There are two decision-making bodies that define
and direct the social endeavours of Open Forum.
These are called the Management Board and the
Governing Board.
Management Board
The Management Board (MB) defines and reviews
the Programme and Activities of Open Forum and
is involved in implementing programmes in grassroots
communities, human resources, the civil society
organizations, partner organizations, etc. The
chief objective of the MB is to make Open Forum
more synergistic; it does this by strengthening
the relationship between the Open Forum and
its Programme & Activities. The MB creates
a shared understanding of a Open Forum's current
activities, its strengths and its weaknesses.
It then addresses the most strategic issues
facing the organisation. Apart from this, the
MB has reviewed the organizations social &
operational portfolio and clustered programmes
& services into nine social sectors. The
MB assesses what unique value a organization
adds to a particular social development sector
and, conversely, what unique value the Open
Forum can bring to that programme & Activities.
Besides President, Vishwendra N. Thakur, the
MB comprises Kumar Aman, Santosh Bhardwaj, Suresh
Gaur, Jitendra Mishra, Jyoti K. Jha, Pratibha
K. Dutta, and Pankaj Poddar.
Governing Board
The Governing Board (GB) is a forum at which
broad policy issues relating to the growth of
Programme & Activities of Open Forum are
reviewed and the entry into new areas discussed.
The GB also plays a key role in protecting and
promoting the Programme & Activities of
Open Forum in India and across South Asia. The
GB also provides advisory services to Open Forum
in the areas of Human Resources, Finance, Legal,
and other functional areas as and when required.
Apart from this, the GB from time to time, reviews
Open Forum’s social development portfolios
across social sectors. The GB comprises President
Vishwendra N. Thakur, Shashi Tharoor, Anupam
Kher, Subbiah Arunachalam, D. R. Kaarthikeyan,
‘Padmashree’ Russy Mody, Rakeshwar
Pandey, Krishna Bharat, Rajendra Khargi, Bhu
Dev Sharma, Priya Kapoor, and Suresh Gaur.
