Annual Report - American India Foundation

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catalyze. bridge. change.
{ American India Foundation • Annual Report 2008 - 2009 {
{ American India Foundation - 1 - Annual Report 2008 - 2009 }
CoverPhoto: Students at a seasonal hostel learning to read. Lokadrusti, Orissa.
Inside
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{ American India Foundation - 3 - Annual Report 2008
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} Preparing plastic bags for recycle and reuse. Conserve International, Delhi.
catalyze
Accelerating social and economic change through
strategic investments and partnerships.
bridge
Connecting the resources of caring Americans to
marginalized communities in India to improve their access to education, livelihood and health.
change
Transforming communities through improving individual
lives and creating structures to sustain these changes.
Clinton Fellow Natassia Rozario at a community health clinic. SAATH, Gujarat.
Table of Contents
Mission & Vision
2
From our Honorary Chair
4
From our Board
6
From our CEO
7
Snapshot of AIF
9
AIF Presence in India
10
Education
11
Digital Equalizer
15
Livelihood
21
Public Health
25
Clinton Fellowship for Service in India
29
Outreach and Engagement
33
Partnerships
35
Financials
39
AIF People
43
Donors
49
All Photographs ©Prashant Panjiar and Harish Tyagi
Azad Oommen, Nidhi Raj Kapoor, Nicole Patel and Chand Nirankari wrote, edited and designed this Annual Report
Seasonal hostel students raise awareness of the educational needs of the community. Lokadrusti, Orissa.
Mission & Vision
MISSION:
The American India Foundation is dedicated to
catalyzing social and economic change in India.
VISION:
To contribute to building an India where all
people can gain access to education, health care
and livelihood opportunities, and where all Indians can realize their full potential.
To build a trusted bridge between the dreams
and aspirations of individuals who care about
India and their realization.
To provide a secure channel for philanthropic
funding from the United States and its effective
investment in the best Indian non-governmental
organizations that have innovative and scalable
projects.
To build a professional organization that is secular, transparent, credible and accountable for
all its activities.
Geeta Devi and Ladi Devi monitor milk quality at the Maitree dairy collective. Srijan, Rajasthan.
From our Honorary Chair
Dear Friend:
Two thousand eight was a profoundly significant year for both the United States and India.
Both countries had important national elections; both shared in the burden of the global
economic downturn; and both countries, in a
year full of change, continued to serve as a beacon of stability and hope for the world through
a deep commitment to democracy.
I am honored that AIF chose to rename its Service Corps Fellowship the William J. Clinton
Fellowship for Service in India. This program
has always been especially meaningful to me,
as it blends my passion for India with my belief in citizen service. The 200 alumni of the
program are shining examples of how we all
have the ability to make a difference.
Of course, sustaining and strengthening a democracy requires a great deal of resolve and
hard work. Events like the tragic Mumbai terrorist attacks can test, but also strengthen, our
commitment to the values on which this system of government stands. Increasing access
to quality education, adequate health care, and
secure livelihoods for the poorest citizens is
also vital to any democracy’s future.
Not everyone is able to spend a year of service in India, but I urge you to think of ways
in which you can serve in your own way. We
sill have a long path ahead and need every step
to move us closer to our goal of an educated,
healthy, and prosperous India.
AIF plays an ever-important role in bringing
together Americans and Indians to become
active contributors to India’s development. By
supporting the AIF bridge, you are not only
helping AIF remain a bastion of opportunity
for the country’s poor, but also helping its democracy to thrive and flourish.
Sincerely,
William Jefferson Clinton
President Bill Clinton with Clinton Fellowship alumni, members of the 2009-10 class, and Sridar Iyengar, co-chair of the Fellowship Advisory Council.
From our Board
Dear Friend:
AIF continues its evolution from its infancy
into a mature organization. During the last year,
AIF has sharpened its focus and is now concentrating on signature programs that have already
demonstrated results across India.
In its first few years, AIF explored many paths
and program areas in which we felt we could
make a difference. As a venture philanthropist,
we supported a number of NGOs within the
three fields of education, livelihoods and public
health. Many of these partners have established
themselves as leaders in the civil society space.
Along the way, we also exited those programs
in which we found a limited ability to make an
impact.
At this juncture in our journey, it was important to take stock of our learnings, and set the
stage for our next phase of growth. As we move
forward, we will direct most of our resources to
five signature programs, which are our most
successful and unique ones. Through the implementation of these programs and proper
monitoring and evaluation of them we feel we
can consolidate the results and lessons learned,
scale our programs more effectively, improve
quality, and measure our success.
The five signature programs we will focus on in
the immediate future are:
1. Learning and Migration Program (LAMP)
2. Digital Equalizer (DE)
3. Market Aligned Skills Training (MAST)
4. Rickshaw Sangh
5. William J Clinton Fellowship for Service in
India (formerly Service Corps)
In practical terms, AIF’s signature programs
share the following characteristics:
• Defined goal and target beneficiaries
• Implementation in multiple geographies with
multiple partners
• Common core program approach with contextual variations in strategy
• Common impact tracking and measurement
systems
• Culture of learning and sharing experiences
among partners
• Common advocacy among partners
Indeed, if we are not taking risks and looking
at new areas, we will be doing a disservice to
the spirit of entrepreneurship on which AIF
was founded. We will therefore, continue to innovate and devote a portion of our resources to
new program areas, but with a more focused approach to meeting our larger goals.
We know that the economic environment in
this past year has been tough for many of our
supporters. As an organization, we are attempting to bridge the gap between scarcer resources
on the donor side and an increased need for our
programs among marginalized people in India.
We are doing this by being innovative in our
thinking, nimble in our responsiveness, and responsible in our stewardship.
We appreciate the trust you place in us with your
philanthropic resources – the results of which
are shared with you in this annual report. More
than ever, we need your continued support and
we encourage you to becoming even more involved in this shared journey of ours.
Sincerely,
Rajat Gupta
Victor Menezes
AIF Co-Chairs
Lata Krishnan
Pradeep Kashyap
AIF Vice-Chairs
Children playing at a care home for HIV orphans. CHES, Chennai.
From our CEO
Dear Friend,
As I write this letter, the world continues to be hit hard by the
economic recession. India’s growth rate has slowed considerably. Although on paper these numbers seem small and it is
easy to overlook percentages, in real lives, these changes can
have profoundly destructive effects. Our challenge over the past
year has been how to deal with an increased need for our programs, while balancing the decline in philanthropic giving.
We have used the opportunity of the past year to streamline our
programs and focus on our most effective programs. Within
each of these signature programs, we have evaluated, innovated
and developed new ideas and partnerships to demonstrate successful ways of implementing scalable solutions.
The salient accomplishments in our signature programs are
highlighted below:
Learning and Migration Program (LAMP): Working with seven
NGOs in Gujarat, Orissa, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, we educated over 30,000 children through seasonal hostels
and site schools. Moving forward, we will saturate coverage of
all children in 200 migration-prone villages, introduce a major
quality of learning initiative in the program, and extend the education provided in the program to 10th grade.
Digital Equalizer: Last year, 300,000 students and 16,000
teachers participated in the DE program. For many of these children it was their first exposure to computers and the world of
the Internet, and this exposure greatly enriched
their learning experience. We introduced quality
enhancing measures in the program by focusing
on improving pedagogical techniques used by the
teachers. Moving forward, we are excited to have
an increased partnership with the government
of Punjab, and a significant partnership with the
Dell Foundation for the program’s expansion in
Delhi and Karnataka.
Market Aligned Skills Training (MAST): We
trained 29,000 unemployed urban youth for employment in high-growth industries and achieved
a placement rate of 71% percent. We are expanding our geographical spread through programs in
Rajasthan, West Bengal and Punjab. In the coming year, we are improving the quality of the program through introducing system-wide curriculum standards as well as accelerating our efforts
to advocate for more government involvement.
Rickshaw Sangh: We enabled 4,000 rickshaw
drivers to become owners of their rickshaws,
either individually or collectively, through our
partnerships with commercial banks and NGOs
in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam. We entered
into a partnership with Punjab National Bank,
India’s third largest bank, with the goal of creat-
ing 100,000 rickshaw owners. Moving forward,
over the next three years we intend to facilitate relationships between commercial banks and rickshaw pullers through our NGO partners that will
enable 25,000 rickshaw owners in Uttar Pradesh
and Bihar.
Clinton Fellowship: We were delighted to rename
the Service Corps Fellowship for President Bill
Clinton to honor his commitment to citizen service and India. With the 2009-10 group of Fellows, we will have sent over 200 Fellows to India.
The 2008-09 group of Fellows consisted of 22
Fellows who worked with 19 different NGOs. The
Fellowship continues to gain in popularity, with
over 275 applicants for the 2009-10 class, from
which we selected 19 Fellows.
In the United States, we were excited that the
Washington, DC and Seattle chapters hosted their
first fundraisers in 2008. We now have eight cities in which we are hosting annual fundraisers.
The efforts of our junior chapters and young
professional groups are especially heartening, as
they represent a new generation of people caring
for India. All these efforts resulted in our raising
nearly $8.5 million for the year.
We know that this past year has been especially
tough for many, and we are deeply appreciative
that you have recognized the need to continue
supporting AIF. Our ability to continue being a
catalyst for social and economic change in India
is based on the tremendous support we receive
from you.
In my first year as CEO, I have had the opportunity to travel around the India and the US, meeting
both donors and beneficiaries. Although these
two worlds are so far apart, I have been struck
by the common generosity of spirit that exists in
both, and this gives me hope and inspiration for
AIF’s work.
With sincere thanks for your support,
Dr. Sanjay Sinho
Chief Executive Officer
Radha Gupta, a graduate of the Digital Equalizer program, now teaches other children in her village how to use compters. Dappar village, Punjab.
AIF presence in India
Snapshot of AIF
PROGRAM
AREAS
SIGNATURE
PROGRAMS
EDUCATION: Universalizing
elementary education and
increasing access to higher
education
LAMP: Educating
children in migrationprone areas
LIVELIHOOD: Increasing
income security and options for
workers in the informal sector
DE - Rajasthan
84 Schools
DIGITAL EQUALIZER:
Incorporating technology into education to
prepare students for the
21st century workforce
MAST: Skills training for
unemployed youth in
high-growth job sectors
RICKSHAW SANGH:
Enabling rickshaw
pullers to own their
vehicles
DE - Uttaranchal
(2 Graduated Schools)
DE - Punjab
600 Schools
PUBLIC HEALTH: Improving
maternal and child health
DE - Haryana
6 Schools
DE - Delhi
18 Schools (3 Graduated)
DE - Uttar Pradesh
CLINTON FELLOWSHIP:
Young American professionals serving with
Indian NGOs to build
their capacity
DE - West Bengal
PILOT
PROGRAMS
URBAN EDUCATION: Providing access to quality education for urban children
SWACCH: Creating workerowned waste management
businesses
MAITREE DAIRY: Women-run
dairy collective in arid areas
MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH:
Promoting and protecting health
of women and children
DE - Gujarat
DE - Orissa
156 Schools
DE - Maharashtra
DE - Andhra Pradesh
DE - Karnataka
OPERATIONAL
APPROACHES
INVESTING IN NGOs to
develop and scale innovative
models of change
DEVELOPING LEADERS and
social entrepreneurs to lead
change movements
ADVOCATING WITH THE
GOVERNMENT to create and
implement effective policies
DE - Tamil Nadu
161 Schools (7 Graduated Schools)
PARTNERING WITH DONORS
to maximize philanthropic
investment
DE - Kerala
Education Partners
Livelihood Partners
Public Health Partners
Clinton Fellowship Partners
Digital Equalizer Centers
Relief Partners
Education - Overview
{
has a bigger impact
“Education
on the lives of people than
absolutely anything else.“
- Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate
and AIF Advisory Board Chair
• India ranks 127 out of 177 countries in
the education index of the United Nations
Development Programme 2007-08 Human Development Report.
