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Executive Directors

Nilima Sabharwal, MD, Chairperson: Dr Sabharwal is a practicing pathologist with a passion for social work. She strongly believes in a HIGHER POWER that uses each of us in different ways.

Anoop Judge Esq., President: Anoop has a passion for helping our kids and she uses her legal skills to insure that all processes are properly implemented and monitored.

Renu Sharma, TREASURER, PCO CEID: Portfolio manager with Key Bank and PCO for our first domestic project, CEID. Her greatest desire is to serve underprivileged or underrepresented communities wherever they may be.

Board of Directors

Nalini Bhat, PCO MWS and BCG: Nalini’s heart has always been in social work. She feels that HOH has given her the opportunity to embark on this journey.

Neelam Bhavnani, PCO Udayan Care: Through Home of Hope Neelam is vested in philanthropic funding. Her goal is to aid in the restoration of the ’Rhythm of Life’ in orphaned and destitute children.

Rekha Gupta, PCO SUPPORT: Rekha has a strong desire to help abused girls. Our children must not be forced to live their lives in fear. My heart goes out to victims of child abuse. I just want to help them.

Shilpi Minocha, PCO Manovikas: Shilpi believes that her purpose in life is to help bring change into the lives of needy children. She wants to help make the world a better place for them to live and thrive in.

Rajesh Relan, Chairperson Outreach: His deep desire to work for the unprivileged has lead him to help HOH as well as many other non-profit charity organizations. He is Art/Web Director for a National Health Publication. In his free time he likes to paint.

Board of Advisors

Anil Lal: His main goal is to use prior experience to insure that HOH becomes an ongoing institution. One that is free from the binds of individual personalities. Our kids must surely benefit.

Dolly Dham: Initially Dolly was an HOH donor. She became impressed with the integrity and dedication of the volunteers, and decided to become actively involved. She is a key advisor to our board and helps us resolve policy issues.

Vikram Dutt: Vikram is a senior corporate executive and renowned writer. In an honorary capacity, he serves as program advisor and management consultant to our board.

Fundraising Committee

Rennu Dhillon: She is a woman of many talents and a community activist. She has a natural passion for helping kids. Home of Hope is very fortunate to have her as a volunteer.

Vikas Singh: PCO for PVM Charitable Trust and a renowned Bay Area singer. In spite of his high stress job, Vikas takes time out to make sure that our kids are receiving quality services.

Outreach Committee

Anju Bhatia: An accomplished bay area real estate professional, Anju is responsible for production of our HOH newsletter. She is dedicated to do whatever is necessary to help HOH serve more kids.

Ravi Subramanium: A quiet, no nonsense volunteer who assists our board in matters related to communications and newsletters.

Iqbal Gill: Volunteers with Home of Hope to make a difference in the lives of children. Home of Hope feels like and conducts itself as a grassroots charity which allows it to accomplish tangible and real results in changing the lives of needy children.

Parth Relan: Parth is a senior at Palo Alto High School. He joined Home of Hope after an inspiration that every little contribution can impact. He cochairs the web committee.

Projects Committee

Isaac Abid: He has an MBA from Columbia University and a passion to help provide children a fair chance to succeed in life. Isaac is PCO of Chayadevi and a part of HOH since 2003.

Harinder Kohli: Graduate of IIT Delhi and presently Senior VP at RBC Wealth Management. As PCO of Pingalwara project, he wishes to become an enabler for positive change for our HOH Kids.

Vidya Rangachari: PCO of Children’s Home Of Hope – Chennai. Vidya is very passionate about her desire to help ensure a better future for all of our HOH children.

Sanjeev Singh: PCO of Atmashree. His personal goal is to help as many children as possible. Through Home of Hope he hopes to repay some of the kindness and love that has been blessed with.

Ram Tulasi: Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft and PCO of Vanasthali Rural Development Project. In addition, Ram helps HOH maintain our web site.

Youth Committee

Sonia Sabharwal, Youth Leader: Sonia Sabharwal is considered to be the "unofficial" co-founder of Home of Hope, Inc. She was the first Youth Leader and was her mother's "right hand person" throughout the birth of the organization. During HOH's early years, she helped to arrange charity events, performed classical Indian dance at fundraisers, visited the orphanages annually, and raised funds through a high school club. She also wrote articles about the cause in local newspapers and recruited other youth to join. During her undergraduate years at Cornell University, she continued to be heavily involved and visited the orphanages annually. In medical school at UC San Diego, she has continued to spread the awareness of and raise funds for the cause by constructing power-point presentations, recruiting other youth, and helping with fundraisers. Her involvement in the mental health program at Udhayan Ghar in New Delhi has been a major inspiration in her choice of a specialty in Psychiatry.

Shiv Sabharwal, Youth Leader: I was just ten years old when Home of Hope began. I was the little errand boy at my mothers first fundraiser back in 1997. I would do the simplest things such as carrying supplies or blowing up balloons. Home of Hope has always sparked an awareness in me about how priveleged I am and how important it is to help those less fortunate. Even if not helping HOH directly, this cause has inspired me to minor things such as buying a cheeseburger for a homeless man outside of McDonalds or feeding people outside of the Samaritan House. In 2000, I went and visited Childrens Home of Hope in Chennai for the first time and was touched by how children who had nearly nothing were laughing and having a good time. I was also amazed at how powerful the dollar can go in India. With just two fundraisers, there was already a medical clinic in Childrens Home of Hope and the previously unsanitary bathrooms had been completely remodeled. The children now had a clean healthy environment to learn and thrive. Besides sparking an awareness, this cause has also helped me in my academic career. I really felt that I was just a mediocre student going in for the combined BS/MD interviews back in 2005. However, at every interview, I brought an HOH brochure and amazed every professor. Therefore, this cause has not only shaped my values but my future as well. Throughout the years, I have donated graduation parties to HOH and just this year back in December, I spread the HOH awareness at my medical school. We donated our Diwali show to HOH and I gave a short speech and showed an HOH video. This cause is an integral part of my life and I will continue to spread the awareness and be a mentor for members of the youth chapter.