Satish Kalra

Regional Director, South Asia

Satish Kalra is an engineer by education. He completed his under and postgraduate studies in India and worked for over 30 years in senior management positions with Unilever and Ciba-Geigy in India, Switzerland and lastly Singapore — where, by his own admission, he was bitten by the 'cleft bug' and decided to join Smile Train as Regional Director for South Asia. "There is something inherently addictive about working with kids, watching their lives being transformed, their faces light up with smiles that make you want to carry on," he said. There are now 170 partner hospitals in India and Sri Lanka. Under Satish's leadership, Smile Train has provided over 250,000 free cleft reconstructive surgeries on kids who would otherwise never been able to afford them.

Satish can be reached at satish_kalra@satyam.net.in.

Dr. Ashish Sabharwal

Dr. Ashish Sabharwal is a medical doctor who brings along vast and varied experience ranging from Public Health, corporate and pharmaceutical marketing, family practice, medical journalism, and is also an office bearer of the Indian Medical Association. In that capacity he has been a regular contributor in various forums on national health policy and delivery of more equitable quality health systems.

With his extensive network amongst medical professionals in both public and private sectors, and his strong personal commitment to the cause of helping cleft affected children he has been able to mobilize resources to significantly enhance the presence of Smile Train since October 2006. He is currently responsible for Smile Train programs in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.

Renu Mehta

Renu Mehta is a commerce graduate with a professional degree in Human Resources, Renu Mehta brings over 11 years experience in the health & social development sectors. Prior to joining Smile Train she worked as Program Manager with a European Charity - Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM) at their South Asia Regional Office (North) where she was responsible for addressing the needs of the development sector, in terms of strategies developing new partners, planning and budgeting yearly financial and training needs, execution of plans and implementation, monitoring, reporting, accounts and statistical analysis of their programs.

She joined Smile Train in October 2006 and is currently responsible for the states of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, HP, J&K, Uttarakhand and West UP, aggressively working towards expanding the reach and depth of cleft programs.

Mamtaa Carrol

Mamtaa Carrol brings extensive experience in community social responsibility (CSR) and developmental communications. She has consulted extensively on CSR initiatives across industries/sectors including the Centre for Science and Environment, the United Nations, the corporate sector and ad agencies. These assignments have also included PR, event management, project management, environmental education, exhibition organization, outreach programs, healthcare awareness, and paralegal aid to underprivileged sections of society in the rural and semi-urban areas of India.

Mamtaa is married, and lives in New Delhi.

Leela Imam

Leela Imam is a Communications professional, with over a decade and a half of work experience in various industries. Before joining Smile Train she headed a leading PR Agency in Bangalore and prior to this, she worked as Program Manager with the British Council on several projects in the Renewable Natural Resources Section of Environment Sector and Distance Learning section of Education Sector.

Leela is married, has two sons and lives in Bangalore. After serving in the corporate world for over 15 years, she is determined to bring a smile on every child's face and expand Smile Train's footprint in South India.

Dr. Mahbubul Hannan

Dr. Mahbubul Hannan is a Medical Graduate from Germany.

He brings extensive work experience of more than 20 years in the areas of project management in child rights, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health and Primary Health Care in diverse organizations like TDH (Netherlands), UNICEF, and Save the Children-Australia among others. Most recently he was engaged as National HIV/AIDS Consultant at World Vision Bangladesh that works for the welfare of poor children, their families and communities throughout the country.

His expertise and experience in program design, implementation, advocacy and awareness campaigns to build a better world for poor and disadvantaged children will be great asset as he takes on his new and most challenging assignment to expand Smile Train’s footprint in Bangladesh.