Board of Trustees

Ashoke Chatterjee served as Executive Director, Senior Faculty, Distinguished Fellow and Professor of Communication and Management at the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad.

He has a background in the engineering industry, international civil service, tourism development and has served on a range of development institutions in India and overseas, particularly in the sectors of drinking water, sanitation, disability, livelihoods and education in different parts of the country.

Nandita Palchoudhuri is a social entrepreneur curating and consulting internationally, in the field of Indian folk art, craft, and performance practices. She has been a member of the Ford Foundation, an International Initiative for Social Philanthropy, and is a trustee of several other national trusts and foundations in the field of arts and culture. She is a Clore-Chevening Scholar in Cultural Leadership, UK.

Nandita is trained in Indian classical vocal music under Padma Vibhushan Girija Devi.

Aparna Sinha has been associated with IFA since its very beginning in the early 1990s and served as a Trustee for 10 years. She has a BA and MPhil from London University and completed a course in museology. After working in the fields of advertising, branding, and marketing, she took up the role of a market researcher in India and abroad for 20 years and continues to take up freelance assignments even today.