OUR TEAM

The people behind our mission.

Meet the professionals, social workers and community leaders contributing their knowledge, experience and commitment to the Pratishthan.

Shri Somnath Kashinath Bhandari

FOUNDER PRESIDENT

Shri Somnath Kashinath Bhandari

Founder President

Retired Tahsildar

Shri Somnath Kashinath Bhandari is the Founder President of Sadguru Shri Baba Maharaj Rugnaseva Pratishthan, Dhule. He served in the Government as a Tahsildar and retired from public service.

With a deep interest in spirituality, education and social awareness, he took the initiative to establish the organisation in 2008 under the inspiration of Sadguru Shri Baba Maharaj.

He has consistently supported the organisation's social activities through his personal pension and resources, with a focus on public welfare, awareness and humanitarian service.

Key Contributions

  • Founder and guiding leader of the organisation.
  • Established the organisation's work around Health, Education and Spirituality.
  • Promotes social and spiritual awareness.
  • Coordinates with senior citizens' associations and social organisations.
  • Provides sustained personal support for social initiatives.
Late Smt. Kumudini Somnath Bhandari

FOUNDER VICE-PRESIDENT

Late Smt. Kumudini Somnath Bhandari

Founder Vice-President

Late Smt. Kumudini Somnath Bhandari made significant contributions to the organisation, particularly in spiritual awareness, women's empowerment and social inclusion.

She used women's groups, Self-Help Groups, Ganesh festivals, Navratri celebrations and Bhajan Mandals as platforms for spiritual and social awareness.

She also contributed to spiritual awareness programmes through Akashvani, Jalgaon and linked spirituality with environmental conservation through tree plantation and tree conservation activities during Vat Pournima celebrations.

Key Contributions

  • Spiritual awareness and community mobilisation.
  • Women's empowerment and awareness of women's rights.
  • Support for widowed, deserted, illiterate and socially marginalised women.
  • Environmental awareness through tree plantation programmes.
  • Integration of education, spirituality and social service.
Dr. Prasad Bhandari

FOUNDER SECRETARY

Dr. Prasad Bhandari

Founder Secretary

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Dr. Prasad Bhandari is the Founder Secretary of Sadguru Shri Baba Maharaj Rugnaseva Pratishthan. He is an Orthopaedic Surgeon actively involved in healthcare, public awareness, youth development and social service.

He has conducted health camps and provided medical services in tribal and underserved areas of Dhule, Nandurbar and Thane.

He has delivered hundreds of public awareness lectures on student suicide prevention, farmers' suicide, prevention of female foeticide, adolescent health and HIV/AIDS.

445+ Approximate lectures on adolescent health and HIV/AIDS.

Key Contributions

  • Founder Secretary and programme leadership.
  • Health camps in tribal and underserved areas.
  • Student and farmers' suicide prevention awareness.
  • Awareness against female foeticide and illegal sex selection.
  • Youth workshops and annual HIV/AIDS Awareness Fortnight.
  • Promotion of moral and cultural values.
  • Stress management lectures for corporate employees.
Dr. Ashwini Prasad Bhandari

TREASURER

Dr. Ashwini Prasad Bhandari

Treasurer

MBBS Medical Professional

Dr. Ashwini Prasad Bhandari is the Treasurer of the organisation and an MBBS medical professional. Since 2003, she has been continuously involved in creating awareness about voluntary body donation.

She has delivered awareness lectures on body, blood, eye and organ donation before senior citizens' associations, social organisations and community platforms.

255 Body donation cases with coordination and assistance through her sustained efforts.

She also organises annual workshops on women's empowerment and awareness programmes for female students covering yoga, self-protection, women's rights and legal protection.

Key Contributions

  • Financial and administrative management.
  • Body donation awareness since 2003.
  • Body, blood, eye and organ donation awareness.
  • Women's empowerment workshops.
  • Yoga and self-protection awareness.
  • Awareness regarding women's rights and legal protection.
Mrs. Rashmi Prashant Kulkarni

VICE-PRESIDENT

Mrs. Rashmi Prashant Kulkarni

Vice-President

Software Engineer · Project Manager, TCS

Mrs. Rashmi Prashant Kulkarni is the Vice-President of the organisation. She is a Software Engineer and works as a Project Manager at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Thane.

Despite her professional responsibilities, she regularly participates in the activities of the Pratishthan.

She uses her corporate and professional experience to help organise awareness lectures and programmes on stress management and workplace well-being.

