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Issue No. 2 May 2026
Vol. I
UPAD TIMES
Voices from the Heart of Uttar Pradesh

UPAD LEADERSHIP HISTORY

Celebrating 31 years of dedicated service — Board of Trustees and Executive Committee leaders who have guided our community from 1996 to 2026.

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2026

31st Year • Current Leadership
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Anand Sinha
Board #1
Rajeev Singhal
Board #2
Vivek Sabharwal
Board #3
Babita Goyal
Board #4
Adarsh Suneja
Board #5
Meenu Sharma
Executive Committee
President
Sunila Kumar
Vice President
Kum Kum Khare
Treasurer
Ekta Mathur
Secretary
Ritika Salecha

2025

30th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Anand Sinha
Board #1
Rajeev Singhal
Board #2
Vivek Sabharwal
Board #3
Babita Goyal
Board #4
Adarsh Suneja
Board #5
Meenu Sharma
Executive Committee
President
Sunila Kumar
Vice President
Kum Kum Khare
Treasurer
Ekta Mathur
Secretary
Ritika Salecha

2024

29th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Rajeev Singhal
Board #1
Sonia Sinha
Board #2
Roger Rathi
Board #3
Babita Goyal
Board #4
Adarsh Suneja
Board #5
Meenu Sharma
Executive Committee
President
Vivek Sabharwal
Vice President
Amit Pathak
Treasurer
Ritesh Nath
Secretary
Sunila Kumar

2023

28th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Rajeev Singhal
Board #1
Sonia Sinha
Board #2
Roger Rathi
Board #3
Babita Goyal
Board #4
Adarsh Suneja
Board #5
Meenu Sharma
Executive Committee
President
Vivek Sabharwal
Vice President
Amit Pathak
Treasurer
Ritesh Nath
Secretary
Sunila Kumar

2022

27th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Sonia Sinha
Board #1
Sandeep Shant
Board #2
Roger Rathi
Board #3
Babita Goyal
Board #4
Rajeev Singhal
Board #5
Ajay Jain
Executive Committee
President
Shikher Srivastava
Vice President
Ekta Mathur
Treasurer
Vivek Sabharwal
Secretary
Amit Pathak

2021

26th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Sonia Sinha
Board #1
Sandeep Shant
Board #2
Roger Rathi
Board #3
Babita Goyal
Board #4
Rajeev Singhal
Board #5
Ajay Jain
Executive Committee
President
Shikher Srivastava
Vice President
Ekta Mathur
Treasurer
Vivek Sabharwal
Secretary
Amit Pathak

2020

25th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Sandeep Shant
Board #1
Sonia Sinha
Board #2
Roger Rathi
Board #3
Babita Goyal
Board #4
Bhupesh Sharma
Board #5
Ajay Jain
Executive Committee
President
Rajeev Singhal
Vice President
Adarsh Suneja
Treasurer
Ekta Mathur
Secretary
Shikher Srivastava

2019

24th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Sandeep Shant
Board #1
Sonia Sinha
Board #2
Roger Rathi
Board #3
Babita Goyal
Board #4
Bhupesh Sharma
Board #5
Ajay Jain
Executive Committee
President
Rajeev Singhal
Vice President
Adarsh Suneja
Treasurer
Ekta Mathur
Secretary
Shikher Srivastava

2018

23rd Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Swaita Singhal
Board #1
Sandeep Shant
Board #2
Roger Rathi
Board #3
Babita Goyal
Board #4
Bhupesh Sharma
Board #5
Ajay Jain
Executive Committee
President
Sonia Sinha
Vice President
Monica Jain
Treasurer
Adarsh Suneja
Secretary
Shikher Srivastava

2017

22nd Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Swaita Singhal
Board #1
Sandeep Shant
Board #2
Roger Rathi
Board #3
Babita Goyal
Board #4
Bhupesh Sharma
Board #5
Ajay Jain
Executive Committee
President
Sonia Sinha
Vice President
Monica Jain
Treasurer
Adarsh Suneja
Secretary
Shikher Srivastava

