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CEO

Post Grad, Mass Comm., MBA, Marketing (NMIMS)
A vivacious personality with tremendous foresight; strategic and innovative in decisions. Passionate and daring about Fairness in Trade, she leads a much inspired team, to take the ball and run.

Head – Ethical Business Solutions

BE (Fire Technology & Safety Engineering)/Master Diploma in Civil CADD/SA 8000 Advance Auditor). Arindama with her wide ranging experience in Verification and Trainings in Social compliance is all set to take the Ethical Business Programme of IRFT to new heights. A rare combination of a no nonsense person, an excellent mentor and yet the most gentle teacher.

Sr. Executive – Ethical Business Solutions

MA (Anthropology)
Astute and sensitive, Jugnu adds value as a team player in the Ethical and Agri. Social Compliance Programme. Meticulous in records and reports. A quick learner spurs the team into newer and wider areas of challenge.

Executive – Ethical Business Solutions
MBA Social Enterpreneurship

A fervent learner, with an analytical mind and a flair for languages, this young enthusiastic MBA in Social entrepreneurship from NMIMS, is all set to take on new challenges in the field of Social Compliance.

Programme Manager – Fair Trade India

MSW (Shantiniketan), Resource Mobilization and Management ( S.P. Jain) An excellent team player, great motivator. Rupali in her inimitable style is a walking dynamo, leading the Domestic Fair Trade initiatives for IRFT.

Sr. Executive - Community Business Support

B.Sc. Agri Hons, MBA - Rural Management An enthusiast from IRMA with her agricultural background, she is a spark in the IRFT team. She is an adaptor to almost any new challenge and accomplishes it with ease, taking her team mates along. Ladylike and unassuming, she delivers at all levels.

Executive – Community Business Support

Master of Social Work from S.N.D.T Women’s University, Certificate courses in Counselling and NGO Management. Pallavi is most unassuming, passionate and empathetic. She has years of practical experience working among grass root Community Based Organizations and is here to take on CBS activities ensuring fairness, transparency, and sustainability for the many small scale producers, craftsmen and artisans that we work closely with.

Executive - Community Business Support
BSW (Rural Dev.), MSW (TISS)

Mung from Manipur gives value to IRFT with his determination to conceptualise, ideate, visualize and implement livelihood projects with one single passion – IMPACT on beneficiaries.

Sr. Executive - Admin & HR

A Bachelors of Arts with 25 years of corporate experience and more. Efficient ,dependable and a no nonsense approach that ensures discipline and accountability as the order of the day.

Manager - Finance & Accounts

B.Com. (15 years of experience in Corporate and Social Sector) Not the financial bogey-man, that one expects to head the function. Rajesh is approachable, charming yet on firm ground with financial systems lending his corporate experience for NGO financial accountability and sustainability.

Sr. Officer - Accounts & Admin

Man on the spot, troubleshooter and an administrative support aligning into place all that needs looking after at IRFT, from pin to a needle, with a smile.

Office Assistant

The right hand and left hand of the IRFT body. Our efficiency boosters.

Office Assistant

The right hand and left hand of the IRFT body. Our efficiency boosters.

Board of Directors

Mr. Shyam Pathak, Chairman -IRFT (from 2008 till date)
B.E Electrical
25 years of corporate experience in H.R., Admin and Legal
Mr. Dipesh Shroff Founder Member and Mentor -IRFT
Management Education Programme from IIM A, Owner/President Management Programme from Harvard Business School, Industrialist
Mr. Sunil Dalal
Chartered Accountant, Industrialist, Educationist and Social Worker
Mr. Kailas Dabholkar - Vice President Finance - IRFT
Chartered Accountant Finance Advisor and hand holding support from inception.
Mr. Tushar Dayal
Chartered Accountant, Industrialist and actively associated with the Voluntary Sector.
Dr. (Mrs.) Meena Galliara
Professor and Chair Person (Social Enterprise Cell) at NMIMS University, Mumbai
Mrs. Vinita Singh the Founder-Director of IRFT
MSc. in Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries, from the London School of Economics and Masters in Management Studies (Marketing) Independent consultant in areas of Ethical and Fair Trade.
Mrs. Rama Das
MA (Political Science) and LLB
Ex-Chief Commissioner of Income-Tax
Ex-Member of Central Administrative Tribunal