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About Us

Triveni Mitra Mandal of Greater Cincinnati is an organization of the Maharashtrian community in the Cincinnati and Dayton areas of the state of Ohio in the United States. The Mandal is organized to promote social interaction among the residents. We achieve this by organizing various cultural events and initiatives. We strive to educate the children of its members about the cultural heritage of India, and of Maharashtra in particular. We also attempt to familiarize Americans about the culture of Maharashtra. The Mandal also encourages its members to understand and appreciate American culture and contribute to the social activities of American society.

Triveni initiatives

Triveni Mitra Mandal is an organization (to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln) of the Marathi community, by the Marathi community, and for the Marathi community. Social responsibility, community participation and physical and mental health and well being (दायित्व, सहभाग, आणि स्वास्थ्य) are our goals. 

In keeping with these objectives, we have continued old traditions as well as introduced new initiatives in cultural, social service, artistic, and athletic domains.

दायित्व

Social Service initiatives- The Mandal commits to providing a meal a month at a local community homeless shelter, and thus giving back to our adopted city. 

We have also started a new initiative (Learning Beyond Limits) where members teach online lessons to children of itinerant labourers in Maharashtra as a way of giving back to our birthplace.

सहभाग

Pariwar Milan is a community-building initiative where new and old members of the Mandal are matched up with a few other families based on compatible interests children’s ages, and help them find companionship and increase engagement with the local Marathi community. 

Cultural initiatives- The Mandal coordinates Ganeshpooja and Prasad lunch on the fourth Sunday of every month at the Hindu temple. 

We celebrate the important Maharashtrian festivals of Sankrant, Padwa, Ganeshotsav, Kojagiri and Diwali together as a community. This year (2024) we also celebrated Mangalagaur. 

Artistic initiatives- we have held a kite designing competition for Padwa, and welcome artistic and literary input from our talented members for publication in our quarterly newsletter “Triveni Vruttant”.

स्वास्थ्य

Health initiatives- we enthusiastically participate in BMM’s annual May 5K run and try to arrange local 5K run/walk events when possible. 

We have also hosted a monthly yoga session and a meditation session for interested members.

2025 Executive Committee

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Rajesh Sahasrabudhe

President

Rajesh Sahasrabudhe and family have been residing in Greater Cincinnati area since 2008 and have been Triveni members since then.

Born and brought up in Nagpur, Rajesh did his engineering in College of Engineering, Pune and Masters at IIT Powai. His family is originally from Wai in Satara district.

Rajesh has been involved in voluntary work with Association for India’s Development, Cincinnati chapter since 2017. He was a member of the 2024 Triveni Executive committee.

Wife Nayana has been active in Triveni for a long time. She was Triveni’s President in 2016, was on the Advisory Committee in 2024 and is current BMM coordinator.

They have two children – Janhavi has recently completed her masters in neuroscience from the University of Paris and Tanay is sophomore in computer science at Purdue university.

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Aditya Paranjape

Vice President

Aditya Paranjape and his family have been a part of Cincinnati and Triveni Mitra Mandal since 2015. We moved from Chicago, Tallahassee to Columbus and finally settled in Cincinnati.

 

Aditya was born and raised in Thane, completed his Bachelors in Computer Engineering in 2001 and moved to USA in 2007. His interest vary from education people in Financial awareness to Astrophotography.​ His wife Shilpa has been involved with Marathi Mandal for a long time. She has been involved in "Super Saturday" as a Treasurer. They both have 2 beautiful daughters Ojasvi (Junior High) and Maahi (Elementary) in Sycamore school district.

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Aditya was a part of the Triveni Social committee in 2024, managing multiple programs. This year Aditya is excited to serve as Vice-President in 2025 EC.

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Tejashree Bund

Secretary

Tejashree Bund and her family moved to Mason, Ohio from Madison, Wisconsin in 2011. TMM felt closer to heart after moving to a new city.

She was born and raised in Mumbai, India and has completed her PhD in Food Science and Technology from Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (previously known as UDCT). 

She has participated as well as volunteered in various TMM programs since 2019. Her husband, Rajesh Bund, was the TMM President last year (2024). Tejashree loved the cultural programs organized by TMM, the challenges that came with each event and how the past TMM team overcame these. This instilled the idea of becoming a part of the Executive committee and actively giving back after being at the receiving end for the past many years. ​

Tejashree has two sons, one is a sophomore studying Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University, Columbus and the other one is a freshman at the William Mason High school.

Tejashree looks forward to the love and support from the TMM community for the 2025 year.

