THE DAKSHANA COMMUNITY

Commander Mishra has a distinguished Naval service of twenty-two years. During naval career, he has served as instructor at the Naval College of Engineering, Production Manager at Naval Dockyard, Chief Engineer Officer of frontline warships, Staff Engineer Officer, and Director (Projects) at Naval Headquarter. He has been awarded with Best positive living officer during specialisation course, Best instructor, commendation from Chief of Naval staff and Commander-in Chief for exemplary service.

Commander Arun joined Dakshana Foundation in Mar 2016. He served DIETF as Chief Admin and Chief Academic Officer for five years. He has been carrying out the duties of CEO since Nov 2020. He is currently pursuing Leadership and Change Management Program from IIM Lucknow.

Deepayan has been actively involved in Dakshana activities through the Dakshana Alumni Network (DAAN) and has served as Vice President on the DAAN Council. Deepayan now handles Academics and Selections at Dakshana and manages the NDST & JDST annually. Deepayan is adept at analysing and finding logical solutions to every problem.
Deepayan is a foodie and loves experimenting with new recipes. He also enjoys travelling, trekking and is a fun person to be with.

He started his own business after hanging up the uniform. After a successful stint of nearly six years, due to a personal tragedy, he decided to close the business. He has since been trying to contribute towards the education of bright but needy students. Dakshana was the natural follow-through after meeting Mohnish Pabrai in April 2009.

Monsoon graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley, with a concentration in International Relations.

Since 2010, Monsoon has made frequent field trips to Dakshana Scholar homes and various JNVs running Dakshana’s program for impoverished students in India studying to gain admission into the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). She has traveled extensively to remote areas of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana, Puducherry, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Kerala.

Colonel Haryal has been involved in many difficult operations during his service. He has a Master’s degree in Management. With a vast and rich experience of all facets of life, Colonel Haryal has always kept honesty, integrity, uprightness to the commitment with discipline on top of his life’s agenda. During his earlier stint with Dakshana, his contribution was greatly appreciable. At Dakshana, Colonel Haryal heads the administration of the Dakshana Campus at Kadus Village, Pune. Under his leadership and tight control, the campus administration works with the utmost discipline and efficiency.