Ajay Koul
Founder Director
Founder of Iqwat. The originator of the vision — a global, self-sustaining platform that gives the Kashmiri Pandit community the digital home it deserves.
LinkedInThe team & Iqwat family
The hands behind Iqwat.
A small core, a wide circle. Directors, core team, technology partners, volunteers, supporters, and well-wishers — built by Kashmiri Pandits and the friends of the community, held up by a thousand small generosities.
Five fingers of one hand.
One leaf, dispersed wherever.
Every person below is equally important to the Iqwat ecosystem — there is no front row. The work happens because all of these hands hold it up at once.
§ Directors
The founders & governance.
Sandeep Kaul
Director
Director at Iqwat Foundation. Helps shape the foundation's strategic direction, governance, and long-term sustainability.
LinkedIn§ Core Team
The people building, day to day.
Aditya Kalla
Chief Convenor
Operational lead at Iqwat. Drives product, content, community programmes, and the day-to-day work of bringing the foundation to life.
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Veronica Mam
GM — Operations & Admin
General Manager — Operations and Administration. Keeps the engine of Iqwat running — events, members, partnerships, and the quiet machinery behind every gathering.
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Sheetal Koul
Core Team
Core team member at Iqwat. Contributes across community, content, and operations — one of the steady hands that makes the foundation move.
LinkedIn§ Technology Partners
The makers behind the platform.
The engineers and curators whose specialised work powers the Iqwat platform — the application that lives in our pockets, and the heritage archive that lives on our website.
Vineith Kaul
Technology Partner
Mobile app engineering
Technology partner whose team built the Iqwat mobile application — the iOS and Android home of the Kashmiri Pandit community. The engineering backbone behind the platform our members use every day.
Namrata Wakhloo
Content Partner
Heritage curation · Temples & Culture
Author and long-form essayist on Kashmiri Pandit heritage. Curates the Temples and cultural archive content for Iqwat — bringing scholarship and depth to how our heritage lives online.
§ Volunteers
The hours given freely.
Community members who give their time — not because they have to, but because Iqwat is theirs. The list grows as more of us step in.
Sahil Tickoo
Volunteer
Community volunteer at Iqwat. Lends time and skill to the work that keeps the foundation moving — events, content, programmes, the hundred small things behind every milestone.
Bhavesh Pandita
Volunteer
Community volunteer at Iqwat. Contributes across programmes — outreach, gatherings, and the everyday work of holding the community together.
§ Patrons
The hands that keep the work funded.
Iqwat is community-funded. These are the Kashmiri Pandits whose generosity sustains the foundation — making the platform, the archive, and the gatherings possible. The list grows.
Mr. Arvind Tiku
Patron
Patron of Iqwat Foundation. Believes in the mission and helps fund the work — sustaining the platform, the archive, and the gatherings that hold the community together.
Mr. Pankaj Razdan
Patron
Patron of Iqwat Foundation. Stands behind the foundation's long-term sustainability — a quiet generosity that makes the public work possible.
Small core, wide circle. The fewest hands holding the most accountability — and the most hands welcomed for everything else.
§ Well-wishers
Advisors, speakers, mentors, panelists.
Senior Kashmiri Pandits and friends-of-the-community whose presence on stage, at the table, and on the phone makes Iqwat events and decisions richer. The wider circle that holds us up.
Aditya Raj Kaul
Advisor · Speaker
Senior Executive Editor (Geopolitics, National Security & Strategic Affairs) at NDTV. One of the most followed Kashmiri Pandit voices in mainstream Indian news. Speaker and panelist at Iqwat events.
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Upasana Taku
Advisor · Mentor
Co-founder of MobiKwik. Pioneering Kashmiri Pandit fintech entrepreneur. Mentor and well-wisher — a voice we lean on for entrepreneurship and the next generation.
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Anshuman Magazine
Advisor
Chairman & CEO, CBRE India, South-East Asia, Middle East & Africa. Senior Kashmiri Pandit business leader; advisor and well-wisher of Iqwat.
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K. B. Kachru
Advisor · Mentor
Chairman, Radisson Hotel Group South Asia. Senior hospitality executive and senior member of the Kashmiri Pandit community. Mentor and well-wisher of Iqwat.
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Amit Boni
Advisor · Mentor
Senior business executive and Kashmiri Pandit community leader. Advisor, mentor, and well-wisher who lends counsel as Iqwat finds its footing.
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Vivek Raina
Advisor · Mentor
Senior business leader and member of the Kashmiri Pandit community. Mentor and well-wisher of Iqwat — a steady, generous voice in the wider circle.
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Shireen Bhan
Speaker · Panelist
Managing Editor at CNBC-TV18 and prominent business journalist. Senior Kashmiri Pandit voice in Indian media. Speaker and panelist at Iqwat gatherings.
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Dr. Ashish Kaul
Advisor · Author
Author and chronicler of Kashmir's history and Kashmiri Pandit heritage. Writer, speaker, and well-wisher whose scholarship strengthens the foundation's work.
LinkedInI volunteered for the Iqwat KP Business Conclave 2025 in Delhi because I was proud our community was organising something at this scale. I came to give my time — and left having seen opportunities I would never otherwise have come across. The room itself opened doors.
Want to join this circle?
Tell us how you'd like to help.
Iqwat is built by hands like the ones above — and there is room for more. Whether you have an hour a month, a skill to volunteer, an event to attend, or a quiet contribution to make, tell us how you'd like to show up.
Pick what fits — volunteer, attend the next gathering, or sponsor the work. A team member replies within a week.
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