Introducing the PRAN Foundation Board of Mentors
Introducing the PRAN Foundation Board of Mentors
It is with deep gratitude and genuine pride that I announce the constitution of the PRAN Foundation Board of Mentors — a high-level advisory body comprising six distinguished professionals who have graciously agreed to lend their wisdom, experience, and credibility to our work.
When PRAN Foundation was registered in 2026, we set out with a clear conviction: that access to justice, legal literacy, and rights-based advocacy should not be the privilege of the few. We are a small team. We are young as an organisation. But we have never been short of purpose.
What we needed — and what this Board now provides — is the kind of institutional wisdom that cannot be built overnight. The kind that comes from decades of field work, courtroom battles, parliamentary experience, and policy negotiations at the highest levels. Our mentors bring exactly that.
Meet the Board
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Ms. Kathleen KonopkaFormer Legal Director — Global Health Advocacy Incubator, USA
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Mr. Suresh SinghAdvisor — VeK Policy Advisory & Research
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Dr. Shekhar SalkarPresident — National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) | Manipal Hospital, Goa
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Mr. Narender KumarFounder Director — Indraprastha Public Affairs Centre (IPAC) & Shivi Development Society, Delhi
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Ms. Gurinder KaurDevelopment Economist & Management Consultant
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Shri Ramjibhai MavaniFounder & Ex. MP — Rajkot Saher Jilla Grahak Suraksha Mandal, Rajkot
Together, this Board spans an extraordinary breadth of expertise — international public law, development economics, tobacco control and public health, civil society leadership, gender and development, consumer rights activism, and legislative experience at the national level. It is a Board that reflects the multidimensional nature of the work we do.
What This Means for PRAN
The Board of Mentors is not a ceremonial body. Each mentor has agreed to serve as a sounding board for our leadership on strategy, policy, and direction; to review select advocacy documents and petitions before submission; and to offer their counsel in high-stakes situations where integrity and experience must prevail over impulse.
More than anything, the willingness of these individuals to associate with PRAN Foundation — at this early stage of our journey — is itself a statement. It tells us, and those we serve, that what we are building is credible, purposeful, and worth investing in.
A Note on Personal Capacity: All mentors serve in their individual personal capacity. Their association with PRAN Foundation does not represent, imply, or constitute an endorsement by any institution, organisation, employer, or body with which they are, or have been, affiliated.
A Personal Note of Gratitude
I want to place on record my personal gratitude to each member of this Board. In my two decades of legal and development practice, I have learned that the most generous thing a senior professional can offer a younger organisation is not money — it is their time, their name, and their trust. Each of our mentors has offered all three.
To Kathleen, Suresh Ji, Dr. Salkar, Narender Ji, Gurinder Ji, and Shri Mavani Ji — PRAN Foundation will strive, every single day, to be worthy of the confidence you have placed in us. We do not take it lightly. We will not.
“Meet our mentors and learn about the advisory framework that guides PRAN Foundation.”
Visit the Board of Mentors PageAmarjeet Singh
Founder & Director, PRAN Foundation
Advocate | Supreme Court of India & Patiala House Courts
Chamber No. 536, Patiala House Court Complex, New Delhi
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