Key Contributions

  • Regular participation in organisation activities.
  • Coordination with private and corporate-sector organisations.
  • Organisation of stress management programmes.
  • Awareness regarding workplace stress and mental well-being.
  • Brings professional and project-management expertise to social initiatives.
Shri Prashant Kulkarni

TRUSTEE

Shri Prashant Kulkarni

Trustee

Mechanical Engineer · Project Manager, NRB Bearings

Shri Prashant Kulkarni is a Trustee of the organisation. He is a Mechanical Engineer and works as a Project Manager at NRB Bearings Limited in Mumbai.

Through the organisation, he provides annual educational support to students from tribal and socially disadvantaged areas.

He visits student hostels and contributes towards their educational needs by providing notebooks, school bags and other educational materials.

Key Contributions

  • Educational support for tribal and disadvantaged students.
  • Annual assistance to student hostels.
  • Distribution of notebooks, school bags and educational materials.
  • Encouragement and support for economically disadvantaged students.
Mrs. Pushpamala Takalkar

TRUSTEE

Mrs. Pushpamala Takalkar

Trustee

Spiritual Programme Coordinator

Mrs. Pushpamala Takalkar is a Trustee of the organisation and has been entrusted with an important responsibility for planning and organising its spiritual programmes.

She actively coordinates spiritual discourses, Bhajan programmes, Kirtan, religious events and cultural activities conducted through the organisation.

Key Contributions

  • Planning and organisation of spiritual programmes.
  • Coordination of discourses, Bhajans and Kirtan programmes.
  • Social awareness through religious and cultural activities.
  • Support for the expansion of spiritual initiatives.
Advocate Shri Deepak Joshi

TRUSTEE

Advocate Shri Deepak Joshi

Trustee

Senior Legal Professional

Advocate Shri Deepak Joshi is a senior legal professional from Dhule and a Trustee of the organisation.

He provides annual guidance to women during the organisation's women's empowerment workshops regarding laws, legal rights, protection mechanisms and available legal remedies.

He also provides legal guidance on the organisation's legal and court-related matters, statutory reports, compliance and procedures associated with the office of the Charity Commissioner.

Key Contributions

  • Annual legal guidance on women's rights and laws.
  • Participation in women's empowerment workshops.
  • Legal advice on organisational and court-related matters.
  • Guidance regarding statutory compliance and reporting.
  • Assistance in matters relating to the Charity Commissioner's office.
Shri Ganesh Puranik

TRUSTEE & PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINATOR

Shri Ganesh Puranik

Trustee & Public Relations Coordinator

Public Relations & Community Coordination

Shri Ganesh Puranik is based in Mumbai and is actively involved in public relations and community coordination.

Through the organisation, he has contributed significantly to organising public health awareness activities in slum communities and densely populated areas within the Mumbai metropolitan area.

Through his community contacts and coordination, several awareness lectures by Dr. Prasad Bhandari have been organised on national health programmes and other important public health issues.

Key Contributions

  • Public relations and community coordination in Mumbai.
  • Health awareness programmes in underserved urban communities.
  • Support for dissemination of information on national health programmes.
  • Expansion of lecture and awareness activities.
  • Helping the organisation reach underserved urban communities.
Dr. Soham Prasad Bhandari

DENTAL SURGEON

Dr. Soham Prasad Bhandari

Dental Surgeon

Oral Health & Community Dental Care

Dr. Soham Prasad Bhandari is a Dental Surgeon actively involved in promoting oral health awareness and preventive dental care among students and the community.

Through Sadguru Shri Baba Maharaj Rugnaseva Pratishthan, he participates in and organises dental health and awareness programmes in schools and colleges.

These programmes focus on proper oral hygiene, prevention of dental diseases, early diagnosis and treatment, oral cancer awareness and prevention of oral health-related complications.

24 Dental health camps through which dental examination, guidance and healthcare services were provided.

Key Contributions

  • Promoting oral health awareness among students.
  • Conducting dental health camps and oral health education.
  • Creating awareness about oral cancer and common dental diseases.
  • Providing dental services through health camps.
  • Supporting healthcare for poor, needy and underserved communities.
  • Supporting special health camps for vulnerable communities.

COLLECTIVE STRENGTH

Different expertise. One common mission.

The President, Vice-President, Founder Secretary, Treasurer and Trustees together contribute their respective professional expertise and social commitment towards the common mission of the organisation.

Health Education Women's Empowerment Youth Development Social Awareness Legal Guidance Community Support Corporate Well-being Spirituality Moral Values

Meet the people behind our mission.

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