This page is retained as an institutional and archival record of persons associated with the advisory framework of The Anād Foundation in earlier phases of its work.
For legal, statutory, banking, tax, audit, CSR, and formal institutional purposes, the Foundation’s legal name is The Anad Foundation. The form Anād is used as the Foundation’s preferred cultural, scholarly, programme, publication, and public-facing style.
Advisory Framework — Historical Record
The Foundation has, from time to time, drawn upon the guidance, goodwill, experience, and subject expertise of advisors from the fields of planning, public service, arts, literature, architecture, scholarship, audio restoration, music, and cultural work.
The following names are retained here as part of the Foundation’s historical advisory record.
Chairman, Board of Advisors
Rear Admiral Kirpal Singh, AVSM
Indian Navy veteran; Founder, Dolphin Offshore Enterprises; Chairman, Board of Advisors — Historical Record
Vice-Chairman, Board of Advisors
Major H. P. S. Ahluwalia
Mountaineer; Indian Army officer; founder of the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre; Vice-Chairman, Board of Advisors — Historical Record
Planning, Architecture and Public Thought
Maj. Gen. Narinder Singh (Retd.)
Nripjit Singh “Noni” Chawla
Ashok B. Lall
Dr. Madan Gopal Singh
Arts, Literature, Scholarship and Aesthetics
Amarjit Chandan
Professor Bhagwan Josh
Professor J. P. S. Uberoi
Professor K. D. Tripathi
Rta Kapur Chishti
Professor Satya Pal Gautam
Sidharth
Surjit Patar
Professor Surinder S. Jodhka
Professor S. K. Saxena
Audio Restoration and Technical Heritage
David Louis Ball (Seva)
K. J. Singh
Dindae Sheena
Uma Shankar
Institutional Note
The Board of Advisors was an advisory and support framework associated with earlier phases of the Foundation’s work. It should not be read as the current Board of Trustees, current statutory governance body, or current authorisation structure of the Foundation.
For current statutory, donor, CSR, audit, banking, legal, or governance purposes, please rely on the Foundation’s current Trust records, Board resolutions, statutory registrations, and documents issued by authorised office-bearers.
Please see the current Governance and Trustees & Associates pages for the Foundation’s present institutional framework.
Historical Note
This page is retained as an institutional and archival record of the earlier Board of Advisors of Anād Foundation. In 2026, Anād Foundation began reconstituting the Board of Advisors 2026–2029 as an honorary advisory body to support the Foundation’s renewed national work in heritage conservation, archives, pedagogy, publications, music, research, and public-culture initiatives.