Our Story

Khaana Chahiye Foundation is an ‘Impact organization’ working towards SDG-2 'Zero Hunger', in the Mumbai metropolitan region. We are a citizens movement that was founded on 29th March 2020 and has its origins in crowdfunded and volunteer-driven relief operations, through cooked meals and grocery kits, during the lockdown due to the covid pandemic.

We have now transitioned into a registered not-for-profit company, working on data-driven, community-led and policy-oriented long-term solutions for urban hunger. We are in the process of creating Mumbai's hunger map - using smart technology, for better visualization, engagement and data-driven policy intervention by local governments.

Meet the Team

Directors

Ruben Mascarenhas
Ruben Mascarenhas
Policy and Partnerships
Swaraj Shetty
Swaraj Shetty
Digital & Outreach
Adv. Rakesh Singh
Adv. Rakesh Singh
Neeti Goel
Neeti Goel
Anik Gadia
Anik Gadia
Pathik Muni
Pathik Muni

Advisory Commitee

Ashwin Mahesh
Ashwin Mahesh
Ujjwal Thakar
Ujjwal Thakar

Working Committee

Kushala Dhade
Kushala Dhade
Finance
Mithila Naik-Satam
Mithila Naik-Satam
Lead Communications
Amol Magar
Amol Magar
Program Manager
Divya Rathod
Divya Rathod
Social Media Manager
Parth Sarthi Shukla
Parth Sarthi Shukla
Field Coordination
Parth Shetye
Parth Shetye
Content
Satyendra Nair
Satyendra Nair
Content
Sujata Pramanik
Sujata Pramanik
Manager Finance
Navin Selva
Navin Selva
Design & Creative
Madhusudan Mahale
Madhusudan Mahale
Head - Engineering & Technology
Karthikeyan KN
Karthikeyan KN
Data Management & Research
K K Mookhey
K K Mookhey
Strategy & Planning
Aishwarya Pandit
Aishwarya Pandit
Anthony Mascarenhas
Anthony Mascarenhas
Partnerships
Bhavik Kothari
Bhavik Kothari
Operations & Strategy
Bhavya Srinivasan
Bhavya Srinivasan
Manisha Balachandran
Manisha Balachandran
Maya Patel
Maya Patel
Outreach
Mazher Ramzanali
Mazher Ramzanali
Operations & Outreach
Neeraj Shetye
Neeraj Shetye
Outreach
Paras Soni
Paras Soni
Field Coordination
Pranav Rungta
Pranav Rungta
Partnerships
Sameer Patel
Sameer Patel
Sanika Govekar
Sanika Govekar
Outreach & Partnerships
Sanish Kulkarni
Sanish Kulkarni
Research & Operations
Saumil Bharani
Saumil Bharani
Savio Joseph
Savio Joseph
Outreach
Sheldon Pinto
Sheldon Pinto
Partnerships
Sufyan Shaikh
Sufyan Shaikh
Operations & Outreach

