Registration

Chaitanya is a not for profit trust registered under the Bombay public trust act 1950. The receipts of Chaitanya comprise of grants from funding agencies as well as earned income from the training services offered to NGOs, government officials and others.

Individual contributions to Chaitanya are exempt from Income Tax under Section 80G; No. Pn. T/CIT-V/80G/49/58/2002-2003/33109.

Registered under
Date of registration
Place of registration  
Registration number
Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950  August 25, 1993
 Pune  E – 1775
Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 1976  June 18, 1998
 New Delhi
 083930288

Our team

Our team comprises of :

  • Board of Trustees, and Advisor
  • Interns,  Fellows and Volunteers
  • Staff
  • WTRC Advisory Committee
We are 86 staff members varying in age,  education, professional experience and social background. Our educational background ranges from less than tenth standard, to post graduate degrees in Business Administration, Computer Applications, Philosophy and Social Work, to doctoral degree in Social Work. Fifty eight percent of our staff are women.

Adding the rest of our team, not only increases the above mentioned variance, but also adds in factors such as varying nationalities.

We believe that this blend of wisdom coupled with education provides us the versatility which helps us in understanding myriad problems and coming up with sensitive approaches to facilitate self help.

Board of Trustees
  • Dr. Sudha Kothari
  • Surekha Shrotriya
  • Dr. S V Gore
  • Dr. Ram Katariya
  • Vijaykumar Bhansali
  • Harish Vora
  • Dr. S Vijayanand
  • Girija Srinivasan
  • Kalpana Pant
Ramesh Deshpande, Honorary Advisor

WTRC Advisory Committee
  • Prof. Anjali Maydeo
  • Dr. Kavita Salunke
  • Dr. Pradeep Wagh
  • Prof. V M Kulkarni
  • Vijay Athavale