Causes
Causes that I am deeply passionate about and some of the bold founders leading the change.
Education
Teach for India
An excellent education for every child in India is Teach for India’s goal. Founded in 2009 by Shaheen Mistri, Teach for India is a non-profit organization providing quality education to children from disadvantaged sections through their Fellowship program and Alumni movement, constantly working to create and nurture budding leaders.
Teach for India US Board Chair: Ruchi Mehta
My Role: Advisory Board, Teach for India US
Ballet & Beyond NYC
Ballet & Beyond helps New York City kids realize their dreams of learning professional ballet by resolving two of the biggest barriers children from low-income families face, cost and travel. Partnering with NGOs and existing after-school programs to bring ballet lessons to locations the children usually visit, making it affordable and accessible for all.
Ballet & Beyond NYC ED: Michelle Cave
My Role: Board Member, 2017 – 2020
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
INK Global
INK helps turn ideas into reality, driving innovation and change by providing a platform for exchanging ideas. With its fellowship programs, events, and conferences, INK bridges the gap between different economies, cultures, and thinkers, building a community of go-getters.
INK Founder: Lakshmi Pratrury | INK Global ED: Geetika Tewari
My Role: Advisory Board Member
Sports
Olympic Gold Quest
For overall development and success of Indian athletes, Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone built the OGQ. To provide 24×7 support of physiotherapists, dietitians, mental trainers, coaches, injury management experts, and logistic managers for the athletes, boosting their performance and helping the country bag more medals at every Olympics.
WITI Founder: Anuranjita Kumar
My Role: Advisory Board Member
Women
Women in Tech India
WiTI is a forum to bring together and empower women to lead innovations in the technology sector. Often termed a man’s world, the technology sector has very few women in the forefront; WiTI looks to change by providing more opportunities for women and fostering an inclusive corporate environment.
WITI Founder: Anuranjita Kumar
My Role: Advisory Board Member
Champion women
Champion women facilitate women’s emotional, physical, and social empowerment to tackle the workforce gender gap in India. By providing life-leadership coaching and training sessions to women, Champion women equip them with strong interpersonal communication skills, professional management skills and helps them build a self-identity.
Champion Women Founder: Ranjini Manian
My Role: Advisory Board Member
Neythri
A foundation built by women passionate about their success and of those around them: Neythri is a global community of South Asian professional women made to enable conversation, provide professional insights, cultivate leadership, inspire and address problems specific to South Asian women.
Founders: Mythili Sankaran, Chitra Nayak, Sruthi Ramaswami
My Role: Founding Circle
