Administration
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Sangath is a NGO registered under the Societies Act of 1860. Under this Act, two organizational structures are mandated to govern an NGO.
General Body
The General Body (GB) is the supreme authority to decide on laws of governance and policies of Sangath. The GB has 22 members. The General Body elects the 7 members of the Managing Committee of the Society every 2 years. Important decisions are taken based on majority voting during the routine annual GB meeting.
General Body Members : Gracy Andrew, Teddy Andrews, Percy Cardozo, Achira Chatterjee, Dr. Sudipto Chatterjee, Dr. Neerja Chowdhary, Dr. Nishta Desai, Dr. Amit Dias, Dr. Gauri Divan, Mr. Vishram Gupte, Dr. Sheela Gupte, Kalpana Joshi, Prachi Khandeparkar, Smita Naik, Prof. Prasad Nevrekar, Dr. Pradeep Padwal, Prof. Vikram Patel, Dr. S. Ramaswamy, Nazneen Sarosh Rebello, Dr. Mrinalini Sahasrabhojanee, Prashanti Talpankar, Ashwin Tombat.
Managing Committee
The final responsibility of execution of all projects, financial accountability and overall management of the institution rests with the Managing Committee. When time permits (as all the members are volunteers), the MC also has a role to guide policy and sustainability issues. The MC also nominates new members to be invited to join the GB. The committee meets every month.
Managing Committee Members :
Chairperson : Vishram Gupte
Vice Chairperson : Nazneen Sarosh Rebelo
Treasurer : Dr. Amit Dias
Secretary : Gracy Andrew
Jt. Secretary : Dr. Mrinalini Sahasrabhojanee
Member : Prof. Vikram Patel
Member : Ashwin Tombat