• In a 2007 National Council for Education
Research and Training study, less than half
the children at the 5th grade level were
able to comprehend at a grade appropriate
level.
AIF’s education programs focus on increasing access to education for children
who are not currently in school and improving the quality of education provided
in schools. The programs are aligned with
India’s constitutional responsibility to provide an education for all children up to the
age of 14.
{
1. Learning And Migration Program – educating the children of distress seasonal migrant workers
2. Digital Equalizer – incorporating digital
technology into educational curricula
In addition, AIF has partnered with organizations that are focusing on improving
education in the slums of urban India.
These programs focus on educating children who are part of the rapidly increasing rural-to-urban migration that is creating an additional strain on the education
infrastructure. For instance, Bodh Shiksha
Samiti, a Jaipur-based NGO partner, has
built the capacity of Nidan, a Patna-based
NGO, through a three-year quality of learning project.
AIF has two signature programs in the
field of education:
Soomi (R), teacher, tutors students at a bridge program to catch them up to their grade level. Cohesion Foundation Trust, Gujarat.
Education - LAMP
Change: Gundhar Maji..
It is a quiet early evening and the unbearable heat of Orissa’s
scorched summer land has just broken. The world that slept off
the afternoon heat is slow to awaken - the only audible sounds
are those of a small group of children, up early from their nap,
learning to count.
Gundhar Maji, 8 years old, had been traveling to the brick kilns
in Andhra Pradesh with his parents every year after completing
only the first grade. In October, Gundhar hid from his parents
on the day they were meant to depart for the brick kilns.
After looking all night for their son, Gundhar’s parents, delayed
in their migration and fearful of punishment from the local contractor, called off the search. Once Gundhar was certain his
parents had departed, he showed up at the Khaira Residential
Care Centre – with only the clothes on his back. He, too, wanted to attend school.
Gundhar’s teacher, Arif Baig, comments, “Gundhar is among
the brightest students we have. He understands things right
away and benefited quickly from this year’s pilot quality teaching program. He quickly surpassed first grade learning levels
and achieved third grade competency.”
Gundhar is a first generation learner, trumping all odds and
earning a place among the literate. Arif expects that when Gundhar reunites with his family, “they will be relieved if not proud
to learn of their crafty child’s competency.”
From its beginnings of educating 800
children in Maharashtra in 2003, LAMP
has today grown to cover more than
30,000 children in Maharashtra, Gujarat,
Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.
AIF and its partners continue to evolve
LAMP to best address the needs of the
community. An external qualitative evaluation of the program conducted last year
provided guidance for new directions in
the program.
The coming year will see three major
changes in LAMP:
1. Saturation of education coverage in villages: While LAMP has traditionally focused on children whose parents are migrating, children whose parents do not
migrate also share the same poor education
facilities. In order to maximize the productivity of their facilities, LAMP partners will
saturate coverage in 200 migration-prone
villages by extending educational activities
to all children and improving the educational quality in these villages.
Further, AIF will extend the program
beyond Grade 7 to cover children up to
Grade 10, so that all children in these villages will have access to a high school education and parents will have an incentive
to keep children in school, knowing they
can complete high school.
2. Focus on quality of education: As part of
an initiative to improve the quality of education in LAMP, five partners selected five
seasonal hostels each to work on improving
language and math competency of 500 children. 60% of the children were in first and
second grade, while the remaining were in
third to seventh grade. The goal of the training was to get all the students to understand
mathematics and language at a first or second grade level within three months.
Within three months, nearly all third to
seventh graders had achieved first and
second grade mathematics and language
competency. Similar quality initiatives will
be rolled out across all LAMP schools in the
coming years to ensure that children are
learning effectively.
3. Focus on seasonal hostels: Initially,
there were two primary models within
LAMP – site schools for children who
were migrating with their parents and
seasonal hostels where children could
stay at home while their parents migrated. Based on AIF’s experience over the
past couple of years, seasonal hostels are
a more effective way of keeping children
in school and learning.
Therefore, the LAMP model will gradually evolve into one where partners that
are operating site schools will also focus
on the seasonal hostel model.
Digital Equalizer - Overview
{
the twin objectives of growth with eq“Touity,meet
knowledge cannot be the prerogative of a
few; everyone in the society must have access to
knowledge and become a knowledge worker.
“
- R.A. Mashelkar, Chair, National Innovation Foundation
and AIF India Advisory Council Member
• Less than 10 percent of the population in India has access to the Internet.
• Only 13 percent of schools in India offer computer access to their students.
With such limited exposure to technology, the
divide between students prepared for the 21st
century workforce, and those not, grows each
year.
Digital Equalizer (DE) is a technology-enabled
learning program that bridges the education
and digital divide in India by preparing students to compete in the digital economy.
Targeting children in Grade 6 and higher, AIF
provides on-site support to a DE school for
three years and prepares the school for complete self-sufficiency after that period. Students
become proficient at using technology in their
regular curriculum and develop skills to be
competitive in the workforce.
{
A core focus of DE is on preparing teachers to
reshape their pedagogy. DE teachers engage
students with interactive and collaborative
learning that integrates technology and the internet into the curriculum.
Focus on Quality and Delivery
The DE program enhanced the quality of its
curriculum and improved its service delivery
over the past year. With a focus on innovation,
partnership and systemic intervention, AIF
added substantial value to the DE experience.
In Tamil Nadu, AIF partnered with EZ Vidya, a
learning solutions provider, to identify specific
pedagogical improvements and train the DE
team in these models.
In Punjab, AIF began its partnership with the
state government by assessing the quality of
the government’s IT initiative in education.
The state government subsequently increased
the number of DE schools by 50 percent, from
400 to 600 schools across the state.
The preliminary findings in an evaluation of
the DE program in Punjab that compared DE
schools with those without DE revealed that:
1. parents of students in DE schools felt their
children’s learning was enhanced
2. students in DE schools were much more
likely to use computers and the Internet in
their education
3. teachers were utilizing computers at a much
higher rate to design classroom projects
DE continues to successfully collaborate with
corporate partners to implement full-service
centers. The Dell Foundation made a $500,000
commitment to DE to support centers in Delhi,
Hyderabad and Bangalore. In addition, AIF
continues its partnerships with Adobe, Applied
Materials, Cognizant Foundation and a number of other companies and foundations.
Students work on presentations in a DE Center. Laxmibai Nagar Government School, New Delhi.
Digital Equalizer
Change: Kulvinder Kaur
Kulvinder Kaur’s talents are corroborated by the 10 trophies she
won for ranking first in her school examinations and debate
competitions. Currently enrolled in GCG College, Chandigarh,
an affiliate of Panjab University, Kulvinder’s achievements would
come as a surprise to most. The daughter of a school clerk and
an illiterate mother, Kulvinder is the only person in her family and
among close relatives to pursue a college education.
Kulvinder’s father, who works at the DE school she attended, explains that his daughter “began to develop more interest in computers and often talked about computers after getting involved
with the DE program.”
He continues, “Computer education seems like an easy and interesting way of learning. We have not studied up to a good level
and, therefore, I feel a gap between school teachers and myself.
I cannot help my daughter study like some parents. It is good
news that the computer can contribute where I cannot.”
Kulvinder will complete her degree in 2012 and aspires to become a teacher. She says, “If taught through computers or
project-based learning then students show greater interest in
studies, like I did. I love computer labs more than the structured
classroom and that is also a reason I want to teach.”
One of Kulvinder’s DE teachers remembers that she “was a
quick learner and always focused on her work, showing particularly great interest in project-based learning and computer education. She will surpass us as a teacher, I am certain.”
Livelihood - Overview
{
livelihoods-focused community
“Building
institutions and helping them access the
market has the potential to significantly
reduce poverty in India.
“
- Ved Arya, CEO, Srijan India, AIF Partner
93 percent of India’s working population is
employed in the informal economy. These
are workers without contractual employment or social security benefits. From the
mid-1990s to now, the number of workers
in the informal sector has risen but their
wage growth rate has slowed. Therefore,
more people in India have entered a declining sector with no livelihood security.
These workers need access to skills, capital, technology, and legal rights to gain livelihood security. AIF’s livelihood programs
focus on increasing security of income,
access to financial services and improving
employability of workers.
{
Skills training in high-growth jobs for urban
unemployed youth based on local need.
2. Rickshaw Sangh: Enabling cycle rickshaw
drivers to access credit to become owners of
their vehicles.
AIF also works on two pilot programs:
1. Swacch – Organizing waste workers into
business collectives to formalize their employment and bring dignity to their work.
2. Maitree Dairy – Bringing best practices
and market linkages to dairy businesses
run by rural women.
AIF’s two signature livelihood programs are:
1. Market Aligned Skills Training (MAST):
Rickshaw drivers in their ergonomic vehicles await fares. SammaaN Foundation, Bihar.
Livelihood - MAST
Change: Nasreen & Sufrina
Nasreen and Sufrina are the only bread winners in their
household. The sisters, 18 and 19 years old respectively, provide for seven siblings as their father lost his job after two
heart attacks.
After investing Rs 500 ($10) each to pay for the vocational
training course, the sisters now earn Rs 2,300 ($46) each
working at Pantaloons, a national retail store. While both
have only graduated 10th grade, Sufrina explains that securing a job and completing a structured course “inspired us to
study further. We want to be eligible for other jobs too and
are working on advancing our studies because there are jobs
available in many places.”
Sufrina comments on the training, “The most important
thing I learned was how to deal with people. I am comfortable
smiling with customers and people I used to not really look at
outside. It makes a difference, work is a happy time.”
Both girls give most of their monthly paycheck to their family
while saving some for their little sisters’ upbringing and education as well as their own.
India is experiencing two significant demographic transitions – its population
under the age of 25 is growing rapidly
relative to its aging population and its
population is rapidly urbanizing.
Therefore, the economic productivity of
urban youth is going to be critical for India’s future economic growth. Equipped
with the right skills and access to markets, they can be powerful engines of
the economy. Left on the margins due to
poor education and lack of capital, they
can be a source of discontent and unrest
and a drain on the economy.
Through its MAST program, AIF is
training unemployed youth with a 10th
grade education for employment in
high-growth sectors of the economy.
MAST begins with a systematic assessment to identify industries that have a
shortage of skilled workers. Skills training curricula are then developed to train
young people for jobs in these industries.
Beginning with a partnership with Dr.
Reddy’s Foundation in Andhra Pradesh
in 2003, the program has expanded to
Gujarat, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and
West Bengal. 29,000 youth have been
trained with an average job placement
rate of 71 percent.
MAST’s goal is to train 100,000 youth
across India within the next five years.
In the coming year, AIF has plans
to expand its programs in Gujarat,
Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan and
Tamil Nadu and implement a new program in Punjab in partnership with the
Dream and Beauty Charitable Trust.
