Dr. Sara Varughese

Dr. Sara Varughese, an ophthalmologist and public health specialist, is the Managing Trustee of CBM. She earlier worked with the World Health Organization, South East Asia Regional Office, as Programme Manager in disability & rehabilitation. She has been closely involved with the national Vision 2020 forum as President and planning for Vision 2020 in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Dr. Sara Varughese, an ophthalmologist and public health specialist, is the Managing Trustee of CBM. She earlier worked with the World Health

Dr. Vinod Shah

Dr. Vinod Shah is the Chief Executive Officer at the International Christian Medical and Dental Association. He was earlier the Head of Distance Education, CMC Vellore, where he developed an innovative programme to train family physicians.

Dr. Vinod Shah is the Chief Executive Officer at the International Christian Medical and Dental Association.

Mr. George Abraham

Mr. Abraham is the Chief Executive Officer of Score Foundation, an NGO working with persons with visual impairment. He is the Founding Chairman of the World Blind Cricket Council. He is a disability rights activist and an effective communicator.

Mr. Abraham is the Chief Executive Officer of Score Foundation, an NGO working with persons with visual impairment

Mr. Varghese Chandy

Mr. Varghese Chandy is the Chief General Manager, Marketing, Advertising and Sales of Malayalam Manorama a daily newspaper with over 2.2 million copies and over 9.7 million readers. Mr. Chandy was the founder of Junction K, the integrated media solutions platform and was instrumental in organizing the first All India Cricket for the Blind at Delhi.

Mr. Varghese Chandy is the Chief General Manager, Marketing, Advertising and Sales of Malayalam Manorama a daily newspaper

Dr. Francis Joseph Stanley

Dr. Francis Joseph Stanley is the General Secretary and Executive Director, Skills for Progress (SKIP) Bengaluru. He is on a number of Governing Boards such as – Karnataka Regional Organization for Social Service (KROSS), Action for Food Production (AFPRO), NELINDCO Foundation, Functional Vocational Training and Research Society. He was recently honored with the prestigious Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Life Time Achievement Award.

Dr. Francis Joseph Stanley is the General Secretary and Executive Director, Skills for Progress (SKIP) Bengaluru.

Sara Varughese

Managing Trustee

Dr. Sara Varughese graduated from CMC Vellore, India and is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. She has done her Master in public eye health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). She started her career as an ophthalmologist with a focus on public and community health. She has experience of health systems in developed countries (UK), middle income (South Africa) and developing countries (India, Nepal, Bangladesh). She has served the World Health Organisation (WHO), South East Asia Regional Office as programme Manager in disability & rehabilitation for the 11 countries of South East Asia. She also served as Medial Advisor for CBM South Asia Regional Office-North dealing with cross disability programs. She was the president of national vision2020 -the right to sight India, a forum of 150 national and international organisations working closely with government of India on prevention of blindness & visual impairments programmes & policy.

Dr. Sara Varughese graduated from CMC Vellore, India and is a fellow of the Royal College

Sony Varghese Thomas  

Executive Director

Sony Thomas brings over 30 years of work experience, of which he spent several years in leadership positions in the corporate world before shifting to the development sector. He is a recognised leader in the FMCG & consumer durable market; he was the Vice President - Business Head for Nokia Mobile phones for India for close to 14 years as part of HCL Infosystems, prior to which he managed brands like Timex Watches, Sundrop edible oil of ITC Ltd, and Singer India Ltd.  He moved to World Vision India in 2014 as the Group Director for Resource Mobilisation & Public Engagement until mid-2023. Sony has an MBA from Symbiosis University in Pune, a Management Development Certification from IIM Ahmedabad and a B.Com from Madras University.

Sony Thomas brings over 30 years of work experience, of which he spent several years in leadership positions in the corporate world before shifting to the development sector.

Bincy Chakkissery Antony

Chief Finance and Operations

Bincy is a seasoned finance professional with over 22 years of experience in several domains, including Strategic Financial Management, Governance, Audit, Assurance, Leadership, and Administration. As a Legal & Statutory Compliance specialist, she has extensive experience in the areas of Income Tax, Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, Companies Act, and Societies/Trust Act. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated expertise in capacity building, due diligence, change management, system strengthening and analysis. With her comprehensive knowledge and experience, she has developed and effectively implemented internal controls, manuals, policies, and procedures. Bincy has an MBA in Strategic Financial Management. She has diverse experience working with international and national NGOs such as ChildFund International, ChildFund Sri Lanka, and Concern India Foundation, among others.

Bincy is a seasoned finance professional with over 22 years of experience in several domains, including Strategic Financial Management, Governance, Audit, Assurance, Leadership, and Administration.

Melanie Pereira

Director People and Culture

Director People and Culture

MBA, Human Resources. Certified as a Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2000 QMS Auditor/Lead Auditor Training by IRCA and NRBPT. Currently responsible for the HR Management and Administration for CBM in India since 2013. Prior to this Melanie was the management and systems administrator for CBM. Has also worked with other corporate companies as part of her professional journey.

Ravi Ranganathan

Director Programmes

Ravi Ranganathan has 18 plus years of experience in the development sector in managing the programme and operation across various INGOs and Government and UNDP on the thematic areas of old age, disability-inclusive health with a focus on community eye health, rural livelihood, youth employment and livelihood, volunteer for development, Sexual reproductive health right, Disaster Risk Reduction and Humanitarian Assistance. Ravi holds MSW (Master of Social Work) from Madras Christian College Chennai. Prior to CBM Ravi had worked with restless development as the head of programmes and managing field operation over 5 years, he had worked about 7 years in Disaster Risk Reduction and Humanitarian Assistance programmes had several positions with UNDP and state Governments on system development ,DM plan preparation , training and capacity building and mainstreaming DRR programme .Linked link https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-ranganathan-008b9843/

Ravi Ranganathan has 18 plus years of experience in the development sector in managing the programme and operation

Fairlene Soji

Director Impact and Knowledge Management

Fairlene has done her masters in sociology and post-graduation diploma in community based rehabilitation from the Bangalore University. She has also received the Australian Fellowship for strengthening and promoting disability inclusive development through quality evidence and public health leadership. She is affiliated with the work of Rehabilitation Council of India, the Nossal Institute for Global Health, the University of Melbourne, and an expert member to develop resource material and competency based curriculum design for community based rehabilitation programme in the country. She is also a task force member for promoting inclusive education with the National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (Divyangjan), MSJ&E, GOI, the Education Departments of Samagra Shiksha Karnataka, Assam, Tripura, Inter-University Centre for Teacher Education, Regional Institute of Education – Mysuru and Shillong, under the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), MoE, GOI.

Fairlene has done her masters in sociology and post-graduation diploma in community based rehabilitation from the Bangalore University