Meet The Team

Naresh is the past president and co-founder of EduCare Foundation, emeritus trustee of the Parliament of the World’s Religions; co-founder of International Jain Sangh; director in the Jain Associations in North America (JAINA); and an advisor to the board of the Monmouth Center of World Religions and Ethical Thought.

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Pawan is founder and trustee of EduCare Foundation. He is a retired Professional Engineer and Corporate Manager. Since 1994, he has used his professional skills in the management of various EduCare projects to ensure low cost but high efficiency implementation.

Dr. Ashok Jain is founder and trustee of EduCare. He has been associated with EduCare, since 1994. For the last 3 years, he has been acting as the Chair of board of trustees of EduCare and has championed cause to bring in more and more younger team members into the EduCare Foundation's growth. 

Ari is a trustee and president of the EduCare Foundation. He is retired Director of the Statistics Program at NJIT; trustee and treasurer of the Monmouth Center for World Religions and Ethical Thought; past president of the NJ Chapter of the Association of Indians in America; and past president of the NJ Chapter of the American Statistical Association.

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Suman Bagaria, a homemaker turned entrepreneur turned philanthropist, is proud mother of two sons Raj and Rishi and loving wife to Sunil Bagaria. Suman and the entire Bagaria family have been an ardent supporter of institutions that are devoted to promoting education and learning back home. 

Suman feels privileged to be a part of Educare Foundation and has admired and supported its work since it came in touch with it six years back. 

Sudhir is Secretary of EduCare Foundation. He is a telecom Engineer & worked for the topmost telecom companies for the past 30 years. He has been a dedicated member of EduCare from last 10 years & providing his volunteer services to EduCare in many different ways like collecting donations for EduCare, arranging EduCare Gala Dinner & 5k Walk.

Shallendra Mewari is an Assistant Treasurer of the EduCare Foundation. He is a Software Engineer & working as a Vice President in a Financial Company based in New York. He has been a dedicated member of EduCare for the last 8 years & supports EduCare in many different ways.

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Atul Jain holds an executive position in Tax and Audit area at Citigroup for the last 20 years.. He has been associated with Educare Foundation for the last 10+ years and every year he feels more committed to drive this organization forward as he strongly believes in helping out children in great need. His 2 children also help and support the EduCare cause.

Satish Jain holds an executive position at Morgan Stanley. He has been an ardent supporter of EduCare having run the Toastmaster program for kids in the past. Satish has worked as a volunteer for the Alternatives Inc., which is a community-based non-profit org dedicated to assisting individuals with special needs. He has also worked for 3 years supporting SCA . Satish has been associated with EduCare since 2015 and brings a wealth of experience to the core working team.

Priyank Goyal is a Program Director of the Educare foundation. He works at a financial company based in Newyork City. For the past eight years, Priyank has been an integral part of the Educare family, working towards the foundation's noble mission of providing quality education to underprivileged children.

Surinder Jain retired as systems engineer with an international corporation and has travelled all over the world and now retired. He has been associated with Educare Foundation since it’s beginning and has been program director since 2013 to manage funding for various schools.

Kamlesh Jain is a retired employee of American International Group (AIG). She is a Program Coordinator of the Community Outreach Program of International Jain Sangh (IJS) since 2014. She has been associated with EduCare Foundation since 2019 to support funding for various school projects.

Nirav Shah has been working in the IT industry for over 25 years. Outside of his employment, he is involved with various organizations supporting various causes. He is Sergeant at the Emergency Services with the local government. President elect of a running club dedicated to long distance running and secretary of a faith based organization.  He has been associated with EduCare since 2020.