Mrs Brij Mohini Dahar- Chairperson

Mrs Brij Mohini Dahar is the Chairperson of White House Hotels in Mussoorie and NCR. The Hotel was started by her approx. 25 years as her summer residence which eventually was converted into a Boutique Hotel.

Mrs Dahar is the wife of Late Wg. Cdr. Sudesh Kumar Dahar, Vrc, VSM who was one of the most decorated officers of our glorious Indian Air Force. Wg. Cdr. S. K. Dahar was the commanding officer of No. 1 Squadron and was also the leader of a Vampire Force, which went into action on 1st September 1965 in the Chhamb sector, where Pakistani force had crossed the border and attacked our positions with heavy armour. Wg. Cdr S. K. Dahar with complete disregard of his personal safety inflicted crushing blows on the enemy, destroying enemy supply lines, petrol dumps, railway wagons, convey and encampments. Wg. S. K. Cdr. Dahar led the first section which also destroyed six enemypatton tanks, one anti- aircraft gun, several trucks and many enemy troops. After skilfully handling the situation he brought back three aircrafts safely back to base after a successful mission. He was awarded Vir Chakra on 1st September 1965 and VayuSena Medal on 26 January 1964.

Air Marshal Arjan Singh in his letter dated 30th December 1965 to Wg. Cdr. S. K. Dahar stated that;“I am delighted that the president has awarded you the Vir Chakra in recognition of your gallantry in the recent operations against Pakistan. You have brought great credit to the Indian Air Force and the country by your conscious courage, bravery and initiative. Your daring deeds during the operations will be long remembered in our service. I am proud of you and wish you a very happy and promising career in the Indian Air Force.”

Unfortunately, Wg. Cdr. S. K. Dahar passed away in a flying accident near Karnal after leading the Fly Past on the Republic Day in New Delhi. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh said “that a brilliant and promising career has been cut short.” In his letter to Mrs Brij Mohini Dahar he said that “ he always set an excellent personal example which was a source of inspiration to all who worked with him.”

Anil Dahar, CEO , White House Hotels

Mr. Dahar has extensive experience in the hospitality and real estate sectors. After a long stint in New York, Mr. Dahar returned to India to take over the family business of White House Builders and Estates and manage the White House Hotels in Mussoorie and NCR. He is assisted with a dedicated managerial team and staff at the White House Hotels.

Mr Dahar is Senior Advisor to Law Offices of India, a premium international law firm, headquartered in New Delhi in India with offices in London, Sydney, Palermo in Italy and offices pan India. He specializes in International Cross- borders Real Estate transactions. He is also the Founder and driving force behind One India, a platform for raising critical national issues which affect the public at large and also does charitable work.

Jimmy Ambardar- Hotel Advisor in Operations and F & B

Jimmy Ambardar is the CEO of Sara Amber Consultancy. He has worked as a top professional in Operations, Supply and F & B with the top most hotels across the world including Marriott in the Middle East, the Oberoi Hotels in India and East Africa. He is a Senior Advisor to White House Hotels.

Ravi Kumar Ambardar- Senior Advisor

Ravi Ambardar is by profession a Chartered Accountant and has extensive experience in Tax planning. He has dealt with numerous corporates and has an impressive finance background involving structuring and re-structuring of corporates.

Alkanshree Dahar- Senior Legal Advisor

Alkanshree Dahar is the managing partner of Law Offices of India. She holds an L.L.B. degree from the Law of Faculty, University of Delhi and was awarded an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi. She practiced for many years in London while extensively dealing with matters relating to Oil & Gas Sector. Her other practice areas of specialization are arbitration- International and Domestic, Joint Ventures, M & A and Intellectual Properties Rights.

Alkanshree Dahar was appointed counsel for Indian Oil Corporation for its Jamnagar Pipeline Refinery Project, which was a project of national importance that cut across four states in India. She is also advisor to many Oil Companies on environmental and related legal issues. She advised IOC on SKO, which was being introduced for the first time in India. She has also done extensive work in the areas of project finance and ECB’s.

As a result of her work, which required approvals from Ministry of Finance for one of India’s top Industrial Houses for an intricate ECB transaction of US$ 117 million, guidelines pertaining to ECB transactions were re-set. She also undertakes selective matters of International importance and successfully handled, among many others, a matter which had created international headlines wherein the President of India made a gift to the President of Armenia involving India’s wildlife. The matter captured headlines in most leading newspapers across the world and involved making representations to the highest offices in India, including the office of Indian Prime Minister’s and President of India. This matter in London was supervised by the Born Free Foundation whose trustees include famous Hollywood actress, Virginia McKenna, who featured in the classic Hollywood movie “Born Free”. She has also acted on behalf of many high net worth individuals, including Hollywood and Bollywood movie stars and film producers such as PersisKhambatta, who was one of India’s first movie stars to venture into Hollywood. She has also worked on agreements with Jean-Paul Carrier- the Oscar nominee French producer and writer. Among others, she has also worked with ShrimatiSmitri Irani ( now a Union Minister for Women and Child), Nafisa Ali and Bollywood film producers such as Ashok Thakeria etcetera.

Numerous forums including major television channels such as NewsX, New Net, CNBC and Star TV regularly invite her as an expert to speak on various legal issues. She has received many awards including Outstanding Corporate Lawyer’s award from the Hon’ble Union Minister for State Affairs, Rajesh Pilot and All India Organizational Entrepreneurial Confederation (AIOEC) in 1993 and corporate lawyer of the year award in 2003 from Indian Associated Industries Organization. She also received Outstanding Lawyer Swayamsiddha Award in 2017. She was recently facilitated with theAchiever Award 2019 in International Commercial Arbitration 2019 by the Former Chief Justice of India Shri Deepak Misra, jointly with Steven Morris- Head of International Arbitration and Litigation, Howard Kennedy, London. Her firm was also named “Legal Consultant of the Year 2018 by Business Connect and received Award of Excellence in the form of trophy and certificate of honour from CEO magazine.