welcome to afrikhadi

Tushar Gandhi (Activist) - President
VK Cherian (Media) - General Secretary
Prasanna (Theatre activist) - Vice President
Dr. Pradeep Kumar (Child Rights Doctor) - Treasurer
Dilip Tamuly (Artist) - Executive Member
Mani Lamba (Communications Consultant) - Executive Member
A.R. Raju (Rtd. Civil Servent) - Joint Secretary
VJ Philip (Rtd. Civil Servent) - Executive Member
Parvez Ahemed (Media) - Executive Member
Ravi Prasad (Technology Consultant) - Executive Member

Initial Patrons

South African Patrons...

Ela Gandhi – Gandhi Development Trust (Chairperson)
Khurshed Ginwala – ex ambassador to Italy and chairperson Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Trust
Professor Fatima Meer – President: Institute of Black Research
Pategile Holomisa – President: CONTRALESA (Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa)
Andrew Verster – Leading SA artist
Nadia Meer – Coordinator

Indian Patrons...

Tushar Gandhi
Tara Gandhi Bhattacharya
LC Jain
Vandana Shiva
Savita Singh
Jaya Jaitly
V K Cherian - Coordinator ( Being registered as an NGO)

Supporting Organisations in South Africa...

~ The National Department of Arts and Culture
~ KZN Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism
~ Trade and Investment KZN,
~ Ethekwini Municipality (International Liaison, Skills Development
   and Training, Economic Development and Business Support Unit)
~ The National Productivity Institute and Yesintu Project
~ KZN Department of Economic Development
~ Tourism Enterprise Programme
~ Durban Fashion Week
~ SABC2 and Eastern Mosaic
~ SAIBL: South African and International Business Linkages
~ Department of Minerals and Energy (Rural Jewellery Development
   Unit and Small Scale Mining)

Supporting organisations in India...

~ KVIC
~ Mahatama Gandhi Foundation
~ Gandhi Smriti and darshan Samiti
~ NID
~ Dastkari Haat Samiti
~ Ministry of Textiles,
~ Ministry of External Affairs
~ High Commission of SAfrica
~ High Commission of India in S Africa
~ Joint Secretary-Culture, Govt of India