Mrs. Kumari Shibulal : Managing Trustee and Permanent Trustee
Mrs. Kumari Shibulal, together with her husband, works on several philanthropic ventures. She serves as the chairperson of Akshaya, a charitable trust they founded to help needy children in India by way of scholarships and funding paediatric care. Another wing of Akshaya administers an old age pension scheme in Kerala. Pursuing their commitment to the field of education, Akshaya sponsors a fellowship program with TIFR that funds visits by eminent scientists and provides travel grants to young scientists from TIFR. "What we do is nothing but a drop in the ocean and if we do not do it the ocean is only a drop less," says Kumari Shibulal of her Akshaya Trust.

Sports is another area of her interest. So when India’s golden girl P. T. Usha was without money to set up the Usha School of Athletics in Kerala, Kumari Shibulal was one of the first to lend a helping hand besides sponsoring six of the first students at the school.

In one of her recent visits to the school, Kumari Shibulal wrote: "I will be more than honoured if one among the six students sponsored by me stands on the podium at international meets making our tricolour fly high!"

In one of her recent visits to the school, Kumari Shibulal wrote: "I will be more than honoured if one among the six students sponsored by me stands on the podium at international meets making our Tricolour fly high."

Mr. Shibulal : Permanent Trustee
S.D. Shibulal is a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of Infosys Technologies Limited. He took over as Chief Executive Officer on June 22, 2007. 
 
Prior to that Mr. Shibulal served as Group Head – Worldwide Sales & Customer Delivery, where he was responsible for the performance of practice units in terms of value delivered to customers, business performance, and organizational efficiency. This was complemented by his other responsibilities in fostering innovation, leadership, teamwork and work values within the organization. 

The Shibulals' love for children and the need to give back to society has found fruition in a number of charitable endeavours. Their latest venture is the Advaith Foundation which is focused on providing quality education to all sectors of society.  The Foundation currently provides education and residential facilities to children from underprivileged backgrounds.  The Samhita Academy is an extension of their commitment to the cause of education.

Ms. Asha Thomas - Executive Director
Asha has 16 years of experience in the software services industry. Asha brings her diverse work experience to the Samhita community, having worked at Infosys Technologies from 1988 to 2004 in various roles from software development to management of software services for multiple clients.
           

Ms. Aparna Goenka -Director, Ankur
Aparna brings her insights of the software industry, where she’s worked since 1993; eleven years of which she spent at Infosys Technologies Ltd. where she was in charge of the team implementing software solutions for the company's internal systems and reporting.

Ms. Shruti Shibulal
As someone who has the student perspective on top schools, Shruti finds that one of the key aspects of continuous, everyday learning lies simply in being happy to go to school. Every day! She believes that enjoying the many hours spent within a school campus, whether they be in class, in the playground, or over lunch with friends, makes all the difference to a child's mental development, attitude, and personality.

The Samhita Academy strives to stimulate young minds in the classroom using innovative methods of teaching the "same-old" concept in a more interactive way. We provide the best sports and extra-curricular facilities in order to promote a healthy lifestyle and good physical development. We encourage students of all backgrounds to interact and share their stories. Eventually, the connections made here may be those of life-long friendships.

Shruti and the Samhita community believe that every child is special and that by giving them the right sort of attention and support in all arenas, they can achieve whatever they set their minds to and find happiness in doing so.