Managing Committee

Air Marshal (Retd) T. J. Master
Chairman


  • Served in the Indian Air Force from March 1963 - Dec 2002.
  • Pre Degree Science from Wadia College, Poona and St Xavier's College, Bombay
  • M Sc (Defence Studies) Madras University
  • Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India
  • Life Member of the Rotary Wiing Society of India
  • Corporate member of CII
  • Chairman Air Force Association (K) from 2003 - 2005
  • With CHBU since 2003.
  • Mission is to see through the Golden Jubilee Whitefield Project.
Modayil Philip
Vice-Chairman


Education qualifications:
  • B.A Hons Economics, St Stephens College Delhi;
  • MBA, C.E.I. Geneva
  •  Diploma in Human Resources, University of Western Ontario Canada.

Experience:

  • Dy. Managing Director Indian Aluminium Co .Ltd Calcutta.
  • Chairman, Indal Electronics, Nanjangud , Karnataka 
  • Chairman , Indal Exports
  • Chairman , Human Resource Committee ASSOCHAM
  • General Manager, Muna Noor, Muscat ,Oman

Rani Murthy
Hon.Secretary


House wife. Involved in social work. Life member of Cheshire Home from past 30 years. Served on various committees. Honorary Secretary from past eight years.Qualified counsellor. Member of the Board of Directors of Lioness club of Someshwarapura from past 30 years. 3 times served as club president. Chair person for sight conservation committee for past 18 years. Member of Adopted school committee. Member of Manasi club and served as president 5 times. Member of the 'Mithra Jyothi, a NGO.

Joseph Alexander
Hon.Treasurer

Education qualifications:

  • M.A.(History), St.Stephens College, Delhi.
  • PGDP (Foreign Trade), IIFT, Delhi

Experience:

Selected as member of the Tata Administrative Service and held senior positions in various companies of the Tata group. Retired as Vice-President. Joined Cheshire Homes as volunteer in 2009.

Air Vice Marshal R.K.Batha
Member


The Chinese aggression of 1962 was the motivation to join the Defence Services and got selected by both the Indian Army and the IAF while in the final year of Engineering. Joined IAF after Engineering in 1965 and served for 37 years retiring in August 2002. At retirement he held the designation of Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Signals (Air), at Air HQ in the rank of Air Vice Marshal. Joined Cheshire Home Bangalore in 2007 and served as Treasurer from Aug 2007 to Jan 2010.
Dr.M.Geetha Bai
Member


Educational Qualifications: B.Sc (Hons), MSc, Ph.D in the area of Zoology, in particular, Pest Management. Has served at the Vector Control Research Centre, Puducherry for 5 years and is working as Scientist at Karnataka State Sericulture Research & Development Institute, Bangalore. She is a life member and Managing Committee member since 2003.
L.N.Hegde
Member


  • An engineering graduate 1968 batch. Self employed Civil Engineer in rural area up to 1978. Established Architectural firm ‘M/s Hegde & Hegde’ at Bangalore in 1984. 
  • He was Secretary, SS High School, Bhairumbe, a rural area being alumni.
  • Was Secretary General, ACCE (India)- an all India consulting civil engineers institute.
  • Was Secretary INSTRUCT- A training institute for civil engineering fraternity.
  • President ‘Residents Welfare Association’ – Jagdishnagar, Bangalore-75
  • Director –BDA allottees co-op bank, Domlur.
  • Secretary, Golden Jubilee Committee, SS High School, Bhairumbe and responsible to construct a building worth Rs.100 lakhs.
  • Associated with ISKON Akshayapathra, SOS Village, Auro Vedha, Rama Chandra Mission
  • Involved with Cheshire Homes India for the past 20 years and he is now one of the Managing Committee Members.
Yasmin Master
Member


Worked for 28 years with a reputed Voluntary Organisation on implementing, supervising and managing a range of Rural Development project / programs in various parts of the country. Joined Cheshire Homes, Bangalore as a Volunteer in 2009 and is a member of the Managing Committee.
Bhuvaneshwari
Member


Graduated from Mount Carmel college.Worked in Dell International Services in Accounts and finance dept.as a group lead, for 5 years. Currently working for IBM, as Planning and Budgeting operation lead. Ex-resident of Cheshire Home, and joined as a managing committe member in 2004, after graduation.
Sumir J Hinduja
Member


Educational Background:
  • BA (Economics) from USA
  • M.Phil (Development  Studies)  UK

Work Experience:

  • Managing Director   of  Gokaldas Images Pvt. Ltd., an integrated apparel manufacturing, marketing and retail organization.
  • Director of  the GI Group's associate firm, Gokaldas Intimatewear Pvt. Ltd.,  which markets lingerie under the brand name Enamor.
  • Worked in the non-profit sector in the Right to Information movement and currently supports non-profit/philantrophic work in the areas of tertiary medical care, primary schooling and working with the physically challenged.
  • Life member of Cheshire Home since 2000 and a member of the Managing Committee.