Welcome To Mahiti Trust. A Journey towards Development with Justice

Key Team Members

Mahiti Trust’s core competency lies in the activities that it undertakes in villages. This is possible because of a strong team, 85 % of whom are from the region. The team has made Mahiti Trust’s expansion possible and provides continuity. Managing Trustee, CEO and Program Coordinators provide the requisite leadership. A majority of Mahiti Trust’s senior staff have been with the organization for more than a decade. The Mahiti Trust team is led by the Managing Trustee who is accountable to the Governing Body (Board of Trustees).

Devuben K Pandya, (Intermediate), Managing Trustee

Key Responsibilities :-

Overall direction, pro¬ject management, legal compliance, facilitating staff development, im-plementing policies formulated by board of trustees, liaison with state government and others, linkages with networks. Member of Coordination Committee

Dinesh Pandya (Master in Social Work), Manager – Programs and Administration

Key Responsibilities :-

Coordination with staff regarding program implementation, planning, documentation, liaison with government departments, coordination and liasoining with funding agencies, documentation and reporting and management of finance and accounts. Member of coordination committee

Ms. Bhumi Devmurari, Program Coordinator (Micro Finance Activities – Bhavnagar district)

Key Responsibilities :-

Capacity building and support to Bhavnagar women’s savings and credit cooperative, coordination of developmental programs in Bhavnagar district, member of coordina¬tion committee, liaison with local government

Jagdish G. Sindhav (B. Com), Program Coordinator (WATSAN and Organic Agriculture)

Key Responsibilities :-

Coordination, implementation, monitoring of Coastal Area Development Program on Drinking Water and Sanitation in Dhandhuka block. Mobilizing communities around issues of NRM, Health, Social Justice, Micro Finance and Youth Development.

Ishwar M. Parmar (B. Com), Accountant

Key Responsibilities :-

Accounts book keep¬ing, and financial re¬porting preparation of Mahiti Trust, internal audit of both cooperatives, preparing financial statements required by funding agencies, FCRA, charity com¬missioner, income tax compliance

Bhanjibhai V. Khasiya (Diploma in Civil Engineering), Technical Officer (Civil Engineer)

Key Responsibilities :-

Member of coordina¬tion committee, over all techni¬cal planning and monitoring, implementation and manage¬ment of Natural resource management projects of Mahiti Trust

Paresh Hapani, Program Coordinator – FPO promotion

Key Responsibilities :-

Coordination, implementation, monitoring of Land Rights program. Mobilizing small and marginal farmers around issues related to agriculture