The foundation operates with no paid employees or administrative overhead. As a result, 100% of all funds are directed to deserving projects and initiatives.

Sheela Murthy: Founder and President of the Murthy Law Firm, Sheela has dedicated her career to the practice of U.S. immigration law. Her firm works to help businesses in the United States bring the best and the brightest from abroad to strengthen their operations. An immigrant herself, Sheela has trained her team of nearly 100 staff members to approach their work with empathy for the foreign national. Sheela has served on the boards of numerous nonprofits, including the American Immigration Council, the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, and Stevenson University, and is active at the leadership level of the United Way of Central Maryland and United Way International. She has been recognized and honored for her philanthropic work in the United States and in India, and was named 2009 Philanthropist of the Year by United Way of Central Maryland at their annual Tocqueville Society Awards for her $1 million pledge, announced in 2008.

Vasant Nayak: Vasant earned his BA in anthropology and MA in photography. He taught photography and art in the U.S. and has exhibited is work internationally. Vasant currently works in marketing consulting. This is balanced with the work he does to help nonprofit and NGO partners promote their organizations through media, such as websites, books, films, and more. He is also a fine-arts photographer and has self-published several books of his work.  He is on the Board of Trustees of the Aperture Foundation in NYC. He is the founder of PhotoSouthAsia, a platform that supports photography in the region.