President and CEO, Elegant Development Inc.
CHARTER MEMBERS
Find out more about our charter members and the positions they hold. Our charter membership is by invitation only to high profile Indo-Canadians and others who are committed to CIF.
Sachin Mahajan

Member of the Board, Canada India Foundation
Managing Director, Mergers and Acquisitions, Canaccord Genuity
Pankaj Dave

Member of the Board, Canada India Foundation
Founder and CEO, Manas Metals Inc
Sandeep Lal

Member of the Board, Canada India Foundation
President, Metro Label
Member of the Board , Bridgepoint Hospital
Member of the Board, Trillium Health Care Products Inc.
Member of the Advisory Board, Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce
Laj Prasher

Member of the Board, Canada India Foundation
Founding Member of the Board, Canada India Centre for Excellence, Ottawa
Life Member, Indo-Canada Ottawa Business Chamber
Past Director, Canada India Business Council
President & CEO, Tortel Communications, Inc.
President & CEO, Citel Technologies Inc.- "The VOIP Migration Company"
Private Venture Capitalist, ISP,VOIP Telephony and Telecom Solution provider
Anita Dalakoti

Member of the Board, Canada India Foundation
Senior Advisor, Sun Life Financial
Member, Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)
Member of the Board, Ethno Business Council
Member of the Board, Rotary Club of Vancouver-Fraserview
Vikram Khurana

Regional Convenor (East), Canada India Foundation
Founder & CEO, Prudential Consulting Inc.Founded, Leading Systems Consultants
Founder, Prudential Chem Inc.
Board Member, Asia Pacific Foundation
Honorary Board Member, Mt. Sinai Hospital Foundation
Member of the Advisory Board, Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce
Amrik Sangha

OWNER, Coast Building Supplies Inc.
OWNER, Global Agricultural Transloading Inc.
Dr. Terry Papneja
Founder, Dr. Papneja & Associates
Founder, AIM for SEVA (Canadian Chapter)
Sudhir Handa
Founder & CEO, Pro Flange Limited
CFO & Director, Antex Designs Inc.
Major Investor, Hotels & Commercial Real Estate
Ajit Someshwar
Founder & CEO, CSI Group of Companies
Chairman & CEO, Bates Management Consulting Inc.
President & CEO, Antex Designs Inc.
Director, Export Development Canada (EDC)
Director, Iter 8 Inc.
Former National Convenor, Canada India Foundation (2007-2009)
Anil Shah

Founder & CEO, Ni-met Metals and Minerals Inc.
Founder & CEO, Ni-met Home & garden Products Inc.
Board Member, The Trillium Hospital group
Chair, India House Project, Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce
Barj S. Dhahan

Chair, Canada India Foundation
President, Sandhurst Holdings Ltd.
Co-Founder and Director, Canada-India Educational Society
Member, Simon Fraser University – India Advisory Council, British Columbia
Advisor, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences - International Committee, Punjab, India
Dr. Atul Tolia
MD, DABR, FRCP(C)
Secretary to the Board, Canada India Foundation
Consultant Diagnostic Radiologist
Board Member, World Literacy of Canada
Dr. V.I. "Lucky" Lakshmanan

Vice-Chairman & CEO, Process Research ORTECH
Member of the Board, Sringeri Vidya Bharathi Foundation
Manoj Pundit
Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Securities and M&A Lawyer
Director, Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD)
Rahul Shastri
National Convenor, Canada India Foundation
Senior Partner, Kagan Shastri LLP
Ramesh Chotai
Immediate Past-Chair, Canada India Foundation
President, Bromed Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Member of Board, Small business Agency of Ontario (SBAO)
Advisory Board member, Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce
Ravi Subramanian
Founder & Chairman, Silverline Technologies, Ltd
President, Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation
Sarup Mann
Regional Convenor, West, Canada India Foundation
President, Ansatel Communications Inc.
Vasdev (Vasu) Chanchlani
Co-founder & CFO, Sigma Group of companies
President, VC Capital Management
Founding Director, Canadian Fallen Soldiers Foundation
Aditya Jha
Immediate Past-National Convenor, Canada India Foundation
Co-Founder, Osellus Inc.& Osellus Asia Pacific Co. Ltd
Chairman, POA Educational Foundation
Chair, UNICEF Canada India HIV/AIDS Campaign
Board Member, First Nations Financial Management Board
Board Member, Ontario Investment & Trade Advisory Council
Bhupinder Khalsa
Founder & CEO, Ranee Impex
Pioneer in introducing Indian Marble and Granites into North-America and Europe


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