AIF is also venturing into rural areas
through a collaborative relationship
with Anudip Foundation in West Bengal
for training youth in the Sunderbans in
cutting-edge IT skills. This training will
enable them to seek employment in the
formal sector and also impart entrepreneurial skills to assist them in starting
new businesses.
AIF is also implementing two other initiatives to strengthen MAST:
1. A standardized curriculum development process with quality standards that
will be implemented across the various
program sites.
2. A common advocacy platform with
other civil society organizations that are
working in the space of vocational training to engage with the government for
effective implementation of the National Skill Development Mission.
Livelihood - Rickshaw Sangh
Change: Mouzam Ali
“Rickshaw pulling was not my first job choice when I moved
to Lucknow. It was my only choice.” For 10 years, Mouzam
Ali suffered his share of hardships driving a rented cycle rickshaw.
Last year, however, he says “I became the first borrower of the
Lucknow Rickshaw Sangh and will finish paying for my rickshaw in a few months. Driving a rickshaw is difficult but when
the vehicle is your own, you do not feel bitter.”
Mouzam says, “The authorities used to beat us – and never faced a penalty for this behavior. But I have never been
abused since joining Rickshaw Sangh as the police see that
an organization is looking after me. Also, passengers trust
us and actually pay our reasonable charges without dispute.”
Mouzam saves approximately Rs 500 ($10) a month. He and
his wife together earn additional income stitching uniforms
for new Rickshaw Sangh members. Mouzam has also motivated 20 other rickshaw pullers to finance their vehicles.
Cycle rickshaws are a primary form of
public transit in many smaller cities across
India. There are an estimated 8 million
cycle rickshaws across the country.
Since driving a cycle rickshaw is a lowskill job, it is often a job of choice for recent migrants into the city and for those
with little or no education. Typically, the
industry is controlled by rickshaw owners who rent out the vehicles to drivers
at exorbitant fees, while providing no
benefits like vehicle insurance or medical coverage.
AIF’s Rickshaw Sangh program aims to
change the paradigm in the industry by
enabling rickshaw drivers to own their
vehicles and bring them into the formal
financial system.
In the Rickshaw Sangh, AIF’s NGO partners create self-help groups of rickshaw
drivers, who access loans from commercial banks with AIF standing as the
financial guarantor for the repayment of
the loans. In addition to the financial as-
pect, rickshaw drivers also get access to
ergonomically designed rickshaws, uniforms and insurance benefits.
Because many of the rickshaw drivers
are recent migrants, their presence in
the city is often intermittent, as they go
back to their villages during crop sowing and harvesting seasons. Recognizing this, SammaaN Foundation in Bihar,
is experimenting with a modified approach, where once the drivers own the
rickshaw, they lease it back to the organization. In this way, when the owners go
back to their villages they still get some
revenue from their rickshaw, and while
they are gone, the rickshaws are rented
to other drivers. SammaaN Foundation
also aggregates the rickshaws to sell advertising space and other services. The
revenue generated from this innovation is
then shared with the rickshaw owners.
Currently, AIF has a presence in Uttar
Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Uttarkhand
through its Rickshaw Sangh. AIF has already enabled 4,000 rickshaw drivers to
own their rickshaws and intends to expand this number to 25,000 in the next
three years with the addition of three
new partner organizations.
Public Health - Overview
{
cannot expect to solve India’s
“One
health problems by focusing on curative
interventions alone. India must focus on
preventative and promotive healthcare.
- Rajat Gupta, Chair, Public Health Foundation of India
and Co-Chair, AIF
“
{
India accounts for:
• 20% of the world’s maternal deaths, with
a woman dying every five minutes.
• 20% of deaths worldwide of children under the age of five.
Consequently, AIF has expanded its public
health program to focus on reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality in addition to its earlier work on care and prevention of people affected by HIV and AIDS.
The findings of the last National Family
Health Survey in India identified maternal
and child health as a critical area for the
health sector, and underlined the need for
immediate and large-scale interventions.
Over the last year, AIF aligned its Public
Health strategy to match national priorities.
Within the broad space of maternal and
child health, AIF is planning to implement
programs that:
• build health literacy & capacity
• promote government maternity benefits
schemes
• increase access to basic care during
pregnancy, skilled care at the time of
birth and quality emergency obstetric care
• provide home-based newborn care
• promote basic curative services for major
childhood killers
With the Prime Minister of India terming
the child mortality situation in the country
as “a national shame”, the health machinery has recast national health priorities to
focus on maternal and child health.
Attendees at a community meeting to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS. YRG Care, Andhra Pradesh.
Public Health - Programs
Change: Bhagylaxmi
Bhagyalaxmi, 38 years old, is a caretaker at the CHES home
for HIV infected/affected orphans in Chennai. The home is
one of the few residential facilities providing care and support to infected children in the city. Along with her 12-year old
daughter, she has lived at the care home since 2000.
Valavan, Program Manager for CHES says, “Finding a caretaker was difficult so we decided to hire a destitute woman
who had been widowed.” Bhagyalaxmi was brought by her
sister to the CHES home because her in-laws rejected her after her husband died from AIDS.
Valavan says, “Bhagyalaxmi has seen many deaths here but
her loving spirit is not broken. She tirelessly provides palliative care to the many children here who affectionately call her
‘mother.’”
With her income, Bhagyalaxmi sends her daughter to a boarding school during the school year. Bhagyalaxmi also sends
part of her salary at CHES to her in-laws who value her more
now and say they will care for her daughter when she passes
away.
While Bhagyalaxmi’s daughter is not HIV-positive, Valavan
notes that “she already has understanding of stigma and
will be able to articulate it better as she grows up as a loving daughter of a HIV-positive mother. We hope these young
people will make the biggest changes in society.”
AIF’s primary focus is on reducing maternal and child morbidity/mortality with an
emphasis on newborn mortality.
AIF has made the following investments
in the past year:
• A four-year program with the Urban
Health Resource Center to improve the
maternal and child health of 60,000
slum dwellers in Delhi.
• A partnership with the Public Health
Foundation of India focusing on migrants’ health through research, evaluation & impact assessment, health communications, and advocacy.
will be deployed to provide care and support for orphan and vulnerable children
in three states with high prevalence of
HIV and AIDS. AIF will also provide nutrition, shelter and education to children
of migrating brick kiln workers in the
migration-prone district of Nuapada in
Orissa.
• CHES runs a care home for children affected & orphaned by HIV and AIDS in
Tamil Nadu.
• Ideosync Media Combine reached out to
1,350,000 people in 117 villages of Uttarakhand and 15 sites in Delhi and Mumbai
with prevention, care, support and treatment-related messages aired on All India
Radio targeting migratory populations.
• Samraksha is building capacity for HIV
and AIDS counseling and care in two districts of Karnataka.
AIF will continue to work on expanding
overall public health responsiveness and
access to HIV and AIDS services for impoverished and marginalized groups,
while providing care & support for HIV
and AIDS orphans.
• Breakthrough’s multi-media campaign
reached 2.5 million people in five districts
of Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka to enhance understanding of women’s vulnerability to HIV and AIDS and the effects of
domestic violence.
AIF’s work in this area include the following projects:
• YRG-Care provided care, treatment and
support services to vulnerable communities in southern Andhra Pradesh, and
started a community care center in the
area.
• Funds leveraged from our relationship
with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• LEPRA strengthens support groups to
reduce stigma and provides livelihood
support to infected and affected persons
in Andhra Pradesh .
Clinton Fellowship for Service in India
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have seen the great power this
“Igeneration
of young people
holds to make a difference in
the lives of others.
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- President Bill Clinton, Honorary Chair, AIF
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An integral aspect of the bridge between the
United States and India is people-to-people
connections that strengthen political, economic and cultural ties. Yet, there are few
formal opportunities for Americans to experience India and learn about it first-hand.
Since 2001, 223 Fellows have worked with
104 Indian NGOs. The diverse group of Fellows and alumni are united in their desire to
serve India and contribute their skills and
energy to achieving social and economic
change.
AIF offers young Americans the chance to
serve with Indian NGOs through a signature service program. Originally known as
the Service Corps Fellowship, the program
was renamed the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India to honor President
Clinton’s commitment to India and citizen
service.
The Fellows are selected through a highly
competitive application process and work
on projects that enhance the ability of their
NGOs to serve the needs of their communities. The ethos of the Fellowship is to enable
the NGO to continue the project following
the completion of the Fellow’s service.
The Clinton Fellowship is an exchange of
technical skills and intellectual resources
that aims to build the capacity of Indian
NGOs while developing American leaders
with a deep understanding of, and continued commitment to, India.
Clinton Fellow Kirsten Anderson conducts a spoken English class for staff at her host organization. AID India, Tamil Nadu.
Clinton Fellowship - 2008-09 Highlights
Change: Rick Desai
“What began as an exploration of India’s development through
a book-ended 10 month experience has developed into much
more,” explains Rick Desai, a 2008-09 Clinton Fellow.
Rick joined the Clinton Fellowship after four years of work in
the private sector. He says, “Almost every company we advised
or invested in identified India as a growth area. The rise of microfinance and more broadly, market-based development, became a tangible bridge for finance nerds like me to connect to
development.”
Rick worked at SAATH in Ahmedabad on their market-led skills
training program for disadvantaged youth. Rick helped create
the Livelihood Resource Center, a “cyber café” platform for program graduates to receive counseling, refine their computer
skills and search for new jobs in exchange for a nominal fee
which guaranteed quality and accountability.
To ensure the project’s sustainability, Rick piloted a hiring model that placed experienced, trained and capable youth at companies for a hiring fee. As the center increased its enrollment,
Rick initiated new programs such as an e-pen pal service, an
alumni network and a flexible database that helps match students’ skills with employers’ needs so that youth from slums
not only sustain their livelihoods, but advance them.
Rick says, “I’ve learned that to reach your goals, you cannot
worry about who gets credit. I’ve learned commitment to development cannot be 10 months or 2 years, it needs to be lifelong. This experience has allowed me to glimpse a reality with a
more hopeful and sustainable future for the urban poor.”
The 2008-09 Class of Clinton Fellows
comprised 22 Fellows who served with 20
NGOs around the country.
The class had the following characteristics:
• 66 percent were women
• 50 percent were not of Indian origin
• 86 percent had full-time work experience
• 30 percent had a graduate degree
• 55 percent had worked internationally
Some of the highlights and achievements
of their work around the country include:
1. Authored a research report on gender
sensitivity in HIV and AIDS policies and
treatment across the country.
2. Founded an export-oriented crafts business to create livelihood opportunities for
dalits in Gujarat.
3. Conducted a health assessment of Juhapura, a large Muslim-majority slum
in Ahmedabad.
4. Launched a financial and vocational
training school for rural low-income
women in Maharashtra.
5. Designed a career counseling and soft
employment skills modules for vocational
training center in Maharashtra.
6. Implemented a phonics-based reading
program across eight districts of Tamil
Nadu.
7. Launched two livelihood resource centers catering to disadvantaged youth at
Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
8. Developed an online leadership training course for women aspiring to enter
Indian politics.
Clinton Fellowship alumni continue to
maintain strong links with India. Some
examples include:
• David Fuente (‘03-’04), is now working
with the Center for Development Finance
in Chennai.
• Ajaita Shah (‘06-’07), formerly the Executive Director of the SKS Foundation,
has launched a venture called Frontier
Markets to provide low-cost/high quality
products to communities at the bottom of
the pyramid (BOP) to help improve their
quality of life.
