JK Health and Hope Foundation
Our people

The people behind the care

Meet the leadership, advisers, and doctors who guide Hope and Health, connect families to hospitals, and keep the mission moving every day.

Leadership

Guiding the mission

Founding leadership
Dr. Syed Altaf Bukhari

Dr. Syed Altaf Bukhari

Chairman

We began with a simple conviction: no child should be turned away from care that could save their life because of where they were born or what their family can afford.

Every gift, every volunteer hour, and every partner hospital brings us closer to a future where care reaches everyone. Thank you for walking this road with us.

Founding leadership
Ms. Andleeb Saqi

Ms. Andleeb Saqi

Director

Our promise is that support turns into real treatment for real children, and that we account for every rupee along the way.

We measure ourselves not by how much we raise, but by how many families walk out of a hospital with hope instead of fear.

Advisory board

Advisers and mentors

Prof. Anjali Menon

Prof. Anjali Menon

Public Health Adviser

Every child we reach before a crisis is a family spared the worst version of this story. That is what community screening is really for.

Rahul Verma

Rahul Verma

Finance and Governance Adviser

Donors deserve to know exactly where their money went. Transparency is not a policy here, it is a promise we keep line by line.

Farah Nabi

Farah Nabi

Community and Outreach Adviser

Trust is built one conversation at a time. We do not wait for families to find us, we go to them.

Medical board

The doctors behind the care

Dr. Nawab John Dar

Dr. Nawab John Dar

Neuroscientist, Salk Institute

Good medicine starts with good evidence. I bring the same rigor I use studying the brain to how we review every case here.

Dr. Mehak Suri

Dr. Mehak Suri

Cardiac Surgeon

Every operation is someone's only chance. I treat each one like it is the only surgery I will ever perform.

Dr. Adnan Rather

Dr. Adnan Rather

Pediatric Intensivist

The hours after surgery matter as much as the surgery itself. Recovery is where we truly earn a family's trust.

Dr. Kavya Nair

Dr. Kavya Nair

Anesthesiologist

A calm child on the table is a safer child. My work is the quiet part no one sees, and I would not have it any other way.