Contact
Anil Bhanot
Anil Bhanot read Actuarial Science at university and then qualified as a chartered accountant and has been running his own accountancy practice since 1990.
Anil is a founding member of the Hindu Council UK, a national umbrella body for British Hindus and their temples & cultural organisations, launched in 1994. Anil served as its general secretary from 2003 to 2009 and is now the managing trustee. Anil is also the Hindu religious advisor to the MoD since 2005.
Anil is the chair and managing director of the Ethnic Inclusion Foundation, a social enterprise charity based in London, which does projects in health, equality and sustainability.
Anil is the chair of Peepul Centre, a social enterprise charity for the empowerment of communities based in Leicester.
Anil founded Peepul Delhi Trust in 2018 which uplifts the disadvantaged communities and gives vocational training to the youth and women.
Anil founded Rita Trust in 2010, which now runs the Diwali Tree project. [Rita: the natural law governing our lives and the cosmos.]
Other and past positions:
Editorial Board of Hindupedia
Chair Council of Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations (2007-2011)
Chair of Mosaic Community Trust (2010-2014)
Founder/Vice-Chair of the Council of Dharmic Faiths UK (2010-2014)
Patron of the Alma Royalton Interfaith Youth Trust (2007-2014
Contact: bhanot.anil@gmail.com
Dr Santosh Bhanot
Santosh Bhanot has a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences and was a Research Fellow at King’s College, London, and then at Nottingham University she researched into artificial blood and co-authored several papers.
Santosh worked for Proctor and Gamble for 20 years as a global Senior Scientist in Respiratory Medicines.
Santosh chairs the Ealing Music Therapy which supports children with special educational needs.
Santosh is a trustee of the Ethnic Inclusion Foundation and advises on Health issues.
Santosh is director and head of health at Peepul Centre, a social enterprise charity in Leicester, where she runs the Mental Health Neighbourhood café (a drop-in clinic), and directs the staff and processes of running the Centre.
Santosh is a trustee at Peepul Delhi where she works on empowerment projects for the disadvantaged women.
Santosh is founder chair of the Asian Circle, an NGO of British Asian women supporting vulnerable and marginalised women in South Asia, helping to build livelihoods and influence women empowerment for the disadvantaged women at state level.
Santosh is a trustee of the Rita Trust.
Contact: santosh@bhanot.co.uk
Address:
Rita Trust
126-128 Uxbridge Road
London W13 8QS
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