Anovshka studied Political Science at St. Xaviers College Mumbai post which she started her career in advertising and digital marketing working on some of India’s best loved consumer brands. Early in her career, she was diagnosed with clinical depression. Post recovery, she decided to use her time and talents to help others in need. Her role as the Digital Lead for the foundation helps her contribute to breaking stereotypes and stigmas related to mental health in the real and virtual world. Forever an optimist, her other passions are food and furry friends.

Brian crafts communications strategy and manages media outreach at the foundation. He has a masters degree in mass communication and is a big believer in the power of collaboration and in being a ‘student for life.’ He enjoys working closely with founders, leaders and high-performance teams to deliver great results. When he is not working, Brian loves spending time with his wife, Karen, a music teacher, and their pre-teen kids, Lauren and Stefan. He also enjoys long-distance running and music, and has used both these passions to support fund-raising efforts for a variety of causes over two decades.

Natasha leads the schools program and the rural mental health project at the foundation. She is a certified counselling psychologist with a keen interest in adolescent mental health. She is inspired by the resilience she sees in survivors everyday. She is secretly petitioning for the foundation to adopt a dog. She has terrible taste in music and avidly listens to 90’s pop, loves quirky stationery and has far too many post-it notes than she knows what to do with.

A passionate development sector professional with over twelve years of experience, Neeti Poorswani has always worked towards creating on-the-ground change. Since graduating with a Masters in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Neeti has championed a number of causes - from helping young students aspiring to greatness to partnering with Fortune 50 organisations to become more inclusive. Currently, Neeti supports setting up of programs that successfully challenge harmful stereotypes while advocating for mental health wellness in India. When she’s not battling Bangalore traffic, Neeti enjoys reading the latest in crime fiction, baking and hanging out with her (mostly) adorable son.

Ashni has a post graduate degree in Marketing Communications and she has worked in a few start-ups since 2014, each of them in the lifestyle product sector. While she enjoyed the creative freedom given to her in that environment, she also felt like she needed to do something more meaningful with her time. After observing many people around her suffer from depression, and going through a bout herself, she realized just how reluctant people are to get help. She likes to call herself a pessimist because “you’re always right or you’re pleasantly surprised.”

She loves reading fantasy fiction, collecting stationary she never uses, bursting into song, and quoting Game of Thrones in irrelevant situations.

Arul Benedict has an ITI background. He is part of the Admin team at foundation to support the needful things at the right time. He has eighteen years of experience in the Indian Army and worked with different people. He also worked for Bat Wings Learning Center in Bangalore. Carries out the tasks given to him with upmost care and in the shortest period of time. He is kind, very helpful and always willing to assist people when needed.

Arul enjoys doing Art & craft and is also a good sportsman. 

Rachit is a trained public health professional from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA. Although his bachelor is in dentistry, he always has an aspiration to study and work in the public health arena. He did clinical practice before inflowing the world of public health and explore his interests in research, health promotion, advocacy. He strongly believes there is a huge gap in addressing mental health issues in India and he wants to syndicate his interest and skillsets to create a difference in the mental health ecosystem. With experience in public health and working with international donors, he has identified his key strengths in research, program management, and networking.

He is a father of two beautiful girls Arshia and Sharaya and loves to spend time with them over the weekend. He has an interest in reading, cooking, and fond of listening to music of all kinds.

I’m a Bangalorean. I have a Degree and Secretarial Diploma holder.I worked as a Team Leader and Sr. Secretary in different Organizations and have an experience of over 15+ years in the Admin department. A team player and always love to help, encourage and bring smile on peoples face. Have two beautiful daughters. Enjoy listening to Christian spiritual songs, sewing and sometimes knitting. I am very excited to be part of TLLLF and their endeavour

Holds a National Apprentice Certificate (NAC) as a Painter from Ministry of Skill India. He is able to adapt and handle multiple tasks. He has a creative approach to solving problems. He is very ambitious, and energetic to learn new skills. He’s a Golf Caddie and in his free time loves to make stencils.