Our Trustees
Arnavaz Damania ( Founding Trustee )
Mrs. Arnavaz Damania is the founding trustee of Connecting NGO. With a vision far ahead of her time, she set up Connecting with the aim of creating an emotionally supportive and compassionate world thereby preventing suicide. Apart from this, she is on the board of advisors, board of directors and trustee of many organisations such as Dnyanadevi and Symbiosis Spa Center. She has received the “Shiv Chhatrapati” Award for recognition as a front-runner in Organising and Promoting Women’s Hockey in Maharashtra. She was also awarded the NGO Leadership Award in 2016 by the Indira Group of Institutions for creating a huge impact in the society using a MAD (Making a Difference) approach. She is also the owner of the Gazelle Health Spas, Beauty Parlours and Academy, Pune. Arnavaz continues to be the biggest crusader of this movement she began almost single-handedly and is an enthusiastic participant in all activities at Connecting.