Mrs. Ketaki V. Sheth is an award-winning international photographer whose works reside in many museums around the world. She is also the managing trustee of the Vasant J Sheth Memorial Foundation which focusses on maritime history, education and health. (www.vasantshethFoundation.org) She lives and works in Mumbai.

Mr. Nadir B. Godrej is the Chairman and Managing Director of Godrej Industries Ltd. Mr. Godrej is also the Chairman of Godrej Agrovet Ltd. He holds a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has been a Director of several Godrej companies since 1977 and has developed the animal feed, agricultural inputs and chemicals businesses of Godrej Industries and other associate companies, and has been very active in research.

Mr. Godrej’s outside commitments include: President of Alliance Française de Bombay, and CII National Council, Member. He is also a member of the South Asia Research Centre Advisory Board of Harvard Business School and is associated with MIT Alumni Association of India, and Stanford University. Mr. Godrej is also a member on the Schulich India Advisory Council.

Mr. Godrej has been awarded Chevalier de Legion d'Honneur and Life Time Achievement Award from: Globoil, OTAI – Oil Technology Association of India, Chemexcil , AILBIEA - The All India Liquid Bulk Importers and Exporters Association and also Chemtech CEW Leadership and Excellence Award. He also received the Porter Prize 2013 for Creating Shared Value awarded to Godrej Industries Ltd.

Mr. Godrej is deeply committed to the GOOD and GREEN strategies and achievement of set targets for the Godrej Group. He encourages and supports a shared vision value for all programs of Good and Green.

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Science, linguistics, swimming and poetry; author of "Life and Other Poems" & “Nadir Godrej The Poet”, a collection of English and French poems

Mr. Vijay K. Sheth has been the Founder Trustee since the FMR’s inception in 1975. Vijay completed his masters from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila (Philippines) in 1981 and received the Triple-A (Academic Achievement Award) from the Institute in 1993. At present his new venture Great United Energy Pvt Ltd. is operating a platform supply Vessel on a long-term charter with ONGC.

Vijay is the son of Dr. Kantilal J. Sheth who started the Worli General Hospital a 60 bed hospital predominantly for the poor in 1954. It was after his death, that the hospital was converted into a research centre the FMR. The building has been named in his memory.

Vijay completed his Schooling from Cathedral & John Connon in 1970. On completion of his graduation from Sydenham College in 1975, he went for a year to Oslo to train in various aspects of Shipping and Offshore.

Vijay was associated with his family business at Great Estern Shipping Company for over 3 decades. He has focused on the offshore side which grew multifold under him. He pioneered the development of the Oil Field Services and opened up opportunities for national ownership of Rigs, Offshore Support Vessels, Construction Barges and Harbour Tugs.

Dr. Nerges Mistry is the Director and Trustee of The Foundation for Medical Research, Mumbai and The Foundation for Research in Community Health, Pune. A microbiologist and immunologist by training from the University of Mumbai and The University of Birmingham, U.K, Dr. Mistry’s work encompasses infectious diseases with a recent focus on the molecular epidemiology of multidrug resistance tuberculosis and the mechanisms of acquisition of rapid drug resistance in tuberculosis and its public health implications.

Her recent work in Mumbai based on her basic findings impinge on establishment of infection control measures and the examination of linkages between TB diabetes and air pollution in Mumbai’s slums. Dr. Mistry is also currently engaged in a Gates Foundation sponsored study on Pathways to Care of TB patients in Mumbai and Patna which will serve as a pointer for intervention approaches with private providers. She is a member of the Mumbai Alliance against tuberculosis and has participated in a number of advocacy measures in the recent past.

In the field of community medicine, Dr. Mistry has had experience in the development of a community based health care system and intervention research in the management of drinking water in rural communities. A recent undertaking is the correlation of water quality and climate change in rural communities from drought prone areas. She has had considerable experience in development and evaluation of community based health care systems in rural areas particularly in the field of diabetes and NCDs and is a strong votary for a career path for primary care workers and the induction of quality care in public health system in rural areas. The FRCH along with NICE International UK is currently examining guidelines for safe maternity management and perspectives of their use in 5 Indian states.

Dr. Mistry has over 103 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has been a principal investigator of over 42 major projects. Her recent projects reflect a combination of biosocial approach to problems. Dr. Mistry was awarded the Heiser Fellowship from the USA for her postdoctoral research work which she undertook at the University of Oslo in 1984-1986. Dr. Mistry has held advisory positions in the University of Mumbai and academic institutes in Mumbai like Cancer Research Institute (CRI) and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). She is a guide for post-graduate degrees in Applied Biology from the University of Mumbai and has guided 11 post-graduate and doctoral research students. She is also a member of the ASHA Mentoring Group of the National Rural Health Mission ever since its inception and has been on the Advisory Group for Community Processes and Traditional Medicine for the 11th and 12th Five Year Plan, Govt. of India. . She also serves as an Expert on the Global Coalition Against Tuberculosis (GCAT) and is an Advisor to the TB PPM Learning Network and was also a member of the National Technical Expert Group on Diagnosis of TB under NTEP.