The Trust has, besides, a total number of about 70 ‘associates’ who have contributed an amount of Rs. 5000 to Rs. 3,00,000 each toward the corpus of the Trust. A majority of the associates are senior academicians, hold a PhD in Management, Commerce or Economics and have research interests. They have written, between them, a a few dozen books and numerous research papers. Many of them are approved Ph.D. guides for well-known Universities in India and abroad. Some are Alumni of reputed management institutes like the IIM’s.
The Maharashtra Executor and Trustee Co. Pvt. Ltd. (a Subsidiary of Bank of Maharashtra) supervise the administration, as Managers of the Trust.