Kelly Sikand, wife of retired Air Marshal B.S.Sikand,  had the good fortune  to spear-head social work activities in a number of Air Force bases  under the aegis of Air Force Wives Welfare Association (AFWWA) She was  Secretary of AFWWA Central, to the then chief’s wife, Mrs.Shiela Katre  & so had the opportunity to administer the Regional AFWWAs and their  smaller counterparts. She was a founding member of Army Navy Air Force  Wives Charitable Association (ANAWA), and its Vice President

Jasmine  Johnson, wife of retired Vice Admiral H. Johnson is a qualified  Teacher and has worked in various Institutions at her husband’s Posting Stations including a school for Spastic Children run by Spastic Society of India. She was always closely involved in programs of Naval Wives  Welfare Association for Sailor’s Families. She was instrumental in establishing in Mumbai a kindergarten cum Play School, a School for  Rehabilitation of severely handicapped children, a Counselling Service for Naval Wives and Children in distress, a free Homeopathic Clinic and a  Hostel for daughters of naval personnel who had to move during academic year and programs and activities involving children. She is currently in-charge of the ANAWA Trust School project ANKUR, as also the  Vocational Programme JAGRITI, for girls above 14 yrs who have been deprived of education and are on the brink of marriage.

Meenakshi  Subramanian, wife of late Wg.Cdr.P.S.Subramanian, was the Founder  President of Worker’s wives Welfare Association, HAL Lucknow, where her  husband was posted. She was also coordinator of the Masala centre run by  HAL Bangalore. She has been associated with ANKUR since its inception  and is the Trust coordinator with the National Institute of Open  Schooling

Shashi  Sharma,  wife of  retired  Col. Sharma, is an active member of Lioness  Club for many years, being involved with Blood donation camps, and Camps  for Hepatitus and Small pox vaccinations, Polio Drops, Health of Women  and Children. She has served two terms as its President

Venita Kumar, wife of retired Adm. Sushil Kumar, ex-Chief of Navy Staff, was President, Naval Wives Welfare association (NWWA) and deeply involved with welfare activities in the Naval centres, especially the sailors, their families and their widows. Of special concern was the plight of the handicapped children in the Naval bases, for whom she started SANKALP a holding centre/creche in Mumbai, with the help of a small group of volunteers. This creche started with 4 children in 1991 and has now become a pan Naval project with branches in most Naval bases. She brings with her a host of experience and ideas for implementation and smooth functioning of an organization.

Tel: 0120-4355790, Mob: 9810800576

Kamna R. Cowasjee, wife of retired Wg. Cdr. R. A. Cowasjee, has worked as Counsellor and Manager of 3 Marie Stopes Clinics run by the NGO Parivar Seva Sanstha, (PSS) for 10 years. A Trained Trainer from PDI Bangkok she has worked with grass-root level workers and organized communicational and motivational workshops. She initiated the Family Life Education Programmes, through PSS, in a cross-section of Public Schools, Kendriya Vidhyalayas and Government Schools in Delhi, and later authored of a series of books “Learning To Fly” on the subject, available in Hindi and English.

Mob: 9910015871

Vimla Katiyar, wife of late Wg.Cdr. Shashi Kumar Katiyar, has 10 years of teaching experience in Air Force run schools and has worked as Head Mistress in Uttarakhand Public School NOIDA, in Sector 56, NOIDA.

Mob: 9891099732

Aruna Sood, wife of retired Grp. Capt. D. P. Sood, has taught English and Geography at a number of schools across India during 25 years of her service. She has been associated with ANAWA Noida chapter for more than two decades. and with ANKUR, through various activities. She is the Honorary Treasurer of All India Women’s Conference, Noida, where she manages the finances of the organisation and raises funds for the social work.

Mob: 9810206132

Veena Seth, wife of retired Lt. Gen. K. M. Seth, has headed Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) projects and started Vocational Training Centres for the wives of the jawans and also opened Nursery schools for their children and ASHA schools for the differently abled children. She had the opportunity to initiate a number of socially relevant programmes for women and children in Tripura and Chattisgarh where her husband was Governor. She was awarded the prestigious Nari Shakti Samman by the State Government and also the Kasturba Gandhi Award of Rs.25000/ for her dedicated hard work towards the cause of the needy while her husband was in service and later.

Tel: 0120-2430909, Mob: 9968251515

Sneh Garg, wife of retired Gp Capt. R C Garg, is a trained teacher having done her BA BEd from Delhi University & Montessori training from St. Mary’s Pune. She has 24 years of active teaching experience in Senior Secondary Schools and had twice won the best teacher award.

Mob: 9717771698

Pramila Gour, wife of late Rear Adm PN Gour, is a trained teacher with experience, including being Principal of TINY TOTS School in Visakhapatnam. Eversince coming to Jalvayuvihar in NOIDA, in 1991, she got involved with parks and gardens, cleanliness drives and setting up of toilets for the shopkeepers. She joined ANKUR ANAWA School in 2000 and along with Jasmine Johnson initiated the JAGRITI project in 2010, for Educatin and Vocational training for girls above 14 years. She still continues to coordinate both ANKUR & JAGRITI programmes, along with volunteering time in I Care, and following up with her other interests of gardening and cleanliness in the sector.

Mob: 9811853200

Neena Jaggi, wife of retired Grp. Capt. Jaggi, is a trained Nursery Teacher who ran her own pre school and nursery. An avid Social worker, she is involved with various activities ranging from Swachch Bharat Avigyan to teaching and interacting with children and students from lower income groups.

Mob: 9891481415