2016

21st Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Sujata Jain
Board #1
Sonia Sinha
Board #2
Bhupesh Sharma
Board #3
Roger Rathi
Board #4
Rajesh Saxena
Board #5
Swaita Singhal
Executive Committee
President
Sandeep Shant
Vice President
Adarsh Suneja
Treasurer
Rajiv Sinha
Secretary
Ekta Mathur

2015

20th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Sujata Jain
Board #1
Sonia Sinha
Board #2
Bhupesh Sharma
Board #3
Roger Rathi
Board #4
Rajesh Saxena
Board #5
Swaita Singhal
Executive Committee
President
Sandeep Shant
Vice President
Adarsh Suneja
Treasurer
Rajiv Sinha
Secretary
Ekta Mathur

2014

19th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Roger Rathi
Board #1
Rashmi Upadhayay
Board #2
Madu Bhatnagar
Board #3
Monica Jain
Board #4
Rajendra Sinha
Board #5
Sujata Jain
Executive Committee
President
Swaita Singhal
Vice President
Saurabh Kumar
Treasurer
Adarsh Suneja
Secretary
Sandeep Shant

2013

18th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Roger Rathi
Board #1
Rashmi Upadhayay
Board #2
Madu Bhatnagar
Board #3
Monica Jain
Board #4
Rajendra Sinha
Board #5
Sujata Jain
Executive Committee
President
Swaita Singhal
Vice President
Saurabh Kumar
Treasurer
Adarsh Suneja
Secretary
Sandeep Shant

2012

17th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Anand Sinha
Board #1
Roger Rathi
Board #2
Madhu Bhatnagar
Board #3
Monica Jain
Board #4
Rajendra Sinha
Board #5
Sujata Jain
Executive Committee
President
Rashmi Upadhyaya
Vice President
Lalit Sethi
Treasurer
Saurabh Kumar
Secretary
Monica Jain

2011

16th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Anand Sinha
Board #1
Roger Rathi
Board #2
Madhu Bhatnagar
Board #3
Rachna Sharan
Board #4
Rajendra Sinha
Board #5
Sujata Jain
Executive Committee
President
Rashmi Upadhyaya
Vice President
Lalit Sethi
Treasurer
Saurabh Kumar
Secretary
Monica Jain

2010

15th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Rashmi Upadhyaya
Board #1
Roger Rathi
Board #2
Madhu Bhatnagar
Board #3
Rachna Sharan
Board #4
Rajendra Sinha
Board #5
Anand Sinha
Executive Committee
President
Sujata Jain
Vice President
Monica Jain
Treasurer
Lalit Sethi
Secretary
Saurabh Kumar

2009

14th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Rajesh Saxena
Board #1
Roger Rathi
Board #2
Rashmi Upadhyaya
Board #3
Rachna Sharan
Board #4
Rajendra Sinha
Board #5
Anand Sinha
Executive Committee
President
Sujata Jain
Vice President
Monica Jain
Treasurer
Lalit Sethi
Secretary
Saurabh Kumar

2008

13th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Ajay Jain
Board #1
Rajesh Saxena
Board #2
Rashmi Upadhyaya
Board #3
Samresh Sharan
Board #4
Shubha Kohlachalam
Board #5
Pranveer Khare
Executive Committee
President
Anand Sinha
Vice President
Rana Choubey
Treasurer
Arun Upadhayaya
Secretary
Sujata Jain

2007

12th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Samresh Sharan
Board #1
Ajay Jain
Board #2
Ajay Sehgal
Board #3
Parul Dasgupta
Board #4
Rajesh Saxena
Board #5
Pranveer Khare
Executive Committee
President
Anand Sinha
Vice President
Rana Choubey
Treasurer
Sujata Jain
Secretary
Monica Jain

2006

11th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Babita Goyal
Board #1
Ajay Jain
Board #2
Ajay Sehgal
Board #3
Parul Dasgupta
Board #4
Samresh Sharan
Board #5
Pranveer Khare
Executive Committee
President
Rajesh Saxena
Vice President
Rashmi Upadhyaya
Treasurer
Anand Sinha
Secretary
Monica Jain

