Board Of Trustees

Mr. Pradip Burman, Chairman
An alumnus of the world-renowned MIT(Mechanical Engineering). Mr. Burman is the creator of the Trust. Mr. Burman has held several positions in Dabur India before joining the Board of Dabur in 1985. He is currently the Chairman of Dabur Nepal Pvt. Limited (a subsidiary of Dabur India Ltd.) and also serves as a promoter director on the Board of Aviva Life Insurance Co. Ltd with many awards and honors in his name. He is also the Chairman of Ayurvet Limited and Mobius Foundation and has a passionate interest in social work and creative arts.
Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Trustee
Dr Dhawan is Director of TERI. For more than three decades she has been actively involved in tree tissue culture and has developed the technique of in-vitro nodulation for the leguminous tree and has been instrumental in setting up of the modern tissue culture laboratory at the institute. She has a number of awards to her credit in cluding: AIBA award in the category of Individual Scientist for the year 1998; Kamal Kumari Foundation award for Science and technology for the year 1998; First Biotech Product & Process Development and Commercialization Award of the Department of Biotechnology for the year 2000.
Prof. A C Varshney, Trustee
Prof. A C Varshney retired as Vice Chancellor, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwa Vidyalaya evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan, Mathura (U.P.) in March 2016. Prior to that he held the position of Dean, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, CAU, Aizawl, Mizoram and Dean, College of Veterinary and Animal Science, CSKHPKV, Palampur. Dr Varshney has a brilliant academic record as a student as well as a teacher and scientist and published 13 postgraduate theses and 160 research articles.
Prof. Arvind Kumar, Trustee
Padma Shri Awardee Prof. Arvind Kumar is a renowned Agronomist and the founding Vice-Chancellor of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University (RLBCAU), Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, recognized for his contributions in the domain of agricultural research. He also served as Deputy Director General (Agriculture Education) of ICAR, New Delhi, Director, ICAR - DRMR, Bharatpur and Joint Director (Extension) in G.B. Pant University of Agriculture &Tech., Pantnagar. He published around 160 research papers and 90 articles. He won around 22 awards which includes Padma Shri in 2023, UP Ratan in 2022, Honorary Fellow in 2021, Harit Ratan Award in 2016, President Award in 2009, 2012 and 2015, Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014, Delhi Ratan Award in 2012, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Puraskar in 1993 etc.