Daksha Bhat's passion and expertise lies in designing efficient business processes and implementing them to bring about quality outcomes. She is interested in organisational behaviour, quality, and innovation. Daksha is the founder of Silversmile Eldercare foundation. Its flagship program, Varishta, is developing initiatives to increase awareness about dementia and provide support to the elderly who have dementia and their caregivers. Prior to setting up the foundation, Daksha was Director IT and Systems Research with TAM Media Research India Pvt Ltd. in charge of the IT administration, software, research and purchase. She previously set up and headed TAM’s international advertisement theme coding division. Prior to joining TAM she worked with ICFAI and headed their case development team. She has also headed the first PR monitoring unit in India while working for erstwhile ORG-MARG, (now Nielsen.) Daksha holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. She is a life member of The All India Management Association, ARDSI, (Alzheimer’s & Related Diseases Society of India), a patron of the Indian Red Cross Society Married to Gopalakrishna Bhat who is a scientist, she has two children, who have flown the nest. An avid reader, her interests span from fiction to behavioural & management science literature. She also paints and tries her hand at other crafts whenever she has free time.