 Since 1999, Lakhina is the Chairman of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Foundation (Stichting Standbeeld Mahatma Gandhi), Amsterdam.Another organisation, with which Lakhina has been closely associated for a long period, is the Netherlands India Chamber of Commerce and Trade (NICCT) which came into being as a result of the merger between the India Trade Council and the Indo Dutch Chamber of Commerce and Trade.Lakhina is the Founder and has been the Executive President since its establishment in 2003 up to April 2010.