement Commission in Kolkota, and thereafter, as Ombudsman Electricity Punjab Board. She joined Rotary Club in Chandigarh which opened a structured vista for service for humanitarian projects. Involved with setting up a state-of-the-art stand-alone Rotary Blood Bank in Chandigarh to provide safe blood to Cities of Chandigarh. Panchkula, and Mohali. As President of Rotary Club, 2019-20 took various initiatives to meet the challenge of Pandemic COVID-90, coping with it on the hunger front by providing cooked meals, distributing dry rations and raising funds for families of jobless homeless labour and Procuring medical Equipment and the PPEs for medical and paramedic staff.
Trustee Mr. Roy Eagleton was born in the UK and is an Englishman. He joined the Royal Air Force for two years. The greater part of his working life was spent in the automobile industry. He worked with Societe Commerciale de l’Ouest Africain (SCOA) a French company with main agencies for Peugeot and British Leyland motor vehicles as well as Allis Chalmers and Westinghouse products. The role was first in Parts Management in Freetown Sierra Leone. Then Ghana, Nigeria, and back to Management of the Automobile Department in Freetown Sierra Leone. Then back again to Nigeria to take over Group Training and Management Development. On return to the U.K he partnered and ran a hotel in Edinburgh for a short period before moving to India. Since 1992 he has been looking after the administrative work of The Trust.

Roy Eagleton

Trustee

Mr. Roy Eagleton was born in the UK and is an Englishman. He joined the Royal Air Force for two years. The greater part of his working life was spent in the automobile industry. He worked with Societe Commerciale de l’Ouest Africain (SCOA) a French company with main agencies for Peugeot and British Leyland motor vehicles as well as Allis Chalmers and Westinghouse products. The role was first in Parts Management in Freetown Sierra Leone. Then Ghana, Nigeria, and back to Management of the Automobile Department in Freetown Sierra Leone. Then back again to Nigeria to take over Group Training and Management Development. On return to the U.K he partnered and ran a hotel in Edinburgh for a short period before moving to India. Since 1992 he has been looking after the administrative work of The Trust.

Vidya Roshan Charitable Trust’s (VRCT) vision is to bring about social change and provide services to the most marginalized communities focussing on underprivileged girls, women and elderly in areas of Health, Education, Gender Equality, and Women’s Empowerment.

The mission of VRCT is to translate its goal into action by taking up various interventions in a variety of activities like setting up a Medical Centre, taking up programmes for integrated Development of Adolescent girls like supervised coaching, workshops, extracurricular activities, medical examinations and menstrual hygiene to improve the status of the girl-child. It simultaneously works for Women’s Empowerment and promotes women’s solidarity by organising them in Jagriti Mandalis, to change their thought process in favour of gender equality, health and education and empowerment through awareness meetings and workshops. VRCT promotes self-reliance amongst woman to take them away from the mode of dependency on male members of their families, It encourages economic self-reliance amongst women and girls by providing them vocational training and assisting them to set up their own income-generating ventures by providing interest-free loans. It also motivates women to take up jobs as factory workers, piece wage workers, hawkers and domestic maids.