• Aalap Shah (‘03-’04) has launched Mala
108, a social-entrepreneurial venture trading sustainable, handmade, eco-friendly,
and organic products from around the
world.
The 2009-10 Class of Fellows are serving
in India from September 2009 to June
2010. The 19 Fellows will work with 17
different NGOs.
Outreach & Engagement
A core activity of AIF is to increase awareness of, and generate support for innovative solutions to India’s development challenges. While a majority of AIF’s outreach happens in the United States, there are a growing number
of outreach activities in India as well. AIF is creating a
large and diverse pool of cross-national supporters, who
are volunteering their time, donating financial resources
and offering their intellectual capital to catalyze change
in India
Chapters
At the heart of AIF’s outreach around the United States
are its chapters. Led by Leadership Councils consisting of
community leaders, the chapters host awareness-building events and fundraising galas.
In 2008-09, chapters in Seattle and Washington, DC
hosted their first galas and those in the Bay Area, Boston,
Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and New York repeated their
galas.
The chapters honored the following leaders for their commitment to India:
Bay Area: Mike Splinter, CEO, Applied Materials
Boston: Shivan Subramaniam, CEO, FM Global
Chicago: Jim McNerney, CEO, Boeing & Company
Dallas: Peter Altabef, CEO, Perot Systems
Los Angeles: Dean Scarborough, CEO, Avery Dennison
and Amit Kapur, COO, MySpace
New York: Henry Kravis, Founding Partner, Kravis
Kohlberg Roberts & Co. and Dr. Anji Reddy, Chairman,
Dr. Reddy’s Labs
Seattle: Shashi Tharoor, Former Undersecretary, United
Nations
Washington, DC: Ambassador Frank Wisner, International Affairs Advisor, Patton Boggs LLP
In November 2008, AIF hosted its first Leadership Retreat for Trustees and Leadership Council members. The
retreat was an opportunity for stakeholders from around
the country to exchange ideas and share feedback with
the AIF staff. AIF intends to host this retreat annually,
and has also begun quarterly update calls for this group.
Young Professionals and Junior Chapters
AIF’s support from the younger generation continues to
grow. Over the past year, young professional groups in
the Bay Area, New York and Los Angeles held fundraisers attended by between 150 and 200 people in each city.
The New York Young Professionals raised over $28,000
in the year. Over the coming year, AIF plans to launch
young professional groups in each of its chapter cities.
The junior chapters consisting of middle and high school
students continue to demonstrate their compassion
for children thousands of miles away by raising funds
through dances and other events. These events were held
in Chicago and Los Angeles for the second consecutive
year and are becoming institutions unto themselves.
This year, the Dallas chapter launched a pilot to connect
children in Dallas and Delhi through DE. The six-week
pilot connected 3rd graders at the Greenhill School with
6th graders at Akshay Pratishtan in Delhi, which is a
graduated DE school. The 30 students used an integrated
curriculum to work on a photo essay project called ‘My
School.’ An integral part of the curriculum was the cross
continental communication aspect, wherein the students
in each location blogged and emailed to share their progress and ideas. Based on the success of this pilot, children
in more chapter cities will be linked with students in the
DE program.
India Business Council and brought attention to the
issue of rural-urban migration and solutions being
implemented to address challenges faced by economically distressed migrants. At the Summit, AIF released
a report “Managing the Exodus: Grounding Migration
in India,” which was compiled and published in partnership with Yes Bank and the National Institute for
Urban Affairs.
Summits
AIF’s Annual Summits in India and the US are an integral
part of educating donors, policy makers and concerned
citizens about the issues on which AIF works. This past
year, AIF held Summits in New Delhi and New York, both
focused on workers in the urban informal sector.
The Summit in New York, co-hosted with New York University’s Robert Wagner School of Public Service, featured
a discussion on “The Indian City: Who Counts?” with keynote addresses by Dr. Helene Gayle, President of CARE,
Bill Drayton, CEO of Ashoka, and Dr. K.C. Chakraborty,
Chairman of Punjab National Bank.
The Summit in Delhi, entitled ““The Great Migration
Wave: Is Urban India Ready?” was co-hosted by the US
A worker from the Swacchdhara Waste Enterprise, an initiative featured at the Annual New York Summit. Nidan, Bihar.
Partnerships
education partners
Organization
Location
livelihood partners cont...
Date
AIF
Investment
LAMP
Purpose
To educate all children up to secondary level in migration-prone areas.
Cohesion Foundation Trust
Kutch, Gujarat
2009
$156,807
To educate 2,500 children in migration areas for the salt pan and charcoal industry.
Janarth
Maharashtra and
Gujarat
2007
$311,996
To educate 13,500 children of sugarcane industry workers.
Lokadrusti
Nuapada, Orissa
2007
$175,123
To educate 3,000 children in migration areas for the brick kiln industry.
Setu
Jamnagar,
Rajkot and Malia,
Gujarat
2009
$140,056
To educate 5,800 children in migration areas for the salt pan industry.
Yusuf Meherally Center (YMC)
Kutch, Gujarat
2007
$41,108
URBAN EDUCATION
To educate 1,200 children of migrant fishing and minority communities.
Hyderabad,
Andhra Pradesh
2008
$143,936
To provide education to 26,000 children of migrant brick kiln and construction workers.
Bodh Shikhsa Samiti*
Jaipur, Rajasthan
2007
$151,140
To provide education to 11,500 children of Jaipur slums, and provide technical assistance to Nidan.
Nidan
Patna, Bihar
2007
$114,157
To provide education to 2,000 children in 3 wards in Patna.
livelihood partners
Organization
Location
Arthik Anusandhan Kendra
Allahabad, UP
2009
$18,142
To enable ownership for 800 rickshaw drivers.
Bhartiya Microcredit
Kanpur, Sitapur
and Mirzapur, UP
2009
$14,000
Bihar Development Trust
Bhagalpur and
Patna, Bihar
2009
$12,500
Jan Mitra Nyas (JMN)
Varanasi, UP
2009
$15,205
Pani
Lucknow, UP
2008
$27,985
SammaaN Foundation
Patna, Bihar
2008
$51,220
To enable ownership for 4,800 rickshaw drivers.
SWACCH
To provide quality elementary education for children in underserved poor urban areas.
Andhra Pradesh - Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan (AP-SSA)*
To enable cycle rickshaw drivers to access commercial loans to become owners of their rickshaws
and receive benefits like bank accounts and life insurance.
RICKSHAW SANGH
To create worker-owned solid waste management enterprises.
Conserve International
New Delhi
2008
$17,275
To integrate 190 waste workers into a formal enterprise.
Nidan
Patna, Bihar
2008
$1,042,258
To expand the Swacchdhara enterprise and generate 522 livelihoods. Partnership includes $360,000
no-interest loan.
2006
$298,910
To enhance livelihoods through women’s dairy collectives, improve market linkages, and provide microfinance, impacing 2,700 families.
MAITREE
Date
AIF
Investment
MARKET ALIGNED SKILLS TRAINING (MAST)
Purpose
Self-Reliant Initiatives
through Joint Action
(SRIJAN)
To train unemployed urban youth for jobs in high-growth industries.
Anudip
Sunderban,
West Bengal
2008
$435,987
Berojgar Mahila Sewa Samiti
Bhilai and Raipur,
Chattisgarh
2009
$35,455
To train 825 youth.
Dream and Beauty Charitable
Trust
Ludhiana, Punjab
2009
$43,066
Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra
Jharkhand
2009
Saath
8 Districts, Gujarat
Saath
Jharkhand and
Chattisgarh
To train 12,983 youth.
Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan
OTHER
Movement for Alternatives and
Youth Awareness (MAYA)*
Hyderabad,
Andhra Pradesh
& Bangalore,
Karnataka
2008
$149,454
To replicate LaborNet for collectivizing construction workers in Hyderabad.
Professional Assistance for
Development Action (PRADAN)*
Chhattisgarh and
Orissa
2007
$214,762
To strengthen self-help groups of 4,200 women and enable them to build small businesses around forest
products such as plates made of dried leaves.
$104,733
$127,160
To create employment for 2,350 people through a consortium of 5 NGOs implementing NREGA.
$407,225
Udaipur,
Rajasthan
2007
2007
Society for Promotion of
Wasteland Development
2009
$25,000
To provide technical expertise for expanding MAST.
* completed partnership
Partnerships
emergency relief partners
public health partners
Organization
Location
Date
AIF
Investment
Purpose
Organization
Location
Date
AIF
Investment
Purpose
TSUNAMI
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Urban Health Resource Center
New Delhi
2008
$306,150
To create Apna Clinic in Mustafabad slum providing basic health care to 60,000 people with a
focus on maternal and child health.
Public Health Foundation of India
Nationwide
2008
$470,000
To support development of public health education in India.
HIV/AIDS
Breakthrough India
Uttar Pradesh &
Karnataka
2007
$142,577
HIV prevention education and anti=stigma campaign among 2,500,000 people.
Community Health Education
Society
Tamil Nadu
2007
$106,238
Care and suport for 1,000 orphans and vulnerable children.
Ideosync Media Combine
Uttarkhand &
New Delhi
2007
$70,811
Prevention education through community radio among 100,000 migrants coming from
Uttaranchal to New Delhi.
Lepra Society
Andhra Pradesh
2007
$77,363
Care and support for HIV-positive women and children.
MAMTA Health Institute for Mother
and Child
Bihar and
Uttar Pradesh
2006
$174,891
Preventing Mother to Child transmission of HIV/AIDS among 200,000 people.
Nidan
Bihar
2006
$30,000
Prevention education and training health workers to cover 5,500 people.
Samraksha
Karnataka
2008
$57,155
YRG-CARE
Andhra Pradesh
and Tamil Nadu
2007
$211,463
To train HIV/AIDS counselors and cmomunity volunteers to counsel individuals and families.
Expand HIV treatment and care to 3 new centers covering 300,000 people.
CAP Foundation*
Cuddalore,
Tamil Nadu
2007
$115,515
To provide an Employability Training Program for 1,000 youth to access in-demand market
jobs.
Kudumbam*
Nagapatinam
District, Tamil
Nadu
2007
$148,570
To promote livestock and bio input production for organic farming among 2,050 agriculture
and animal husbandry dependent families.
Rural Education and
Action for Liberation*
Villupuram District,
Tamil Nadu
2007
$134,400
To create and scale-up a collective dairy enterprise for 1,000 landless and small farmers
BIHAR FLOODS
MAMTA*
Bihar
2008
$2,000
To provide hygenic food for flood victims.
SammaaN Foundation*
Bihar
2008
$2,000
To provide safe drinking water facilities to flood victims.
To benefit informal workers and their families affected by Mumbai attacks.
MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS
Mumbai,
Maharashtra
2008
$2,500
Organization
Location
Date
AIF
Investment
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
Nationwide
2009
$303,925
To fund Ashoka Fellowships for Social Entrepreneurs.
National Foundation for India
Nationwide
2008
$10,477
To fund two journalism Fellowships to cover seasonal migration.
LEARN*
other partners
Purpose
* completed partnership
Financials
Financial Year 2008-09
Dear Friend:
Fiscal Year 2008-09 started out with a bang. Thanks to the hard work of
the Chicago Leadership Council, the Chicago gala on April 26, 2008 was
a resounding success. This was followed by the New York gala on April 30,
2008, which set a new record in giving for AIF.
