Board of Trustees

Books for All is a Volunteer Driven Organisation with a small complement of paid employees. Books for All is managed by a dedicated team of trustees, volunteers, and paid staff who hail from different backgrounds but share a common vision for helping lesser privileged children. For ease of organization and managing day-to-day affairs, Books for All has constituted a Management Committee comprising of Trustees and Senior volunteers.

Pravin Kumar Bhasin

Founder President

Mr. Pravin, Founder President & Managing Trustee is an Engineer with Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management and over 40 years of experience in reputed corporations like BHEL, Thermax, L&T and Reliance Infra. He is a Power Sector Specialist. After superannuation in October 2014 as Senior Executive VP, Reliance Infrastructure, he is devoting full time & energy to serving lesser privileged children through Books for All.

Deepali Kukreja

Trustee

With a Masters in Business Economics from Delhi University, Mrs.  Deepali is active in children education and is associated with several welfare projects. She was instrumental in developing curriculum for children and methodologies to enable them read & speak English.

Puja Nath

Trustee

Mrs. Puja Nath, a graduate from Patna University, is an expert in Child Development. She played a major role in developing creativity in children by organizing plays, dances and public speaking.

Kanchan Bhasin

Trustee

Widely travelled, Mrs. Kanchan is a seasoned social worker, having taught blind children for several years in Pune. She was also associated as a volunteer with reputed NGO Akakansha (आकांा), involved with educating slum children.

Managing Committee Members

Pravin Kumar Bhasin

Managing Trustee

Mr Pravin Bhasin, an Electrical Engineer from Thapar Institute Patiala (1966 batch), worked in reputed Indian MNCs in senior positions. Project Management of Power Plants was his core competence. Pravin Bhasin, along with his wife, Kanchan Bhasin set up the first library at Gejha.

Sqn Ldr Rajendra Gupta (Retd)

Managing Committee Member

Squadron Leader R K Gupta (Retired), a Mechanical Engineer from I I T Kharagpur 1964; took premature retirement in 1984 from Indian Air Force after 20 years of commissioned service. An entrepreneur for close to 30 years thereafter, Mr Gupta is now a part of the Management Committee.

Deepa Sengar

Managing Committee Member

Ms. Deepa Sengar a senior Indian Railway Service Officer (1988 batch IAS and Allied) who took voluntary retirement after vast experience both with Indian Railways and Central Govt. Ministries, is volunteering with Books For All since 2015 as part of Management Committee.

Lata Agarwal

Managing Committee Member

Lata Agarwal, a senior mathematics teacher who now coaches senior students from home, is a long-standing volunteer of Books for All. She was instrumental in taking up initiatives for literacy, art and craft, organising dance and skits and sports day though the Library cum Creativity Centres.

Mentors

No organization can grow, least of all NGOs, without the support of experts who have rich domain experience & specialization that can guide & steer it in the right direction. BFA too has been blessed with the expert guidance of Mr Ulhas Vairagkar and Mr. Vinod Luthra who provide their services pro bono. They have not only contributed time in understanding issues and guiding BFA but even financially to our many initiatives

Mr Ulhas Vairagkar

A BE & MBA (IIM-A) Mr. Vairagkar has served in senior positions in corporates and founded a successful business. Now he is sharing his vast experience with NGOs full time. BFA has been receiving his guidance since 2011 when it was a fledgling organization and not sure of its career path. He has been guiding and handholding us all these years.

Mr. Vinod Luthra

After completing B.Sc. Engg & MS, Mr. Luthra is settled in Rochester USA. He is the founder and President of Barrington Residential, Inc.(BRI), a multifamily Real Estate Company in Upstate, NY. Vinod is not only guiding us to become a sustainable organization but is also helping us garner funds for our various Impact Missions with the support of his vast network of friends & associates.