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Geeta Tadwalkar

Treasurer

Geeta and her family moved from Racine, Wisconsin, to Mason, Ohio, in 2004, and have been dedicated Triveni members ever since, with TMM holding a special place in their hearts.

Geeta and her husband, Avinash, graduated from MIT Engineering in Pune. They got married in 1995, moved to Singapore shortly after, and relocated to the USA in 2000. 


They have two children, Rucha and Aryan. Rucha graduated with degrees in Biomedical Engineering and an MBA from University of Cincinnati. Aryan is a junior at Georgia Tech, studying Biomedical Engineering.

Geeta served as the Treasurer of the 2024 Executive Committee, overseeing funding and various activities for the TMM cultural programs. Geeta is excited to continue serving as Treasurer for the TMM community throughout 2025.

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Ambrish Patil

Communications

Ambrish Patil and family have resided in the Greater Cincinnati area since 2019 and have been Triveni members since 2023. 

 

Born and raised in Navi Mumbai, Ambrish completed his engineering in University of Mumbai 2010. His family is originally from Latur, Maharashtra. This is Ambrish’s second year in Triveni Mitra Mandal. He will be trying his best to contribute back to the community and learn during the process.

 

His wife Rucha is from Nanded and she is also trying to contribute, learn, and enjoy with the new family of Triveni Mitra Mandal. Their three-year-old son named Swaraj, is also enjoying company of Triveni Mitra Mandal family.

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Rishikesh Kulkarni

EC Member

Rishikesh Kulkarni was born and brought up in Mumbai. Rishikesh completed B. Pharm from UDCT, Mumbai and then came to the US as a student in 2002 and completed PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Cincinnati. Rishikesh has been residing in the Greater Cincinnati area since 2002. He has been an active member of Triveni Mitra Mandal since 2010. 

 

Wife Purnima Kulkarni has been active with Triveni activities as well. They have two daughters- Sonali Kulkarni and Saachi Kulkarni, 8th grader and KG respectively. Both have been active participants of Triveni Marathi Mandal events.

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Shilpa Keole

EC Member

Shilpa Keole and her family moved to Cincinnati, OH in 2004. She graduated from SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai. Currently she lives with her husband, Mohan, in Mason. Mohan completed his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering degree from Amaravati and masters from IIT Mumbai.

Shilpa and Mohan have two daughters, Pallavi and Tanvi. Both graduated with engineering degrees from The Ohio State University. Pallavi currently lives in Cincinnati and works at P&G, while Tanvi moved to Chicago to work at PepsiCo.

Shilpa has previously been a member of the Triveni Executive Committee and is excited to be a part of the executive committee this year to give back to the community.

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Varsha Palande

Social Committee

Varsha Palande and family have been living in Mason since 2022. Impressed by Triveni Mitra Mandal’s cultural and social activities and inclusive approach, Varsha decided to be a part of it as an effort to give back to the community.

 

Born and brought up in Badlapur, Mumbai, Varsha did her M.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Mumbai. She was working as a lecturer in Mathematics and Statistics for about 15 years in Pune where she moved after getting married to Sachin Palande. Sachin is an engineer from College Of Engineering, Pune (COEP). He works in IT SAP.

 

Their daughter Shravani studies in UC with a major in Neurobiology and son Tanmay is a 10th grader in MHS.

 

Varsha loves to play Badminton and is a sportsperson by heart.

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Nitin Lele

Social Committee

Nitin Lele has been living in the Mason area with his family since 1997. His wife Vrinda has served in the past on the Triveni’s Executive and Advisory Committees.

Nitin earned his degree in mechanical engineering from College of Engineering, Pune (COEP) and MBA from Xavier University, Cincinnati.  As part of the COEP Alumni group, he helps students from disadvantaged backgrounds to complete their education at COEP.

Nitin and Vrinda have two daughters – one is a hospitalist in St Louis, MO and the younger one is pursuing her residency in orthopedic surgery in Dayton, OH.

2024 Executive committee

Current Advisory committee

Past Committees

  • 2023 Executive and Social Committee

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  • 2023 Advisory Committee

    • Anil Saraf

    • Asman Kesbhat

    • Mrunal Upadhye

    • Neeraj Ghule 

    • Niteen Bapat

    • Vishwas Bakshi

 

  • BMM Representative 

    • Nayana Sahasrabudhe

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Become a Member

  • Family membership is for all family members in a same household.

  • Couple membership is for husband and wife only.

  • To participate in any of Triveni events, participant must be a Triveni member for that year.

  • All membership and event fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.

  • Membership is vaild from January 2024 - December 2024

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