However, most of our fundraising takes place in the Fall. But when Fall
came around, the bottom had fallen out of the financial markets, which
impacted our fundraising efforts. Despite a difficult market, our revenue
and support was about $8.5 million. This reflects a decrease of about 18
percent on an annualized basis compared to FY 2007-2008.
AIF derives most of its revenues from fundraising events. Yes, it was a
difficult year, but thanks to your generosity, we were able to raise about
$5.5 million through events alone this past year. Our events continue to
be extremely successful with high attendance. Our determined and enthusiastic volunteer leadership councils worked extremely hard to make each
fundraiser a success.
Our Chapters were also particularly conscious in keeping costs down for
these events, and thanks to all the combined efforts, we were able to keep
a low overhead. We spent almost 83 percent of our revenue for programs
and grants.
India Foundation from its peers and demonstrates to the public it is worthy
of their trust.”
Given the current economic environment, we have tightened our belt even
more, monitoring our overhead-related expenses closely. We have reduced
the use of consultants, eliminated positions despite already being an extremely lean organization, frozen U.S. salaries for the following year, and
cut the compensation of some senior staff.
Our programs are doing well, and going forward we will focus more on
our signature programs while leaving room for innovation. Renaming our
Service Corp Fellowship as the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in
India has also created a buzz among prospective fellows and increased the
enthusiasm of our current and past fellows.
We are grateful to you for your continued support. Your cumulative support of $55 million during the past eight years has enabled us to start laying
the foundation for creating better opportunities for the marginalized in
India. We need your support more than ever to continue with this lifechanging work.
income
program services
contributions
81%
$7,035,522
32%
$3,039,206
fundraising
interest income/other
13%
$1,092,746
19%
$1,863,970
management & general
events (net)
6%
$547,679
49%
$4,680,886
sub-total: $8,675,947
contribution to reserves: $908,115
total: $9,584,062
Total: $9,584,062
Sincerely,
We are, therefore, happy to report that AIF has once again received Charity
Navigator’s 4-star rating. In their own words, “only 19% of the charities we
rate have received at least 2 consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that
American India Foundation consistently executes its mission in a fiscally
responsible way, and outperforms most other charities in America. This
‘exceptional’ designation from Charity Navigator differentiates American
Kris Dasgupta
Chief Operating Officer
expenses
Financials - FY 2008 - 2009
Eight Year Revenue and Expenses
expenses
2001
$6,566,682
$3,344,766
2002
$4,906,374
$4,857,434
2003
$3,397,630
$3,213,441
$12,000,000
2004
$5,653,276
$4,999,704
2005
$7,913,760
$6,875,704
$6,000,000
2006-07
$8,064,161
$8,134,624
$4,000,000
2008
$9,754,591
$9,782,873
liabilities
$10,000,000
$8,000,000
$2,000,000
income
expenses
2009
$9,584,062
$8,675,947
2009
2008
cash and equivalents
$2,310,902
$702,338
investments
$6,262,634
$7,808,870
receivables
$406,238
$669,531
other assets
$17,267
$4,135
total assets
$8,997,041
$9,184,874
grants payable
$2,344,737
$3,494,058
other payable
$126,586
$73,213
total liabilities
$2,471,323
$3,567,271
unrestricted net assets
$1,909,906
$517,788
temporarily restricted net assets
$4,015,812
$4,499,815
permanently restricted net assets
$600,000
$600,000
total net assets
$6,525,718
$5,617,603
total liabilities and net assets
$8,997,041
$9,184,874
graph
assets
income
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006-07
2008
2009
net assets
financial year
Financial Year 2008-09 Balance Sheet
AIF People
Council of Trustees
Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, International Affairs Advisor, Patton Boggs LLP
Hon. William J. Clinton (Honorary Chair), 42nd President of the United States of America
Mr. Arjun Aggarwal, Managing Director, Healthscape Advisors, and Mrs. Anuradha Aggarwal
Mr. Ravi Akhoury, Akhoury Foundation, and Mrs. Ginny Akhoury
Applied Materials, Inc.
Mrs. Rani Bahadur, Michigan-based Philanthropist, and Mr. B N Bahadur
Mr. Vimal Bahuguna, President, Drona Group LLC, and Dr. Bulbul Bahuguna
Mr. Raj Bhatia, Senior Vice President, Merrill Lynch Private Banking & Investment, and Dr. Seema Bhatia
Mr. Sant Chatwal, President, Hampshire Hotels & Resorts LLC, and Mrs. Daman Chatwal
Mr. Navneet S. Chugh, Attorney, C.P.A. The Chugh Firm, and Mrs. Ritu Chugh
Mr. Bal G. Das, Vice Chairman, Kailix Investment Advisors, and Valerie Demont
Mr. Tushar Dave, Co-Founder and Managing Director, New Path Ventures, and Mrs. Reshma Dave
Mr. Vinod Dham, Co-Founder and Managing Director, New Path Ventures, and Mrs. Sadhana Dham
Drs. Leena and Nitin Doshi, Doshi Family Foundation
Dr. Jasvir Gill, Co-Founder and CEO, Start-up Farms International, and Ms. Kaval Kaur
Mr. Anil Godhwani, Founder, India Community Center, Silicon Valley, and Mrs. Jyoti Godhwani
Mr. Vijay Goradia, Chairman & CEO, Vinmar International, and Mrs. Marie Goradia
Mr. Rajat K. Gupta, Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company, Inc., and Mrs. Anita Gupta
Mrs. Talat Hasan, Chair, Board of Trustees, India Community Center, and Mr. Kamil Hasan
Mr. Vinod Khosla, Partner, Kleiner Parkins Caufield & Byers, and Mrs. Neeru Khosla
Mr. Kumar Malavalli, C0-Founder, Chairman, & Chief Strategy Officer, InMage Systems, and Mrs. Vijaya Malavalli
Mr. Victor J. Menezes, Senior Advisor, New Silk Route, LLC, and Mrs. Tara Menezes
Mr. Anil Monga, CEO, Victory International, and Mrs. Rajni Monga
Mr. Diaz Nesamoney, President & CEO, Jivox Corporation, and Mrs. Usha Nesamoney
Mr. Bhikhubhai Patel, Chairman, Tarsadia Hotels, and Mrs. Pushpa Patel
Mr. Mukesh Patel, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, and Mrs. Harsha Patel
Mr. Nimish Patel, Partner, Richardson & Patel, LLP, and Mrs. Nancy Patel
Mr. Vivek Paul, Partner, Texas Pacific Group, and Mrs. Nilita Paul
Mr. Raj Rajaratnam, Managing General Partner, The Galleon Group, and Mrs. Asha Rajaratnam
Mr. Ravi Reddy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Think Capital LLC, and Mrs. Pratibha Reddy
Ms. Neerja Sethi, Co-Founder and Vice President, Syntel Inc. and Mr. Bharat Desai
Mr. Ajay Shah, Founding Managing Director, Silver Lake Sumeru Fund, and Ms. Lata Krishnan
Mrs. Anjali Sharma, Senior Philanthropy Advisor, American India Foundation, and Mr. Deven Sharma
Mr. Raj Sharma, Senior Vice President & Private Wealth Advisor, Merrill Lynch Private Banking Group, and Mrs. Nalini Sharma
Mr. Sanjay Subhedar, General Partner, Storm Ventures, and Mrs. Suniti Subhedar
Mr. Harit Talwar, Executive Vice President, Discover Financial Services, and Mrs. Reena Talwar
Mrs. Chandrika Tandon, Chairperson, Tandon Capital Associates, and Mr. Ranjan Tandon
Dr. Rajendra Vattikuti, Vattikuti Ventures, and Mrs. Padmaja Vattikuti
Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, CEO & Managing Partner, Symphony Technology Group, and Mrs. Kathy Wadhwani
Mr. V. Prem Watsa, Chairman & CEO, Fairfax Financial Holdings, Limited, and Mrs. Nalini Watsa
Trustees Emeriti
Mr. Sudesh Arora, President, Natel Engineering Co., Inc. and Mrs. Chitra Arora
Dr. Naren Gupta, Vice-Chairman, Wind River Systems, and Mrs. Vinita Gupta
Mr. Samuel Mathan, Chief Executive Officer, Matisse Networks, and Mrs. Shanti Mathan
Dr. Kiran Patel, Chairman, Visionary Medical Systems, and Dr. Pallavi Patel
Mr. Hector de J. Ruiz, Chairman & CEO, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Board of Directors
Mr. Rajat K. Gupta, (Co-Chair) Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Co.
Mr. Victor Menezes, (Co-Chair) Senior Advisor, New Silk Route, LLC
Ms. Lata Krishnan (Vice Chair)
Mr. Pradeep Kashyap (Vice Chair)
Mr. Ravi Akhoury, Akhoury Foundation
Mr. Navneet Chugh, Founder, The Chugh Firm
Mr. Sridar Iyengar, Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Mr. Diaz Nesamoney, President & CEO, Jivox Corporation
Mr. Ravi Reddy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Think Capital LLC
Dr. Sanjay Sinho, CEO, American India Foundation
Mr. Geoffrey Stewart, Esq., Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
Ms. Chandrika Tandon, Chairperson, Tandon Capital Associates
US Advisory Council
Dr. Amartya Sen, (Chair) Lamont University Professor, Harvard University
Ms. Maya Ajmera, President, Global Fund for Children
Mr. Harry Barnes, Former U.S. Ambassador to India
Mr. Anil Bhandari, Senior Vice President, Salomon Smith Barney
Mr. Richard F. Celeste, Former U.S. Ambassador to India; President, Colorado College
Dr. Lincoln Chen, Director, Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University
Mr. Kamran Elahian, Chairman and Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Partners
Dr. Shiban Ganju, Director, Moksha-Yug Access, Bangalore
Ms. Sushmita Ghosh, Chair, Changemakers, Former President, Ashoka
Mr. Kailash Joshi, Past President, TiE Silicon Valley
Mr. Ramesh Kapur, President, MED-TECH
Ms. Kavita Ramdas, President & CEO, Global Fund for Women
Mr. Sudhakar Shenoy, Chairman & CEO, Information Management Consultants, Inc.
