Board of Advisors

Naren Goidani

Founder
Lifeschool Foundation,
Pune, India

Narendra Goidani is a life coach who believes, inspired people do much more than non-inspired people. Hence, the clarion call of LifeSchool is – “Let’s Inspire”. As a professional life coach, Naren has succeeded in inspiring people to pursue their dreams and explore their potentials (through their signature program – Lets Explore). If you are looking for the best life coach in India, your search ends here.

Life School was founded in 2010 to provide people in Pune, the best life coaching experience. As a professional life coach, till now Naren has trained around 4000 people. As a life coach he has completed 133 batches of his signature training programs. This highly impactful program is today called “Lets Explore”.

Rati Forbes

Rati Forbes

Director
Forbes Marshall Ltd.,
Pune, India

Rati is a Director at Forbes Marshall Ltd – a company which has been, for over six decades, building steam engineering and control instrumentation solutions that work for the process industry. Rati is responsible for the Social Initiatives which the company supports; in the areas of community health, education and women’s issues. The initiatives include a reading/learning enhancement program which runs in 90 low-income primary schools; catalyzing and coordinating the effective functioning of over 300 small savings group for women. She is a graduate in Psychology and Sociology; has done courses in Human Resource Management from IIM Ahmedabad; and more recently, on Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship from Stanford University. She has just completed a Masters degree in Sustainability Leadership and Management, from Cambridge, UK.

Sharadji Heda

Sharad Heda

CEO Coach,
Chairman VNIT Alumni Association,
Bengaluru, India

Sharad Heda is an IT industry veteran with over 33 years of experience. Sharad has been with Microland since its formative years and held several leadership roles including that of COO, CFO, CEO-Global Tech Support and President-India & Middle East.A certified Six-Sigma Green Belt, Sharad is passionate about driving digital transformation through quality initiatives. He has been an assessor for the prestigious CII “Excellence in Business Management” program that evaluates and selects the Best Managed Corporate entities of India. He is a member of NASSCOM’s IT services council and has been mentoring startups in their growth journey for the last several years. Sharad is a Gold Medalist in Electronics Engineering from NIT, Nagpur and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

Padmaja Wardadkar

Certified Independent Board Member,
Risk Advisory and Social Venture Mentoring,
Pune, India

She has worked in various top organizations of national and international importance listed in global stock exchanges. She started her career with Reserve Bank of India as a directly recruited officer and worked with banking-Investment banking & capital markets, non-banking, IT product and IT services organizations with operations in India, North America, EMEA and APAC region.

She is a practiced Central Banking, Enterprise risk management professional with over 30 years of performance driven experience in leading activities, including establishing risk framework, policy and practices, developing & implementing country level regulatory frameworks in financial market settlement systems, government debt management and external investment and operations.

Core Team

Bharathi Goidani

Bharathi Goidani

Co founder, Art Therapist

An artist turned into the therapist. Art is her first love. She started as an artist and developed herself into an art therapist. She has conducted various art and therapy courses for women and children from a different stratum of society. Bharathi has a quest for knowledge and believes in continuous learning and updating herself with the latest trends in the art world. She is a teacher by heart and is currently working as a teacher at Symbiosis International School and is associated with KMM from 2001.

Taher bhai

Taher Chiniwala

Co founder, Industrialist

An excellent and very humble human being. He is the Managing Director at Chiniwalas. The Chiniwalas have been associated with the most prestigious buildings in India.
His staff and people who know him have very high respect towards him. Taher bhai is one of the most senior members of KMM and has been connected with KMM from 2001. It’s our pleasure to have him as a core team member.

Satish Joshi

Architect, Entrepreneur

Born and brought up in Solapur under influence of some really inspiring personalities, imbibing virtues of courage, givers attitude and humility in me. Lucky to get graduated as an architect from J. J. College, Mumbai, a premier institute then. Practicing in Pune since 1985. Could produce some good institutional, commercial and industrial buildings in and around Pune. Associated with Naren and this activity since 2008. For the simple reason that, I like to learn and grow, I like to be with positive people, it is always ” sangam sharanam gachchami”. In life, I believe, nothing is by coincidence.  Connecting with Life School also is not a coincidence for me. Contributing to this cause in Life School, I believe will make life complete.

Prashant Shah

Prashant Shah

Pillar, Architect, Founder of
R Cube

An architect and planner with over 25 years of experience, founder partner and Principal Architect of Group Phi Architects and Designers firm, Pune, India. Worked in India and overseas project mainly in Singapore, Indonesia, Wales UK. He has been honored with various international, national awards in the field of Architecture and Interior Design. Founder of Himmat foundation and the main force behind R Cube Charity Store involved in Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. He has been connected with KMM from 2001 and is also the chief coordinator for KMM for 2019. He enjoys imparting life skills sessions to the 10th std. students.

