Chair – Dr Sarah Eagger MB,BS, FRC Psych (London)
Dr Sarah Eagger is Chair of the Janki Foundation. She worked for 30 years in the NHS as a consultant psychiatrist and honorary senior clinical lecturer in the department of Psychological Medicine, Imperial College, London, and also worked in private practice for 15 years. She is on the executive committees of both the Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry section of the World Psychiatric Association and the Special Interest Group on Spirituality at the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK). She is also past chair of the National Spirituality and Mental Health Forum and the British Holistic Medical Association.
Vice Chair - Suja Chandran
Suja Chandran, works in the NHS as a Registered Social Worker with vulnerable families and children with chronic illness. As an educator, she has a continued interest in addressing the impact of social determinants of health and burden of care within families. She is involved in projects to enhance psychosocial care in clinical settings and to integrate spirituality in health care.
Honorary Secretary - Viraj Patel
Viraj Patel worked as a dentist for over 10 years at a NHS hospital and in general practice, and is aware of the challenges faced by healthcare professionals in demanding, clinical environments. She has been a volunteer at the Janki Foundation since 2007 and now holds the position of Honorary Secretary of the Foundation.
Honorary Treasurer – Chandrabala Patel
Chandrabala Patel has been a teacher and meditation practitioner for over 4 decades. Prior to that she had been working for a wholesale pharmacy in the accounts department. She is currently the Honorary Treasurer of the Janki Foundation, bringing her deep spiritual wisdom and experience to her role.
The Scientific and Medical Advisors
Dr Julia Ronder
Dr Julia Ronder has worked as a child and adolescent psychiatrist for over 35 years. She is also a certified mindful self-compassion teacher and the co-ordinator of the Kent Group of the Janki Foundation. This hosts four retreats a year for those working in health and social care.
Professor Sumantra Ray
Professor Sumantra (Shumone) Ray is a UK licensed doctor and public health nutritionist with 25 years of experience. Since 2008, he has been the Chief Scientist and Executive Director of the NNEdPro Global Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health in Cambridge and its partner organisation, the CREATE Global Leadership Academy, which collaborates closely with the Janki Foundation’s ‘Values in Healthcare: A Spiritual Approach’ (VIHASA).
Dr Ashok Mehta, MS, FRCS, FICS
Medical Director, Brahma Kumaris’ Global Hospital managing BSES Municipal General Hospital’, Mumbai. Founder Trustee, Global Hospital & Research Centre Trust.
Professor David Peters, MB ChB DRCOG DMSMed FLCOM
I am Emeritus Professor of Integrated Healthcare in the College of  Liberal Arts and Science at the University of Westminster where, before retiring from full time academic life in 2018, I co-founded and directed the Westminster Centre for Resilience. The Centre continues to research resilience and ways of  improving it through biofeedback, mindfulness, positive emotions and self-care.Â
Dr Andrew Powell MA, MB.BChir, MRCP, FRCPsych
Dr Andrew Powell formerly held Consultant and Senior Academic Appointments in London and Oxford.
Dr Hansa Raval, MD
Dr Raval is a retired Colonel from the United States Army after 26 years of service; a physician with three sub-specialities: clinical pathology, cytopathology and oncology;
Editorial Consultant – Neville Hodgkinson
Neville Hodgkinson is a writer and journalist who worked as medical and science correspondent of several national newspapers in the UK, including The Sunday Times, Sunday Express and Daily Mail.
Training and Publishing Consultant - Jan Alcoe
BSSc (Hons), DHypPsych (UK), GQHP, MBPsS
Jan Alcoe is a registered clinical hypnotherapist with a background in research, training and publishing in health and social care. She co-founded Pavilion Publishing in 1986, directed the company for 20 years and now commissions training materials, books and journals in this field.
Patrons
Professor Michael West
Michael West CBE is a Senior Visiting Fellow at The King’s Fund in London and a Professor of Organisational Psychology at Lancaster University, with additional roles at University College, Dublin, and Aston University. He graduated from the University of Wales in 1973 and was awarded a PhD in 1977 on the psychology of meditation.
Professor Sheo Tibrewal
Mr. Sheo Tibrewal is a highly respected Orthopaedic surgeon in London with over 46 years of distinguished service in the NHS. Throughout his career, he has consistently demonstrated a strong dedication to patient care and safety and has voluntarily supported education and training at the Royal Colleges of Surgeons for over two decades.
Councillor Ketan Sheth
Councillor Ketan Sheth is the Chair of the Health Committee in London, which has statutory responsibilities on the oversight of health and social care, in central and the north-west London boroughs: including policy, service delivery, outcomes and impacts.
David Hemery, CBE
David Hemery is best known for his days in sport, both as Olympic Champion and World Record holder in the 400m hurdles and later three times winner of Superstars. Since then he has been a coach, teacher, manager and writer. David received his BSc in Business Management from Boston University; his Certificate of Education in Economics from Harvard University and his Doctorate in Social Psychology in Education from Boston University. He combines his own experience with his research into what makes an achiever and how we can bring the best from ourselves and those with whom we work.
The Lord Norrie
Lord Norrie has contributed extensively to Parliamentary work on environment and health issues and has a special interest in holistic health and in the care and treatment of kidney patients. He sponsored the Swimming and Water Safety Bill to make swimming part of the National Curriculum in schools, later adopted by the Government and came into force in 1996. He served as a member of the House of Lords European Communities Committee on the Environment for four years, sponsored the National Park Bill which was later incorporated into the Environmental Act and in 1993 and was awarded the Green Ribbon Political Award from the House of Lords for services to the environment. He has been President of the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers since 1987, and is a Vice-President of the Council for National Parks. He is also a council member of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, and UK Patron of the Royal Life Saving Society since 1993.