Mr. Salil Shetty, Director, Millennium Development Goals, UNDP
Mr. Ron Somers, President, U.S.-India Business Council
AIF People
AIF Ambassadors
Mr. Rahul Bose, Actor
Mr. Deepak Chopra, Founder, The Chopra Center for Well Being
Ms. Madhur Jaffrey, Author and Actress
Ms. Mira Nair, Filmmaker, Mirabai Films
Ms. Gloria Steinem, Author and Activist
India Advisory Council
Mr. K.V. Kamath, (Co-Chair) Non-Executive Chairman, ICICI Bank Limited
Mr. Deepak Parekh, (Co-Chair) Chairman, HDFC Limited
Dr. Isher Ahluwalia, Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Mr. Ashok Alexander, Director, India Country Office, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (AIF Trust India Trustee)
Mr. Nishith Desai, Head, Nishith Desai Associates (AIF Trust India Trustee)
Mr. Vijay Mahajan, Founder & Chairman, Basix, a “group of livelihood promotion institutions”
Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Chair, National Innovation Foundation
Mr. Sanjay Nayar, CEO and Country Head, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), India
Mr. Ranjit Pandit, Managing Director, General Atlantic Private Limited
Ms. Priya Paul, Chairperson, Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels
Mr. Jerry Rao, Founder & Chairman, Value Budget Houston Corporation; earlier Founder of MphasiS
Mr. Saurabh Srivastava, Chairman, CA (Computer Associates), India
Mr. Rajiv Tandon, MCH, Nutrition & Urban Health Division, Office of Population, Health & Nutrition, USAID India
Mr. O.P. Vaish, Founder, Vaish Associates Law Firm
Mr. Adil Zainulbhai, CEO, McKinsey & Co. India
Finance Committee (US)
Mr. Pradeep Kashyap, Vice Chair, American India Foundation
Mr. Raj Sharma, Senior Vice President & Private Wealth Advisor, Merrill Lynch Private Banking Group
Education Advisory Council (US)
Mr. Vimal Bahuguna, President, Drona Group LLC
Mr. Tushar Dave, Co-Founder and Managing Director, NewPath Ventures LLC
Ms. Sejal Desai, Principal, MHT Partners & CEO, SevaYatra
Mr. Vinod Dham, Co-Founder and Managing Director, New Path Ventures
Dr. Rafiq Dossani, Senior Research Scholar & Executive Director, South Asia Initiative, Stanford University
Ms. Talat Hasan, Chair, Board of Trustees, India Community Center
Ms. Lata Krishnan, Vice Chair, American India Foundation
Mr. Kumar Malavalli, C0-Founder, Chairman, & Chief Strategy Officer, InMage Systems
Mr. Diaz Nesamoney, President & CEO, Jivox Corporation (Chair)
Ms. Nilita Paul
Livelihoods Advisory Council (US)
Pradeep Kashyap, Vice Chair, American India Foundation
Mrs. Chandrika Tandon, Chairperson, Tandon Capital Associates
Education Resource Group (India)
Dr. Poonam Batra, Professor, Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi
Mr. Sumit Bose, Secretary, Thirteenth Finance Commission, Government of India, Formerly Joint Secretary Department of Education
Mr. Dayaram, Senior Education Program Officer, Aga Khan Foundation, & former Chief Consultant, Alternate Schooling for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Prof. R. Govinda, Head, School and the Non-Formal Education Unit, National University of Educational Planning (India)
Ms. Shanti Jagannathan, Education Consultant to the European Commission and several rural and social development programs in India, Nepal and Bhutan
Mr. Dhir Jhingran, Asia Pacific Director, Room to Read, previously Director of Elementary Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development
Mr. Ajay S. Mehta, Executive Director and CEO, National Foundation for India, and former Chief Executive, Seva Mandir in Udaipur
Mr. Ravi Srivastava, Professor of Economics & Chairperson, Center for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Mr. Tom Thomas, Director, Praxis, an organization focused on participatory development
Livelihoods Resource Group (India)
Mr. Ajit Kanitkar, Program Officer Economic Development, Ford Foundation (India)
Mr. Pradeep Kashyap, CEO, MART, specializing in rural marketing
Mr. M. L. Mehta, Former Chief Secretary, Goverment of Rajasthan
Mr. Brij Mohan, Former Executive Director, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
Mr. Manish Sabharwal, Chairman and Cofounder of Teamless Services, India’s largest temporary staffing firm
Mr. Kishore Singh, “International Extreme Poverty Advisor” to Urban Partnerships in Urban Poverty Reduction Program (UPPRP), UNDP
Mr. Matthew Titus, Executive Director, Sa-Dhan, an association of community development finance institutions
Mr. Farhad Vania, Senior Program Specialist, GTZ (German development agency)
Public Health Resource Group (India)
Dr. Rani Bang, Co-Founder, Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health
Dr. Lincoln Chen, Director, Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University
Dr. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India
Ms. Asha Rajaratnam, AIF Trustee, The Galleon Group
Ms. Jill Sheffield, President, Women Deliver
Dr. Amita Gupta, Assitant Professor & Deputy Director, Clinton Global Health Education, Johns Hopkins University
AIF People
Chapter Leadership
Boston Leadership Council
Amit and Reema Chandra
Akshay and Shobha Dalal
Ravi and Kavitha Mantha
Amar and Deepika Sawhney
Raj and Nalini Sharma
Venkat and Pratima Srinivasan
Ganesh Venkataraman and Uma Sundaram
Chicago Leadership Council
Anu & Arjun Aggarwal
Bulbul & Vimal Bahuguna
Seema & Raj Bhatia
Rima & Paramjit (Romi) Chopra
Nita & Mukesh Gangwal
Shiban Ganju
Biri & Sukhjit Gill
Anjali Gurnani & Shakeel Abdul
Rajita & Saurabh Narain
Namrita & Ben Nelson
Yamini & Rahul Pinto
Rupal Raval & Ashok Vishnubhakta
Lew Rosenbloom
Anita & Yashpal Singh
Anita & Prabha Sinha
Reena & Harit Talwar
Dallas Leadership Council
George and Fonsa Brody
Hemang and Sejal Desai
Vinay and Kanika Jain
Sanjay and Shalini Joshi
Raj and Hema Kalyandurg
Neeti Khaitan and Rajesh Gupta
Adhavan and Chandra Manickam
Nilesh and Chetna Naik
Paul and Geetha Pandian
Los Angeles Leadership Council
Ashok and Chitra Amritraj
Sudesh and Chitra Arora
Savitur and Deepa Badhwar
Sumita and Jagdeep Batra
Vinod and Sudha Bhindi
Hamilton and Denise Brewart
Vikram and Upma Budhraja
Nandini and Deepak Chopra
Navneet S. and Ritu Chugh
Santanu and Kelly Das
H.K. and Anjana Desai
Krish and Usha Dharma
Pravin and Pratima Doshi
Arun and Sudha Gollapudi
Tania Kapoor
Bhoopi and Pinky Kohli
Sonny and Martha Kothari
Sanjay and Harshada Kucheria
Aseem and Kim Mital
Pravin and Sudha Mody
Hemant and Lalita Pandit
Bhupesh and Kumud Parikh
B.U. and Pushpa Patel
Ganpat and Manju Patel
Shankar and Geeta Ram
K.S. and Ms. Radhakrishnan
Uka and Nalini Solanki
Midlands (Omaha) Leadership Council
Harish and Seema Bhandula
Maria Fernandez
Rakesh and Kirti Gupta
Aly Hasan and Samia Ahsan
Tariq and Robin Khan
Vasant and Prafulla Raval
Mohan Mysore and Chandrika Rizal
Sanjay and Vandana Singh
Arvind Thapar
Washington DC Leadership Council
Sudhakar Shenoy
Ron Somers
Geoffrey Stewart
Mahinder Tak
Young Professional (YP) and Junior Chapter ( JC) Leaders
Bay Area: Seema Mody, Aditi Jain, and Sheena Gogna (YP)
Chicago: Ariana Bhatia and Ridhima Chopra (JC)
Los Angeles: Tania Kapoor and Reena Mohan (YP);
Aditi Ghai (JC)
New York: Nitin Sacheti and Nidhi Trehan (YP)
Staff
Sanjay Sinho, Chief Executive Officer (New York)
Kris Dasgupta, Chief Operating Officer (New York)
Tarun Vij, Country Director (India)
Ethan Veneklasen, Executive Director, West Coast (California)
Meenu Anand, Administration Officer (India)
Nandini Ansari, Office Manager (New York)
Bhuvana Bhagat, Program Manager, Public Health (New York)*
Roopak Chauhan, Training Coordinator, Digital Equalizer (India)
Bhawna Chawla, Program Officer, Digital Equalizer (California)
Mrinalika Dhapola, State Team Leader- Punjab, Digital Equalizer (India)
Priyanjana Ghosh, Program Officer, Clinton Fellowship for Service in India (India)
Bhupendra Jadav, Staff Accountant (New York)
Charu Johri, Grants Manager, Public Health (India)
Aarti Kapoor, Program Officer, Livelihoods (India)*
Swarna Kapoor, Regional Coordinator, Andhra Pradesh, Digital Equalizer (India)
Nidhi Raj Kapoor, Director, Communications and Partnerships (India)
Surjit Kumar, Office Assistant (India)
Ann Levy, Program Officer, Clinton Fellowship for Service in India (California)*
Kamini Masih, Accounts Officer (India)
Ravinder K. Mishra, Senior Manager, Education (India)*
Umakant Mishra, Regional Coordinator, Orissa, Digital Equalizer (India)
Carmen Mundaca, Assistant Manager, Fundraising Database (New York)
Chandan Nallal, Donor Relations, Digital Equalizer (India)
Azad Oommen, Director, Communications (California)
Luz Pacheco, Program Assistant (California)
Nicole Patel, Program Officer, Communication (India)*
Prabhakar, Grants Manager, Education Program (India)
Lalith Prasad, State Team Leader- Karnataka, Digital Equalizer (India)
Ramanand, Coordinator, Digital Equalizer, Delhi (India)*
Venkatesh Raghavendra, Senior Director, Philanthropy (New York)
Rajesh Rajoriya, Office Assistant (India)
Payal Rajpal, Manager, Education Program (India)
Hanumant Rawat, Director, Livelihoods Program (India)
Jonathan Ripley, Manager, Clinton Fellowship for Service in India (India)*
Smita, Director, Education Program (India)
Sarika Saluja, Program Officer, Market-led Vocational Training Program, Livelihooods (India)
Subrat Sarkar, State Team Leader, Orissa, Digital Equalizer (India)
R. Satyanarayan, Regional Coordinator, Karnataka, Digital Equalizer (India)
Gurvinder Singh, Senior Manager, Accounts & Administration (India)
Vineeta Singh, Program Officer, Livelihoods (India)*
Sachin Soni, Manager, Communications & Fellowship Program (India)
J. Sundarakrishnan, Director of Operations, Digital Equalizer (India)
Shikha Thaman. Program Manager, Livelihoods (India)
Advisors
DP Ahuja, Workplace Giving & Individual Giving Advisor (New York)
Sital Jain, Real-Estate & Administration Advisor (New York)
Ajit Kothari, Disaster Relief & Rehabilitation Advisor (New York)
Manveen Koticha Development Advisor (New York)
Srinavasa Murali, Livelihood & IT Advisor (New York)
Anjali Sharma, Senior Philanthropy Advisor (New York)
Consultants
Sangeeta Chowdhry, Livelihood Consultant (New York)*
Meera Devi, Coordinator, Tsunami Program (India)
Sanjay Gupta, SWACHH Project, Livelihoods (India)
Rema Nanda, Public Health Consultant (New York)*
Chand Nirankari, Creative Services (New York)
Kanu Priya, Consultant, Rickshaw Sangh (India)*
Geetika Shukla, Digital Equalizer Consultant (California)*
Divya Sinha, Public Health Consultant (New York)*
Shankar Venkateswaran, AIF Consultant (India)*
Interns and Vounteers 2008-09
Tahmina Ali
Priya Patil
Priya Bhandula
Claire Gill
Behzad Larry
Mallika Raghavan
Shruthi Shivabasavaiah
Pro Bono Legal Services
Geoffrey Stewart, Esq., Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue (New York)
*Former staff members, employed by AIF in FY 2008-09
Donors
April 1, 2008 - March 31, 2009
Leadership Circle $100,000 and above
Adobe Foundation Fund
Anonymous
Anonymous
Dell Corporation
Doshi Family Foundation Inc.