Volunteers

Aashutosh Gokhale
Abhishek Yadav
Advait Kadne
Afzal Yakub Kureshi
Aishwarya Pandit
Ajay Chaurasia
Ajit Chaudhuri
Alpa Maanoj Shah
Alpesh Malvankar
Aman Bhalla
Ambika Hiranandani
Amogh Dasguru
Amit Kalukhe
Anahita Irani
Anand Desai
Ankeet Shah
Anil Kushalraj Mehta
Anil Shinde
Anirudh Gandhi
Ankita Verma
Anmol Agarwal
Annika Chauhan
Arbaz Bubere
Aparna Atul Ketkar
Arushi Kausalkar
Ashfaaq Shaikh
Ashma Gupta
Avishi Jalan
Ayushi Satra
Bakul Kodikal
Bhagyashree Kasar
Bhavesh Utekar
Chinmay More
Devi Waingankar
Diana D'souza
Dipesh Tank
Disha Dhadd
Divya Dhadd
Dhwani Kothari
Dr Deepti Naik
Dr Glen Vaz
Dr Jerryl Banait
Dr Rajani Bhat
Dr Sachin Jadhav
Druti Datar
Durga Vasudevan
Dwiti Mittal
Elsa Marie D'Silva
Errol Mathais
Eshita Kasar
Gaurav Borse
Gautam Marathe
Gita Jaisinghani
Glevina Mathias
Govind Agarwal
Harris Khan
Harsh Jain
Haseeb Ahmed Khan
Heena Khan
Hruta Durgule
Imran Khan
Imran Khatri
Ishita Sharma
Kailash Shahani
Kanika Mahadik
Kashyap Swaroop
Kedar Jaidev
Kunal Rane
Lahu Ramdas Gawade
Lata Sankarnarayan
Mainak Ghosh
Maitreyee Avachat
Mamta Gohil
Manas Gubbi
Mangesh Sarode
Marita D'souza
Mihir Chitre
Milan Makwana
Milind Pradhan
Mohit Chaudhary
Monica D'Souza
Munib Dolare
Murli Menon
Nabil Kachchi
Narjis Naqvi
Naveen Midha
Neil Gracias
Nimesh Advani
Nishma Dsouza
Parth Shetye
Payal Arun Shinde
Payas Nivatkar
Prakriti Mittal
Pranay Parab
Pranit Bhandula
Praveen Narvekar
Priyanka Tendolkar
Priyanshi Jain
Purendra Shukla
Sai Korgaonkar
Rachel Simons
Rahul Vaswani
Ritika Vadhan
Ritika Waghela
Robin Lal
Rohan Richard
Rohin Samtaney
Rohit Dsouza
Rosemary Fernandes
Rupali Waghela
Rutvi Sheth
Rylan Agera
Saad Dolare
Sahil Parsekar
Sahishnu Tongaonkar
Sahib Shahnawaz Adhikari
Sameer Khandekar
Sameer Patel
Sangeeta Mittal
Sanjana Kanade
Sanjay Patel
Sanjay Talukdar
Sanket Dedhia
Sanket Doke
Sanskriti Sharma
Sapna Bhavnani
Saumil Bharani
Saurabh Khardikar
Savio Joseph
Savio Saldhana
Sayed Israr Ali Ishaque
Shahid Rakhangi
Shahrukh Pathan
Shakil Chowdhary
Sharan Shetty
Sheetal Gada
Shobha Bade
Shreya Rai
Shubham Gujare
Siddhant Malvankar
Sidharth Jatar
Subodh Choubey
Supreet Singh
Suruchi Sapru
Sweta Nanda
Tasneem Sharafally
Taufique Khan
Tejashree Sonawale
Trishnendu Ghosh
Tushar Shinde
Uma Iyer
Umar Shaikh
Umesh Kumar
Usman Khan
Vartika Singh
Varun Maru
Vedanti Karekar
Vibodh Jadhav
Vikas Chandra
Vinod Bora
Viral Ramaiya
Vishal Lamba
Vishwajeet Chand
Yash Bardiya
Yashashree Rao
Zahabiya Patharia
Zia Shaikh
Zubin Patel

Support Mumbai's fight against hunger

We are grateful for your past support, which enabled us to realise our ambitious goals. As we persist in our mission, your renewed sponsorships sustain the continuous operation of our community kitchens, ensuring that essential meals continue to reach those in need.

Ready to make a lasting difference?
Use the form to pledge your support or contact us at volunteer@khaanachahiye.com for queries or additional assistance.

PS - We deeply value your commitment to ending hunger and enhancing lives in Mumbai.

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Khaana Chahiye Foundation traces its origins to a citizen-led food-relief effort during Mumbai's Covid-19 lockdown, evolving into one of the city's largest crisis management initiatives. Today, it persists in its mission to combat hunger through various relief and advocacy efforts.

For inquiries, please contact us at:
contact@khaanachahiye.com

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