Mr. N.K. Dhand graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, USA in 1965 and returned to India in 1967.

In 1973 he founded Micromatic Grinding Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (MGT), Ghaziabad & Bangalore & is presently its Executive Chairman www.micromaticgrinding.com. He is also a founding member of Micromatic Machine Tools Pvt. Ltd.-MMT in 1980. MMT is the largest Machine Tools marketing organisation in India, being the sole sales & after sales arm of Ace Micromatic Group of companies www.acemicromatic.net . He is also a Director of TMI- Toyoda Micromatic Machinery India Pvt. Ltd., established in 2008 as a JV between MGT & JTEKT Japan. Besides, he has served as President IMTMA (Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association) & President of GMA (Ghaziabad Management Association) in the past.

Currently he is also the Chairman of Gram Niyojan Kendra www.gramniyojan.org , an NGO established in Ghaziabad since 1977.

Sh. Satish Kumar known as Satish Girija, is an engineering-graduate and founder member of Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra- a very renowned voluntary organization of Jharkhand and Bihar. He follows Gandhian ideology in his day to day life.

He has five decades of rich experience in the implementation of rural development programs through NBJK. He is associated with various organisations. He has been in the committees of the Planning Commission, National Commission for Women, CAPART under aegis of MORD, Clinical Establishment Jharkhand State Council, PC & PNDT State Supervisory Committee, RINPAS Management Committee etc.

Before setting up Gram Niyojan Kendra, Dr. Mukherjee worked as a research associate with Gandhi Peace Foundation a leading national level Gandhian organisation. Since 1977, Dr. Mukherjee has committed herself fully to the growth and development of Gram Niyojan Kendra. As Secretary-cum-Executive Director she has been responsible for planning and implementation of all activities at the Kendra. Dr. Mukherjee has been the lead researcher on all research studies on Trafficking of Women and girls, undertaken by GNK.

She has served as a Member of the State Social Welfare Advisory Board, Government of Uttar Pradesh and was felicitated as the “Woman Social Worker” in 2002 by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Mukherjee completed her PHD in Social Work from Jamia Milia Islamia and did her MSW from Delhi School of Social Work.

Dr. Madhuri has worked in leadership roles across diverse organisations. Currently working as an independent consultant, she has earlier worked as Executive Director with IWWAGE, evidence to policy initiative focusing on women's economic empowerment. Prior to joining IWWAGE, she was the Country Representative of UW International Training and Education Centre for Health, an affiliated partner of University of Washington, Seattle US. Madhuri has worked with organisations such as Room to Read Asia Regional Office, Oxfam, Child Fund and Save the Children, in various capacities at both national and regional level.

Dr. Madhuri is also serving on the board and advisory committee of various organisations, such as UW International Training and Education Centre for Health Private Ltd, CFARHS Foundation and Landesa Foundations for Innovations in Development.

Dr. Madhuri has a doctorate in Development Communication from Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia.

Mrs. Kulwant Kaur joined Gram Niyojan Kendra in 1983 as an Instructor of a vocational training centre for women, specialising in stitching and tailoring. Mrs. Kulwant Kaur expanded the vocational training programme and set up the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development at the Kendra. This centre trains girls and women from rural areas and urban slums in various vocational skills and helps them to earn a living through these skills. Till date, Kulwant Kaur ji has directly trained nearly 22000 girls and women in various vocations. All vocational initiatives undertaken by the Kendra have been under the leadership of Kulwant Kaur ji.

Mrs. Kulwant Kaur did her Masters in Political Science from Meerut University.