Meet Our Team

Get to know the passionate individuals driving our mission forward.

Managing Committee

Harmala Gupta

Founder – President

Cancer survivor and pioneer in cancer support services in India. Founder-President of CanSupport and Cancer Care India and founder of Cancer Sahyog.

She was a board member of the International Association of Hospice & Palliative Care (IAHPC) based in the USA and has been on the Executive Committee of the Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC). She is presently a fellow of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) in Geneva as well.

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Manmohan Malhoutra

Honorary Treasurer

Ex IAS. Trustee of Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust and Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund.

Radhika Shapoorjee

Honorary Secretary

Reputation and risk management expert, former President of Hill+Knowlton Strategies South Asia, Aspen fellow, Jury member at Cannes Festival of PR and Advertising.

Dr. Bhawna Sirohi

Honorary Member

Medical Director & Senior Medical Oncologist
Vedanta Medical Research Foundation - BALCO Medical Centre, Nava Raipur

Dr. Bhawna Sirohi began her oncology training at Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, in 1994, completing it at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, UK. She has published 200+ papers & edited 3 books on cancer. She is on the international editorial board of Lancet Oncology, ecancer. She serves on the scientific advisory committee of Indian Council of Medical Research. Dr. Bhawna was honored by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh in recognition of her dedicated healthcare services in the state. She sits on the ASCO committee for health equity and outcomes; & climate change and cancer.

Mohini Daljeet Singh

Honorary Member

Mohini Daljeet Singh is a social worker, an educationist and a Trustee of the Max India Foundation.

In her previous role as CEO of Max India Foundation, Mohini Daljeet Singh worked for the underprivileged on the health platform benefiting 2.6 million beneficiaries at 704 locations and partnering with 410 NGOs.

Under her stewardship as the founding CEO, Max India Foundation has won several awards including the Golden Peacock Award for CSR for four consecutive years. Recently she has been awarded ‘Best Woman Leadership Excellence award in CSR’ at The South Asian Partnership Summit & Business Awards held in Colombo. She also received the award for “Excellent Social Accomplishments” by ‘Samast Bharat’. The award was given away by His Holiness Dalai Lama at Dharamshala.

Prerna Tandon

Honorary Member

Senior corporate sector executive who has spent about 20+ years with organisations like Price Waterhouse, USAID, GE Capital, Infosys and ANZ Bank in senior business leadership roles. Currently she is the Senior Vice President at State Street Corporation based in Bangalore.

Ravi Bhoothalingam

Honorary Member

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London, Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies. He serves on the Board of Governors of the Global Risk Management Institute and is on the Editorial Boards of China Report and World Affairs. Formerly President of The Oberoi Group of Hotels.

Prof. Dr. Rama V Baru

Honorary Member

Retired Professor, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

Former South Asia Editor for Global Social Policy published by Sage.

Served as a member of research committees for the Government of India, WHO, Indian Council for Medical Research and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Author of Private Health Care in India: Social Characteristics and Trends

Awarded the Balzan Fellowship by the University College, London and the Indo-Shastri Canadian Fellowship.

Vishal Sood

Honorary Member

Software Engineer and MBA. Experienced in investment banking, private equity and software development. Presently working with a venture capital firm, Elevation Capital (formerly SAIF Partners).

Leadership

Dr. Ambika Rajvanshi

CEO

Dr Ambika Rajvanshi has worked for 22+ years in public health, grassroots project management and CSR Partnership Management with special interest in health, education, women’s empowerment, child advocacy and livelihoods.

Dr. Udita Joshi

Director for Projects & Research

Dr. Udita Joshi has joined us as the Director for Projects & Research. Having obtained a Master’s from the Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi, she has a strong background in research, policy, and program management. She has previously served as a Consultant at the National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, contributing to policy synthesis, technical reporting, and stakeholder coordination. She has also led academic and implementation research at Bangalore Hospice Trust - Karunashraya and Sangath, Bhopal, focusing on digital mental health and palliative care training, in collaboration with national and global partners including Harvard Medical School.

Dr Smita Taneja

Palliative care physician and NDPS Director

Dr. Smita Taneja, MBBS, MD (Public Health), DNB (Health & Hospital Administration), brings over 32 years of experience in the healthcare sector. She has been associated with CanSupport for more than 7 years, contributing significantly to palliative care services. She has completed specialised training in palliative care, including the CCPM from CanSupport (2018), the Stanford Certificate Course in Palliative Care (2019), and the Essentials of Palliative Care Certificate Course from Pallium (2023).

Dr. Reena Sharma

Director-Palliative Medicine

Savita Luka Masih

Director – Palliative Nursing

Anamika Pandey

Deputy Director, Psychosocial Counseling

Anamika Pandey is a psychosocial counseling leader with expertise in psycho-oncology, dementia care, and palliative support. At CanSupport, she oversees counselor recruitment, training, and quality assurance, while driving research and institutional collaborations. With an M.Phil. in Psycho-oncology and published work on cancer survivorship and patient care, she is dedicated to fostering resilience, emotional well-being, and dignity for patients and families.