2005

10th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Arun Hundiwal
Board #1
Rajesh Saxena
Board #2
Ajay Sehgal
Board #3
Parul Dasgupta
Board #4
Babita Goyal
Board #5
Rashmi Upadhaya
Executive Committee
President
Ajay Jain
Vice President
Rachna Sharan
Treasurer
Anand Sinha
Secretary
Priti Shah

2004

9th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Rajendra Sinha
Board #1
Kanak Giri
Board #2
Arun Hundiwal
Board #3
Rashmi Upadhyaya
Board #4
Babita Goyal
Board #5
Pranveer Khare
Executive Committee
President
Ajay Sehgal
Vice President
Parul Dasgupta
Treasurer
Alka Kudesia
Secretary
Priti Shah

2003

8th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Rajendra Sinha
Board #1
Kanak Giri
Board #2
Arun Hundiwal
Board #3
Rashmi Upadhyaya
Board #4
Meena Rastogi
Board #5
Pranveer Khare
Executive Committee
President
Babita Goyal
Vice President
Ajay Sehgal
Treasurer
Ajay Jain
Secretary
Parul Dasgupta

2002

7th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Rahul Dixit
Board #1
Kanak Giri
Board #2
Rajendra Sinha
Board #3
Madhu Bhatnagar
Board #4
Meena Rastogi
Board #5
Pranveer Khare
Executive Committee
President
Arun Hundiwal
Vice President
Shanker Pathak
Treasurer
Ajay Jain
Secretary
Parul Dasgupta

2001

6th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Santosh Rastogi
Board #1
Praful Pande
Board #2
Rahul Dixit
Board #3
Madhu Bhatnagar
Board #4
Surendra Singh
Board #5
Basant Tiwari
Executive Committee
President
Kanak Giri
Vice President
Pranveer Khare
Treasurer
Arun Hundiwal
Secretary
Dilip Daftuar

2000

5th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Santosh Rastogi
Board #1
Praful Pande
Board #2
Rahul Dixit
Board #3
Madhu Bhatnagar
Board #4
Surendra Singh
Board #5
Basant Tiwari
Executive Committee
President
Kanak Giri
Vice President
Pranveer Khare
Treasurer
Arun Hundiwal
Secretary
Dilip Daftuar

1999

4th Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Vijay Kudesia
Board #1
Praful Pande
Board #2
Santosh Rastogi
Board #3
Ramesh Sharma
Board #4
Surendra Singh
Board #5
Basant Tiwari
Executive Committee
President
Shivhari Shrivastava
Vice President
Kanak Giri
Treasurer
Rajesh Saxena
Secretary
Rahul Dixit

1998

3rd Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Vijay Kudesia
Board #1
Praful Pande
Board #2
Santosh Rastogi
Board #3
Ramesh Sharma
Board #4
Surendra Singh
Board #5
Basant Tiwari
Executive Committee
President
Shivhari Shrivastava
Vice President
Kanak Giri
Treasurer
Rajesh Saxena
Secretary
Rahul Dixit

1997

2nd Year
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Ramesh Sharma
Board #1
Praful Pande
Board #2
Santosh Rastogi
Board #3
Jagdish Agarwal
Board #4
Vijay Kudesia
Board #5
Subhash Upadhaya
Executive Committee
President
Basant Tiwari
Vice President
Shivhari Shrivastava
Treasurer
Kanak Giri
Secretary
Gyanendra Srivastava

1996

1st Year • Founding Leadership
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Ramesh Sharma
Founding Chair
Board #1
Praful Pande
Board #2
Santosh Rastogi
Board #3
Jagdish Agarwal
Board #4
Vijay Kudesia
Board #5
Subhash Upadhaya
Executive Committee
President
Basant Tiwari
Founding President
Vice President
Shivhari Shrivastava
Treasurer
Kanak Giri
Secretary
Gyanendra Srivastava