ESP Das Educational Foundation, Inc.
General Electric Company
Kazarian Family Foundation
Monga, Anil K.
Natasha Foundation, Inc.
Nesamoney, Diaz
Reliance Industries Ltd.
Rockefeller Foundation
Singgod Foundation
Tandon Family Foundation
The Applied Materials Foundation
The Krishnan Shah Family Foundation
The Menezes Foundation, Inc.
Victory International USA
Benefactor $50,000 - 99,999
Capgemini Financial Services USA, Inc.
Dhar Family Fund
Gill, Jasvir
Gupta Family Foundation
Huron Consulting Group Inc.
Khosla, Vinod
Malavalli, Kumar
New York Life Insurance Co
Rural India Supporting Trust
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
The Indira Foundation
The Samarth Foundation
Tudor Investment Corporation
Tushar Reshma Dave Trust
Wadhwani Foundation
WPP Group USA, Inc.
Patron $25,000 - 49,999
Akhoury Foundation, Inc.
Anonymous
Avery Dennison Corporation
Basu, Radha
Baxter International Inc.
Bhasin, Pramod
Bush, Jonathan
Citigroup
Denning Steven A.
Flextronics International USA
Harman International Industries, Inc
InsCap Management, LLC
Iyengar, Anita and Sridar
Kamra, Deepak
Katherine and Kamal Agarwal Family
Foundation
Khanna, Atul C.
Khemka, Nand
Knag, Peter
Lehman Brothers Inc.
Mehta, Siddharth N.
Midwest Institute for Minimally Invasive
Therapies, P.C.
Muse Media Center
New Vernon Capital LLC
Nishith Desai Associates
Panu Foundation
QLogic Corporation
Rajaratnam, Raj
Richardson & Patel, LLP
Saxena, Parag
Sequoia Capital
Silicon Valley Bank Global
Spencer Family Charitable Fund
Subramaniam, S. S.
Syntel Inc.
The Arun I & Asmita Bhatia Family Foundation
The Chugh Firm
Tisch, Thomas
WB Sheffield Hotel NY Lessee, LLC
Visionary $10,000 - 24,999
Abbott Laboratories Fund
Aegis Communications
Aggarwal, Anu and Arjun
Akhoury, Ravi
Allman, Jim
Anil and Jyoti Godhwani Charitable Fund
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
AON Foundation
Aramark Corporation
Bahuguna, Vimal and Bulbul
Bhartiya, Anu
Bhatia Enterprises
Bhatia, Raj and Seema
Blue Lagoon Capital, LLC
Brewart Hamiltion
California Creative Solutions, Inc.
Chellam, Kris
Chopra, Romi and Reema
Citi Private Bank
Citizens Bank
Comerica Bank
Concern Worldwide
Cummins, David
Day Jones
DBA Pagemill Partners LLC
Devitre, Dinyar S.
Discover Financial Services, LLC
Dow Jones/ Wall Street Journal
Efroymson Family Fund, a CICF Fund
Endurance
Fifth Third Bank
Ganju, Shiban
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve
Franklin & Hachigian LLP
Hasan Family Foundation
Hochschild, Roger
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Hughes Network Systems, Inc.
Hyatt
IBM Corporation
Immelt, Jeffrey R.
Information Management Consultants, Inc.
Insilica, Inc.
Jain, Ajit
Jenner & Block LLP
Jivdaya Foundation
Joshi Family Fund
JP Morgan
Kanwar and Avanti Singh Charitable Fund
King & Spalding LLP
Kohli, Sajal
KPMG LLP
Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
Krishnamurthi Ashok
Kvalheim, Grant
Lexington Partners Inc.
Lotz, Philip
Mattel, Inc.
Mayfield Fund
McGraw-Hill Companies
Mehta, Neil
Menezes, Ivan
Merck & Co., Inc
Miller, Forrest E.
Morgan Stanley & Co.
Munger, Tolles and Olson, LLP
Oak Hill Capital Management, L.L.C.
Offereins, Michael
Patel, Mukesh
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Prudential Financial
Quinnox, Inc.
Raj, Zainul M.
Raju, Vegesna Foundation
RMS
Rohm and Haas Company
Rosenbloom Lewis S.
Rubin, Donald
Saligram, Nalini R.
Santhanam, Sanjay
Sierra Club
Sinha, Prabhakant K.
SMART Modular Technologies
Srinivasan, Venkat and Pratima
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Steffens, John L.
Stewart, Geoffrey S.
Talwar, Harit
Tata America International Group
The Baupost Group, L.L.C.
The Chong-Moon Lee Fund
The Clinton Family Foundation
The Dow Chemical Foundation
The News Corporation Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation
The Sita Foundation
Turkish Philanthropic Fund
UBS AG
Venkatachalam, Manjeri A.
Vitton, Michael
Winston & Strawn LLP
Ziba, Inc.
Catalyst $5,000 - 9,999
Ahuja, Tania M.
Almex USA, Inc.
American India Foundation Junior Chapter LA
Anne C. Kubik and Michael A. Krupka
Charitable Gift Fund
Anonymous
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Bansal Foundation
Batra, Parminder
Bayman, Scott
Bhatia, Prashant K.
Bhindi, K. International
BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
Brady, Terrence R.
Brody, George and Fonsa
Chase Paymentech
Chatwani, Robert
Cisco Systmes, Inc.
COACH Matching Gift Program
Desnick, James H.
Devabhaktuni, Sai S.
Dham, Vinod
Ducon Technologies
Electric Power Group LLC
Euro RSCG
Evergreen Investments
GBS Linens Inc.
Gill, Biri
Global Payments Inc.
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund
Gupta, Anita
Gupta, Ankur
Habib American Bank LA
Health Care Service Corporation
Hellosoft, Inc.
Hewitt Associates
Highglow USA Corporation
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP
Hirsch / Bedner Associates
ICC Chemical Corporation
Ignify Inc.
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
India Globalization Capital Inc.
Infogix
John & Editha Kapoor Charitable Foundation
John Deere & Company
Kalyandurg, Rajesh
Kapur, Amit
Kashyap, Reena and Pradeep
Kayson Operating Corp.
Kesavan, Sudhakar
Kondepudi, Prakash V.
Koshy, Kuruvilla
Krishnan, Raj
Malek, Kenneth J.
Manickam, Adhavan and Chandra
Mantha Family Fund
Mathan, Samuel
Maughan, Deryck C.
McGilliuray Bruce
McKinsey & Company
Mehra, Ajit
Mehta, Ashvin
Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc.
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Millennium Ventures Group
Mishal, Devadatt
Mullin, Sheppard
Murugappan, Vijay
Nagpal, Ajay
National Foundation for Philanthropy
Nelms, David
Panadian, Paul
Pandit, Lalita
Pari Enterprises, Inc.
Parikh, Prashant
Patel, Rameshkumar B.
Pepsico, Inc.
Pinover, Eugene A.
Prasad, Chandini
Prime Healthcare Services, Inc.
Quatrro Risk Management Services
Radisson Lexington Hotel
Raghunathan, Arvind
Ram, Shankar
Relsys International, Inc.
Rubicon Technology
Sales Force
Sharma, Raj and Nalini
Smith School of Business
Steve Foley Cadillac Inc.
Talwar, Reena and Harit
Terminal Exchange Systems
The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
The Dalal Charitable Trust
The Desai Family Living Trust
The Louis Berger Group, Inc.
The Northern Trust Corporation
The Oki Foundation
The Sani Family Foundation, Inc.
Trinus Corporation
United Airlines Inc.
US Chamber of Commerce
Varghese, P.O.
Donors
Vashee, Vijaykumar
Veluchamy Family Foundation
Veronis Suhler Stevenson Partners LLC.
Venkataraman, Ganesh and Sundaram, Uma
Vinod K. Sahney and Judith Gail Sahney
Charitable Foundation
Vishnoi, Rohit
Voltmer, Ralph
Warrior, Padmasree
Weinberg Family Foundation
West River Capital, LLC
Yohanan, M.D.
Champion $1,000 - 4,999
13i Capital Corporation
Achar, Chris
Adelman, Larry
Adhia, Ashit K.
Aggrawal, Anuradha
Agrawal, Eva
Ahooja, Anjali
Ahooja, Karan
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Apple Care Medical Management, Inc.
Applied Materials, Inc.
Aribindi, Veena and Ram P.
Armishaw, Andrew
Asico LLC
Asset Management Associates, Inc.
Banerjee, Siddharth
Barade, Sai S.
Barmecha, Rakesh
Batkin, Alan R.
Baxter, Behram
Beam Global Wine & Spirits
Berman, Neuberger
Berrington, Howard
Bhattarya, Amit K.
Bheddah, Peter
Bika, Kumud
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Birla, Sujata
Biyani, Kailash H.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
Blue Pointe Capital Management, LLC
Bommakanti Chandralekha
Bose, Anirban
Bose, Debashish
Bronfman, Edgar M.
Brownstein, Neill
California State University Long Beach
Foundation
Cambium Learning Inc.
Cammack, Jon
Campbell & Company, Inc.
Capobianco, David N.
Caruso, Todd M.
Center for Asthma and Allergy
CFC National Capital Area
Chartres Lodging
Chaudhary, Subhash
Chauhan, Dijvijay
Chawla, Anshu
Cheever, Martin A.
Chicago Children’s Choir
Chirag Foundation
Chiramel, Terence
Chopra, Harjot S.
Chopra, Sanjiv
CKN Patel
Cohen, Barry
Comfort, William T.
Cooley, Godward Kronish LLP
Cooley, Thomas
Cooper-Horowitz Inc.
Coppins, Kenneth M.
Critchlow, Paul W.
Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Inc.
Culbro LLC
Daruvala, Toos
Das, Nithya B.
Dass, Anil
Datwani, Asudo D.
Deb, Dipanjan
Desai, Samir
Deshpande, Samir M.
Deutsche Bank
DeWolfe, Chris
Dhanda, Satish K.
Dhru, Jayan U.
Dickey, Kevin T.
Diegueno Country School
Dilip Patel & Company, LLP
Dimeo Construction Company
Dohadwala, Mohammed
Duffy, Tom
Dugan, Jack
Dunn, Russell D.
Dutta, Rajiv
Edwards, Christine A.
Edwards, Jack
Elavia, Swati T.
English, Edmond J.
Essat, Aiman
Farhat, Carmille
Ferrara, Juan F.
Fierro, Carlos
Finklestein, Mark
Foundation Objectwin
Fussell, Olivia
Gaitonde, Sunil
Ganske, Sebastian
Gautham, Ravi
Ghai, Vijayant
Gill, Amarjit
Goel, Asheesh
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Matching Gift Program
Gonzalez, Lillain
Gottesman, Edward
Gottesman Philanthropic Fund of the
Jewish Communal Fund
Gow, Roderick
Grube, Mark E.
GTCR Golder Rauner II, LLC
Guerin, Bridget
Gupta, Neeraj
Gupta, Niraj
Gupta, Rajiv L.
Gupta, Ram P.
Gupta, Vinod
Gurnani, Anjali
Hajdarovic-Keane, Margaret
Haldar, Sudeep
Hartmarx Corp.
Hartwell Corporation
Hellinga, Jeff
Herman, Ron
Hewlett-Packard Company
Hicks, Ken C.
Hilco Trading Co., Inc.
