Timothy Hiwrale
Founder & Executive Director

Sparsh Board of Directors

1. President
Dr. Ajit A. Prasadam
General Secretary
India Sunday School Union
Keswick
Orange Grove Road
Coonoor 643101,Tamil Nadu
An Educationist by profession, Dr. Prasadam served as youth pastor with the English Methodist Church (MCI) Jabalpur. As a student, he was involved in rural church planting and urban youth work. He has a Ph.D. and a Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary, a PG diploma in Counseling from Manav Vikas Kendra, United Theological College, Bangalore, a B.D. from Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur, and a B.Th. from Southern Asia Bible College, Bangalore.
        
2.  Vice President
Col. (ret.) V.J. Cheriyan
North Field, Orange Grove Road
Coonoor 643101, Tamil Nadu
 Col. Cheriyan’s life and work in the army have been influenced by his faith.  He has diplomas in Business Management for Executives, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad; in Higher Ordnance Management, College of Materials Management, Jabalpur; in Advanced Materials Management, College of Materials Management; Jabalpur, in Automated Data Processing, Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, Mhow;  and a BA from the National Defence Academy/Jawaharlal Nehru University, Pune, 1975.

3.  Secretary
Mr. Timothy D. Hiwrale
No.35.Chandan Gardens.
Next to Clover Highland,
NIBM Road, Pune 48, MS.
 Before establishing Sparsh, Timothy served as a Program Director, Bombay Teen Challenge, Mumbai. He has a B.Th. from Southern Asia Bible College, an M.A. in Philosophy and M.Phil. in Peacemaking in Ghandian Thought from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.

 4.   Hon. Treasurer
Mr. Joshua Samson
No 27 Salem Villa, Wanawadi,
Pune 411040, Maharashtra
 Mr. Samson is Treasurer of Sparsh. He serves as an activist in major churches in Pune.

Sparsh Vision

To build a community of hope, where transformation is the watchword, for women and children who have been trafficked, for street children, and for persons with addiction problems. Our aim is to help them to become self-reliant people of character; healthy, dignified, and able to obtain a sustainable quality of life while providing their shelter, education, skills training, and spiritual guidance. 

5.  Member
Mr. Rahul V. Chandra
201 Gaurav Apts
Sanewadi ITI Road
Aundh
Pune 411027
Maharashtra
Mr.Rahul V Chandra is an accountant with Infosys, and runs a magazine called Manna.

6.  Member
Mrs. Saraswathi Shyamal
2, 3rd Cross, 8th Main,
Off T C Palya Main Road,
Hoysala Nagar,
Bangalore 560 016
Mrs. Saraswati Shyamal is a counselor who gave up a career in finance to become a social worker. She served as Associate Director, Vathsalya Charitable Trust (propagating the concept of foster care for homeless children), before taking up freelance counseling and part-time faculty with the India Sunday School Union. She has an MBA (Accounting), California State University, East Bay, USA, M.S. (Finance), BITS, Pilani, Diploma for Proficiency in Counseling, UTC, Bangalore, Social Worker, Bangalore.

7.  Member

Ps. Paul S. Shinde
Shallu Villa Apposite
Garden, New Colony
Nagpur 440001
Maharashtra. 
Ps. Shinde has a Masters in Commerce as well as Master in Divinity in Biblical Pastoral Ministry. He serves as a senior pastor in Grace Worship Center Assembly of God church in Nagpur, India

8.  Member
Dr. Bharati Hemant Rajulwala
Prabhu Kripa Bungalow
Dr. Mujumdar Lane
Katrap
Badlapur Thane (East)
Mumbai 421503
Maharashtra
 Dr. Rajulwala is a Medical Officer in Ghatkopar Govt. Hospital in Mumbai.

9. Member
Mrs. Swarna Rathinam 
No.59 Chandan Gardens
Next to Clover Highland
NIBM Road. Pune
Mrs. Rathinam served as a Program Director in Teen Challenge Mumbai. She has a B.Th from Southern Asia Bible College, Bangalore.