Team Members
Our team is a passionate group of mental health professionals, volunteers, Connecting Trust team members and organizers committed to creating a meaningful and inclusive space for dialogue, learning and collective action.
Conference Organizing Committee:
Sandy Dias Andrade
Curator
Psychotherapist, Co-Managing Trustee –
Connecting Trust
Suhasini Lele
Lead – Speaker Engagement Committee
Counselor, Volunteer – Connecting Trust
Amina Ajaney
Lead – Logistics Committee
Advisory Board Member – Connecting Trust
Viren Rajput
Lead – Logistics Committee
Advisory Board Member – Connecting Trust Founder – Samatol
Pranita M.
Lead – Registrations & Outreach Committee
CEO – Connecting Trust
Simoni Binoy
Lead – Registrations & Outreach Committee
Program Manager – Connecting Trust
Adithy
Lead – Scientific Committee
Counseling Psychologist
Amira Peter
Lead – Documentation Committee
Volunteer – Connecting Trust
Gaayatri Damle
Media
Volunteer – Connecting Trust
Arnavaz Damania
Sponsorships & Partnerships
Founder & Managing Trustee – Connecting Trust
Speaker Engagement Committee:
Suhasini Lele
Counselor, Volunteer – Connecting Trust
Varsha Ramesh
Volunteer – Connecting Trust
Priyanka Khandelwal
Volunteer – Connecting Trust Psychological Counselor
Logistics Committee:
Amina Ajaney
Advisory Board Member – Connecting Trust
Viren Rajput
Advisory Board Member – Connecting Trust
Varun Varma
Volunteer – Connecting Trust
Corporate Professional
Deepali Virmalwar
Volunteer – Connecting Trust
Simultaneous Interpreter,Event Strategist, Social Enabler
Vikram Pawar
Coordinator (Distress Helpline) – Connecting Trust
Registrations & Outreach Committee:
Pranita M
CEO – Connecting Trust
Simoni Binoy
Program Manager – Connecting Trust
Prajakta Pandhare
Coordinator – Social Media, Connecting Trust
Renuka Salvi
Volunteer – Connecting Trust
Varsha Ramesh
Volunteer – Connecting Trust
Aarzoo
Volunteer – Connecting Trust
Charul Hastak
Volunteer – Connecting Trust
Media Committee:
Gaayatri Damle
Volunteer – Connecting Trust
Simoni Binoy
Program Manager – Connecting Trust
Prajakta Pandhare
Coordinator – Social Media, Connecting Trust
Sheneille Patil
Website Designer
Documentation Committee:
Amira Peter
Volunteer – Connecting Trust
Prajakta Pandhare
Coordinator – Social Media, Connecting Trust
Scientific Committee:
Dr Adithy
Counseling Psychologist
Dr Sadhana Natu
Professor & head, Department of Psychology,
Modern College, Ganeshkhind, Pune
Academician, Researcher, Psychotherapist,
Advisor to NGOs, Corporates and External
Expert on POSH Committees, Grassroots to
global, multi-sector work.
Dr Jaya Rajagopalan
Academician, Researcher & HOD – Department of
Psychology, St. Mira’s College for Girls, Pune
Dr Megha Deuskar
Academician, Researcher, Assistant Professor – Fergusson College, Pune