Our Key People

The team that keeps us driving forward

Leena Joseph has been the driving force behind the Mid Day Meal program since 2002, serving as the National Director for the programme at the central government. Over two decades of experience in the development sector has helped her make Mana’s MDM scheme more child friendly. She has won numerous national honours and awards including the prestigious Ashoka Changemakers Award in the year 2010 and Best Social Enterprise Award from CNBC TV18 in 2011. Her efforts and impact in eliminating school hunger have even won Mana’s MDM program a place in the Limca book of world records.
Honble Sri Justice B. Prakash Rao holds a distinguished Legal career serving a number of positions including the post of President of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy, judge at the Andhra Pradesh High Court, Executive Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Legal Services Authority and more. His passion towards serving the underprivileged and his strong sense of social justice lead him to join the Board of Manna Trust as Trustee.
Rajesh Dhanda was born in the year 15.08.1963, having pursed his education and completed BE:MBA in Business Automobile Dealership and Ware housing, he is the proprietor of Kiran TVS The oldest dealer in Hyderabad, which was established in 1995 .He is respected for his business acumen and entrepreneurial spirit. His interest and hobbies, was a member of Round Table India its a community service. He also held a position as Managing Committee Member of The Secunderabad Club.
Abraham Abraham is the Director of H&K the design studio, Bangalore. With over a decade of experience in the field of architecture and interior design, his practice revolves around the idea of people centric architecture. He has trained under eminent architects like Ar. K.T. Ravindran and worked on projects like the redesign of the inner circle at Connaught Place, Delhi. He is a member of the Council of Architecture and is also a consultant architect for Mana Projects Pvt. Ltd.

Our Corporate Sponsors

Vedanta

Vedanta Limited is committed to conduct its business in a socially responsible, ethical and environmentally friendly manner and is continuously working towards improving quality of life of the communities in its operational areas. As part of their CSR initiative Vedanta has been partnered with Manna Trust since 2015. They have sponsored our MDM program in economically backward areas such as Lanjigarh and Berhampur in Odisha.

Western Digital

Western Digital believes strongly in giving back and responding to the needs of the globally underprivileged communities. As part of their Philanthropic and CSR efforts they have joined hands with Manna Trust and have been funding our MDM program at Keonjhar District, Odisha since 2017.