Sanat and Indrani live in Newtown, PA. Indrani likes to keep busy with family and various philanthropic activities, especially focusing on women’s empowerment while Sanat maintains a hectic schedule as Executive VP and President, Merck Manufacturing. Alums of Jadavpur University, both passionately support community activities and try to be a force of good for the world. Sanat sits on the Board of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and Hilleman Laboratories through which he actively helps many different causes to promote welfare in India as well as globally.
Sanat and Indrani, rooted and brought up in Kolkata, have been involved with Kolkata Foundation from the very inception and have always been inspired by the impact that Kolkata Foundation has had so far though their activities in education and healthcare in West Bengal.
Recently, as the Covid situation in India developed into a national health emergency, Sanat partnered with USISPF and Pratham to organize donation of millions of masks, hundreds of oxygen concentrators, sanitizers, ICU beds, and financial support to India.
Their daughter Shilpita, an environment enthusiast, actively supports NRDC and their son, Shubham enjoys mentoring and coaching underprivileged students (e.g. America Needs You).