Jyoti Gosavi

Co founder

Jyoti aka Jo has graduated from the London School of Economics with a Masters Degree in NGOs and Development. Her experience is being put to good use in her amazing ability to understand a situation and act, keeping into consideration the highest good of all. She is meticulous in her planning and execution and it would be mild to call her Miss Dependable. She is a Pillar of Strength to thousands who look up to her for guidance. With panache, she is the Co founder at Keep Moving Movement. She also plays the role of Director at Life School and Director Marketing at Wow Parenting. A child psychologist who has conducted 500+ attitudinal development training programmes for children and youth. She is also a Public Speaking coach for individuals, teachers & volunteers.

Vikas Bhandari

Entrepreneur

An Entrepreneur, Founder at Vikas Bhandari & Associates, he started India’s largest car accessories store in Baner. Car Ax. It has covered working bays with pneumatic tools, detailing bay, sun control film bay, and various other car accessories. A very loving and pleasing personality. He has been connected with KMM from 2001. He was the chief coordinator for KMM in 2018.

Kanchan Dangre

Kanchan Dangre

Entrepreneur, Educationist

A dynamic and dedicated early years educationist, with over 12 years extensive experience in the field of Pre-school and childcare supporting children from the age of 1.5 months right up to 12. She is passionate about high quality early childhood education and work towards creating an environment where children look forward to learn every day. She also has a very intense desire to work with the community to support working parents by giving their children access to quality education and homely care. Kanchan is associated with KMM since last 9 years.

Rajendra Muchhal

Raj Muchhal

Entrepreneur

Managing Director at Shreeram Creations and Gopisons Creations and Clothing PVT Ltd. Raj says “Keep moving movement has helped me to understand my role as a human being. It has taught me to be courageous and has helped me to look towards life very positively”.

Amit-G-Varde

Amit G Varde

Runs a joined family business of Manufacturing & Trading of Speciality Chemicals & Allied Items used in the Printing Industry. His interests include military history and strategy.
He has been a part of KMM and enjoys working with the youth.

Ravindra Dangre

Ravindra Dangre

Founder of Coolex Airconditioning. He has been associated with Life School and Keep Moving Movement from last few years. Ravi says “KMM has developed me as a better human being, improved my public speaking skills and has made me a Contributor in all areas. KMM is an opportunity where kids learn to dream big and to live a better and greater life. I am blessed to be part of KMM”.

Milind Mehta

Milind Mehta

Milind, Co-founder of THe Sound Factor, is a true sound and music enthusiast and also a hardcore professional in the field of sound integration. His expertise in sound solutions spans over 20 years. Despite his young age he has set up various operations for professional sound in the entertainment and media business. Milind gets satisfied when he sees a twinkle in the eyes of students while conducting a KMM session.

Kuldeep Ruchandani

Kuldeep, A talented Company Secretary, and partner KPRC and Associates. Kuldeep has the ability to win you over with his warm and gracious demeanor. He impresses you with his willingness to listen and his composed enthusiasm, without over-reacting. Kuldeep communicates precisely what is on his mind. He brings tons of positive energy to people around him.

Harshad Doshi

Harshad Doshi

Owner of Hokar constructions dealing in Real Estate, Building, Contractors of freezing plant construction services, etc. He has been a part of KMM and enjoy’s conducting KMM sessions for students.

Pankaj Pipada

Pankaj Pipada

Pankaj has been associated with KMM for the past 14 years. Pankaj says” At every step of life, we see things which are not ok and need correction. Most of us comment and move on. KMM gave me this opportunity to do something to bring about the necessary changes by working on the roots (students) of the tree (Country) making it strong and healthy and ensure it gives long-lasting fruits and shade to everyone.PyaarSe……”.

Dr Neeraj Rayate

Dr. Neeraj Rayate

Dr. Neeraj is a Gastrointestinal Surgeon with expertise in laparoscopic and robotic surgery for gastrointestinal diseases and bariatric surgery. After completing his medical education in India, Dr. Rayate completed his advanced training as a fellow at the Department of G.I. & Oncosurgery, at the Athens Medical Center in Greece.Dr. Rayate has a special interest in robotic & laparoscopic GI & bariatric surgery. Dr. Rayate has conducted several live surgical workshops to demonstrate technically demanding procedures which were broadcast live to international audiences in the US, Italy, Turkey, and Singapore.