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Board of Governors
DSC, as an organization consists of group of professionals and field workers working under active leadership and guidance of Chairman and Executive Director as per the mandate set up in consultation with the Board of Governors. DSC's Governing Board has fourteen members including Chairman and Executive Director of DSC who is also a Member-Secretary. The Governing Board presents a blend of rich experience. There are industrialists, government administrators, social entrepreneurs, NGO leaders, management experts, academicians and researchers on the Board. These members have been known for their dynamism in their respective fields. They provide an impetus to the organization for growth and diversification of its programmes. They also review the programmes in light of the organization's mission and the trends in policy environment.

Chairman
The new chairman of DSC, Shri Vijay Mahajan is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (1970-75), the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 1981 and was a mid-career fellow at the Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public International Affairs, USA, 1989, where he studied economic development policy.

Based on his work with various NGOs during his student days, Vijay established an NGO, PRADAN (Professional Assistance for Development Action), in 1982. PRADAN continues to be one of India’s more effective NGOs, specializing in promoting livelihoods for the rural poor.

Working as an independent consultant, Vijay carried out various assignments related to rural development from 1991-95, for the World Bank and NABARD, Vijay conceptualised BASIX which he set up in mid 1996. Till March 2005, BASIX has helped support over 150,000 livelihoods of poor households in the agriculture, allied and non-farm sectors by extending micro-credit worth over Rs 350 crore (US $80 million) and providing a range of livelihood promotion services. Vijay is the CEO of the BASIX group.

Vijay serves on the Boards of the Institute of Rural Management (IRMA) and the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), as also on the Advisory council of the Centre for Management of Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). He has also served on the Boards of major NGOs in rural development, including PRADAN, ASSEFA, Gram Vikas, RGVN, SPWD, DHRUVA (BAIF) and the GIVE Foundation.

Chairman List
>	Mr Vijay Mahajan
>	Shri Anil C Shah

Executive Director
Mr. Sachin Oza, the Executive Director, has a master's degree in Social Work from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He has been with DSC since its inception in 1994. Working initially as Training Co-ordinator of the organization, he has taken up Directorship since 2000. He has 14 years of experience in the voluntary sector

Programme Staff
The Programme Staff hail from various disciplines such as social work, social science, engineering, agriculture, management, planning and communications. The Programme officers have an experience of five to ten years in the voluntary sector. At present, DSC has eleven such professionals working from the central office in Ahmedabad.

DSC, Gujarat India Field Staff
The organization has six field units, four working for Participatory Irrigation Management (Visnagar, Himmatnagar, Modasa and Vahelal), one for Watershed Development (Meghraj) and one for Watershed Plus (Dhari). There are fifteen full-time members in the field units, representing professions of social science, agriculture and civil engineering. The field teams works independently, but have frequent interactions with the programme officers at the headquarters.

The field team develops a cadre of village functionaries in each village. These functionaries perform a very vital role in the process of village institution development. The field teams work as community organizers. They also implement and monitor programmes. The team members' qualifications range from diploma in engineering, bachelor's degree in social work to post-graduate degree in Rural Studies.

Administration, Accounts and Other Support Staff
There are eleven members in administrative staff to help the Chairman, the Executive Director and the Programme Staff. They include one administration and accounts officer, one accountant, one librarian, three secretaries, one receptionist and three drivers. Most of the support staff has been with DSC for five years or more.

In addition to looking after administration and accounts at the DSC, the administrative officer and the account officer also help the field units in maintaining their accounts. They also conduct training sessions for the functionaries of village institutions.

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