Hoffman, Sandra F.
Horne, Edward
Hunter Douglas, Inc
Ila and Ajit Kothari Family Fund
Inamdar, Sarla
Invesco Aim
Invesco PowerShares
Iyer, Shuba
Jain, Amit
Jain, Dipak C.
Jain, Manoj
Jain, Sital P.
Jiganti, John J.
Jindia, Indu
JNF Asset Management
Joshi, Asha
Kalav, Ozlenen E.
Kamath, Prabhakar H.
Kambhampaty, Krishna
Kapadia, Rajesh
Kapoor, Alok
Kapoor, John N.
Karamchandani, Aarti and Naren
Kasbe, Timothy
Katt, Faye
Kejriwal, Amitabh and Nikita
Ken & Linda Robin Charitable Fund of
the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Khandekar, Janu
Khanna, Punita
Kilaru Prasad G.
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group LLC
Kirkland & Ellis Foundation
Kissinger, Henry A.
Kline, Robert D.
Kontogouris, Venetia
Kontogouris-Djokic Foundation
Kothari, Ajit K.
Kothari, Sonny S.
Kothari, Tushar
Krasny, Paula J.
Kripalani, Anil
Krishnamurthi, Janaki
Krishnamurthy, Vasu
Kritikos, Angelo
Kritser, John D.
Krogh, Ross
Kulathakal, Biju
Kusum Family Foundation
Lakha Jewels Inc.
Lavin, Lucas S.
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
Levy, Irwin
Liz Claiborne Inc.
Loo, Wade
Lopez, Michelle
Luther, Pablo
Madan & Saigal, LLC
Mahendroo, Vikesh
Mailekel, V.G.
Mainstay Ivestments
Malani, Sapna
Malik, Mamta A.
Malik, Neil
Mani Charitable Foundation
Mantha, Ravi and Kavitha
Matthews International Capital Management, LLC.
Mayfield Consulting, LTD
McAuliffe, Ann
McKay, Geoff
Med-Tech Welding & Safety Products, Inc.
Megalli, Maguid R.
Mehta, Amit
Mehta, Uddy
Merchant, Shilpa
MFS Investment Management & Subsidiaries
Michael E. Marks Family Foundation
Mital, Aseem
Mitra, Sundari
Mittal, Ritu S.
Modi, Nikhil
Mody, Ajay
Mody, Ajit M.
Moncau, Ursula
Monson Communications LLC
Mullin, Peter W.
Nagarajan, Kamesh
Nallakrishnan, Ravi
Narain, Saurabh
Natarajam, Ganesh
Nathan Family Foundation
Natixis Asset Management Advisors
NComputing, Inc.
Nelson, Namrita
Niles, Vivek
Nunes, Nikhil G.
Nuveen Investments
O’Donnell, Kevin
Offit, Morris
Outforce, LLC
Pacific Continental Bank
Pal, Pushpendu
Palamurthi, Prashant
Pannier, Kathy W.
Parameswaran, Ramesh
Patel, Amit N.
Patel, Ashok
Patel, Dilip P.
Patel, Mridula
Patel, Neha
Patel, Ramesh V.
Patel, Zaheeda and Imtiaz
Paul, Thazhakzhyil V.
Payden & Rygel
Pinto, Rahul. T
Pollack Architecture
Prabhu, Krish
Prasad, Poonam
Prashant H. Fadia Foundation
Principal Life Insurance Company
Purdue University Student Organizations
Puthanmadhom, Narayan V.
Quader, Khandker N.
Qualcomm
Rajappa, Kripashankar
Ramakrishnan, Anand
Ramakrishnan, Kartik
Ramakrishnan, S.
Rangan, Kasturi
Rao, Srinivasa K.
Rathi Family Charitable Trust
Rathi, Sapna and Rajeev A.
Raval, Rupal and Vishnubhakta, Ashok
Rawla, Sumeet
Reliance Industries Ltd. (USA)
Roe, Kathryn A.
Ron and Chitra Gupta Foundation Inc.
Rosenthal, Michael
Rutherford, Diane
Safro, Wayne
Sahgal, Bharat
Sahgal, Nishi and Rohit
Sainanee, Deepak
Sajdeh, Masha
Santhanakrishnan, N.
Sarin, Atulya
Sathe, Ashok
Sawarkar, Amit
Sawhney, Mohanbir
Segal, Gordon I.
Donors
Selitto, Jerome
Sererra Consulting Group LLC
Shah, Chirag H.
Shah, Divyesh
Shah, Lina and Hiren
Shah, Mahendra
Shanker, Naresh K.
Sharma, Raghav
Sharma, Sanjay
Sharma, Sheel
Shatto, Steven R.
Shekhawat, Jai
Shenoy, Sushma
Shivdasani, Aroon
Shrivastava, Richa
Sidley Austin Foundation
Silicon Valley Bank
Singh, Ajay
Singh, Arvinder
Singh, Basant
Singh, Harmit
Singh, Poonam
Singh, Rajesh
Singh, Rajesh K.
Singh, Ramesh
Sir Francis Drake Hotel
Somasekhar, Amirapu
Sood, Rakesh
Soroptimist International of La Jolla
Stansbury, Roy
Strellis, Gregg
Subrahmanyam, Marti
Sukhrani, Sanjay
Sunrise Foods
Tagliabue, Paul
Tambe,Jayant
Taplin, Shahnaz C.
Tare, Devdatt
Tarsney, Preya
Thakkar, Desh R.
Thakur, Randhir
The Ajay Chopra and Shyamoli Banerjee
Fund
The Allerton Hotel
The Judy & Michael Steinhardt Foundation
The Kathryn M. and Ronald J. Herman Jr.
Charitable Foundation
The Mortimer Levitt Foundation
The New School
The Sawhney Charitable Fund
The Trust Family Foundation
The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
Thomas, Henry
Thukkaram, Navin
Thukkaram, Pandurangan
Thukral, Nikhil
TIE - NY
Tobaccowala, Armin
Tolia, Sanjay
Tolia, Vijay
Toll Bros., Inc
Torcivia, Bryan A.
Townswich, Donald
TTF Foundation
Vashist, Rohini
Venkataramani, Kalyanaraman
Vickery, Raymond E.
Victoria S. Lautman Charitable Fund
Vohra, Sudesh
Wagle, Dilip
Webb, Rob
Weinberg, Diane
Weinberg, Richard G.
Wisner, Frank G.
Yadava, Meeta
Young, Betsy and Steve
Zidell, Arnold
Innovator $500 - 999
Abel, Richard
Acharya, Madhav
Advani, Rajiv
Advani, Swati V.
Ahlfors, Teija
Alam, Abu
Alvi, Asif
Angolkar, Raj
Annamraju, Rajasekhar
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Arora, Sartaj M.
Ashida, Mark C.
Atal, Vikram
Atherley, Bruce
Attri, Ashok K.
Badlani, Vandana
Badshah, Akhtar
Bakhshi, Shiv
Bali, Salil
Bansal, Rajendra
Baxi, Vibhaker
Berkes, Jim
Bhattacharyay, Subha
Blenke, John
Boveja, Raj K.
Brad & Judy Chase Family Philanthropic Fund
Calcote, Lut
Carter, John H.
Cary, Dennis
Chacko, Sarah
Chadha, Puja
Chaleff Charitable Foundation
Chandramouli, S.
Chang, Clifton S.
Charter Oak Investment Systems, Inc
Chaturvedula, Durgaprasad
Chaudhry, Najma S.
Chawla, Inder
Cherry, Dean E.
Chhabria, Shakuntala
Cholka, Robert P.
Christensen, Brenda
Clean Machine International, Inc.
Combined Federal Campaign (CA)
Conley, Kristin
Davenport, Chris
Desai, Gopal R.
Dhingra, Indira
Domagal, Ronald
Doppelt, Earl H.
Doshi, Salil V.
Edgley, Stuart
Edmonson, Brian
Faisal, Mian A.
Farukhi, M. F.
FitzGerald, Scott J.
Foreman, Craig
Fraioli, Mark
Furr, Randy W.
Gadekar, Milind
Gadiraju, Prasad D.
Gardilla, Balraj
Garimella, Parameswar P.
Goloboy CPA LLC
Gordon, Larry
Goswami, Gautam
Grover, S. M.
Guda, Nalini M.
Gulf Coast Combined Federal Campaign
Hamood, Allen
Hand In Hand International
Hartford Mutual Funds
Hellman, David
Hirschberg, Gary
Hutchinson Leland
Iyer, Hari
Kajani, Fahad
Kamdar, Kim P.
Kanaujia, Sab
Kashyap, Sudha
Kay, Lauren
Khanha, Raj
Kinney, Steven
Kishore, Rajgopal S.
Koshy, Michelle
Kothari, Ketan
Kothari, Manish D.
Kumar, Riju
Kumar, Sanjay
Kundra, Vivek
Kuruvilla, Ajit
Laumas, Katherine
Locke, Gary
LSM Kailas Charitable Foundation
Luther, David G.
Mach 1 Travel, Inc.
Malhotra, Sameer
Mandelcorn, Howard
McCafferty, Teresa
Meher-Homji, Aimée
Mikolajczyk, Michael E.
Miller, Harrice
Mittal, Amrit
Morgan Stanley Annual Appeal Campaign
Nadar, Roshini
Nagar, Amit
Nirankari, Kiran
Oberoi, Arun
Ohri, Manu
OK Management
O’Leary, James
Oommen, Azad
Palmeri, Michael A.
Parekh, Beena
Parekh, Ketan N.
Patel, Homi B.
Patel, Ravi R.
Patel, Viraj
Pattada, Biddappa
Patwa, Gautam G.
Paul, Seema
Payne, Timothy
Pigott, Karen
Popiel, Michael
Pratury, Lakshmi
Rajiv, Issac
Ramamurthy, Githesh
Riedel, Norbert
Saha, Milan
Sakhuja, Ravinder
Sands, Carol M.
Santhigram Kerala Ayurvedic Co. of US IN
Sen, Dinendra M.
Shah, Bijal R.
Shah, Deepti
Shah, Raj J.
Shah, Sanjay
Sharma, Bharati
Shenoy, Suresh
Shetty, Rama
Shukla, Roma
Shyni, Varghese
Silverstein, Mark
Singh, Awtar
Singh, Jasmine and Paul
Singh, Michael
Singhal, Seema
Sinha, Vijay K.
Smith, David
Sri-Kumar, Komal
Srinivasan, Srirama
Srivastava, Chandra S.
Srivastava, Manish K.
Starr, Michael
Sultana, Najma
Suresh, Tarangini
Surgeon, George
Tagore, Sundaram
Thakur, Dilip
The John Hardy Group, Inc.
Thomas, Sosha K.
TIE, Inc.
Trehan, Ranvir
Tyagi, Amit
Upadhya, Madhvesh K.
Vaidya, Hemel K.
Valavil, Bindiya
Vance, Niel
Varaiya, Nikhil P.
Wasserstein, Bruce
Waters, Tim
Weissman, William
West Coast Consulting LLC
Wiseman, Howard S.
Wright, David C.
Wyk, Van
Zafar, Kashif
In-kind Gifts and Pro-bono Services
American Airlines
Beam Global Wine and Spirits
Brown Badmash, Brown University
Citigroup
Conformia
Euro RSCG
Jet Airways
Madhur Jaffrey
Muse Media Center
USIBC
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