Board of Directors

Chairman

Sher Motwani

Sher Motwani a Professional Engineer and President of A Manufacturing Company. Married for past 35 years, father of two daughters and has a 2 year old grandson. Sher's wife Meena is actively involved in all the activities of the Sindhi Community. Sher has been the Chairman of Gurmandir Board for past 6 years and has involved with the Sindhi Association for 10 years. Under his leadership, Toronto Sindhis organized a very successful Sindhi Sammelan in 1997, which was attended by more than 1000 Sindhi Delegates From around the world.

Vice-Chair

Kavita Jagasia
	Kavita lives in Toronto with her husband -Sunil, son - Sameer and their dog called Oreo. She has worked in various Management roles at American Express for over 21 years. She is passionate about giving back to the community at large and enjoys travelling, music and dance

Treasurer

Krishan Vasdani

Krishan Vasdani has been living in Canada since 1974. For the past twelve years, he has been actively involved within the Sindhi community, serving as membership director on the SCAT board for 4 years and treasurer on the GurMandir board for 3. In that same time period, he has been working for Clarica/Sunlife. Married to Rekha for the past 22 years, with three beautiful daughters- Nadiya, Tara & Jyoti, Krishan is a hard-working father that never quits. Dedicated to making GurMandir successful in its path, Krishan will continue to provide his best.

Secretary

Sonia Wadhwani

Sonia was one of the founding members of the Sindhi Cultural Association in Toronto. She has a Masters degree in Philosophy and works in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She loves to sing. She is married to Satu Wadhwani and they have three beautiful children - Zenia, Jai and Lata. Both husband and wife along with their daughters have been heavily involved in the activities of Sindhi Association since its inception and are always ready to lend a helping hand. Sonia has been on GurMandir Board for the last two terms and loves to be involved in all GurMandir activities.

Fund-raising Director

Dr.Jagdish Butany

Dr Jagdish Butany qualified as a pathologist (Toronto, FRCPC '79). He is Professor and Director of Anatomical Pathology at the University of Toronto, and Staff Pathologist and Consultant Cardiovascular Pathologist at the Toronto General Hospital/University Health Network. A founding member of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology he was its President (Mar '07 -Mar '09) and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Cardiovascular Pathology(2000-2011), the official journal of the SCVP. He was the president of the Canadian Association of Pathologists (Oct ‘06-July ‘09). Actively involved in Social activities, he is currently a member of the Board of Directors of The Scarborough Hospital, works with the Maytree foundation on its mentorship committee and is the Secretary- Treasurer of the World Association of Societies of Pathology and Laboratory.

Program Director

Chandra Shivdasani

Immigrated with my husband, Chattur Shivdasani, and three children, to Canada from Allahabad, India in 1969 (since widowed after a blessed marriage). Mother to three grown children, Dr. Kumar, Kamal (married to Marilyn Geer), and Jyoti (married to John Homer) and grandmother to two adorable grandchildren, Patrick and Jessica. Retired Ontario civil servant and former broadcaster – All India Radio: Delhi, Bombay, Allahabad (1957-1969) besides working as senior secretary in prestigious companies - and CHIN and CJMR (1971-1997) radio stations in Toronto. Founder Board member of Sindhi Cultural Association of Toronto (1990-92). Hobbies: music, cooking and knitting.

Program Director

Nita Masand

Nita Massand has been living in Canada since 2008. For the past 27 years, she lived in Dubai and actively contributed to the community as a committee member of the India Club handling events.  In her career for 25 years, she has worked as Operations Manager & Business Manager for Amex/Emirates Bank.  She currently is a Mortgage Development Manager for National Bank of Canada.   Married to Suresh for the past 28 years, with three lovely children – Rajeev, Rahul (sons) and Priyanka (daughter-in-law) she is very hard-working. Dedicated to making GurMandir successful in every way, Nita will continue to provide her full contribution

	One SCAT director will attend all GurMandir meetings

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