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WE DID IT!
WE DID IT!
India Giving Day was a resounding success, and it's all because of YOU!
So many of you reached out to your communities, friends, and networks, to strengthen the growing momentum for this movement. We are grateful to our sponsors who made it possible, our national co-chairs and ambassadors who continue to stand beside us and advocate on our behalf, the many organizations who are doing life changing work in India, and the good people, like you, who gave so generously.
Thank you for being a part of India Giving Day. See you in 2025!
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SIGNUP NOWPrize winners announced!
Congratulations to all India Giving Day prize winners and a huge thanks to those who helped each organization earn them!
CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP
India Giving Day is being guided under the leadership of our Co-Chairs, Sejal Desai, Executive Director of Akanksha Education Fund, and Manisha Bharti, Global Executive and CEO of Pratham USA. They are supported by a team of exceptionally passionate changemakers and joined by leading philanthropists, business leaders, and performing artists. Our heartfelt thanks to all who are lending their time, talent, and resources to this campaign.
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Campaign Steering Committee
Manisha Bharti
Pratham USA
Co-Chair
Sejal Desai
Akanksha Education Fund
Co-Chair
Jay Sehgal
Sehgal Foundation
Paul Glick
Rural India Supporting Trust (RIST)
Minoo Gupta
President of Foundation for Excellence (FFE)
Kalpana Kanthan
American India Foundation (AIF)
Yamini Mishra
India's Country Director for
MacArthur Foundation
National Co-Chairs
National co-chairs are individuals whose generous and thoughtful giving over many years make them philanthropic role models for those interested in giving to India.
Dr. Akhtar Badshah
Founder and Chief Catalyst for Catalytic Innovators Group
Desh Deshpande
Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Philanthropist
Sapphira Goradia
Executive Director, Vijay and Marie Goradia Foundation
Raj Gupta
Former Chairman and CEO, Rohm and Haas
Lata Krishnan
Co-Founder, American India Foundation
Dr. Suri Sehgal
Founder and Chair, Sehgal Foundation
Premal Shah
Co-Founder, Kiva
Ramesh Srinivasan
Senior Partner, NY Office McKinsey & Company
Deepak Raj
Founder and Managing Director, Raj Associates
MR Rangaswami
Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist
Raju Reddy
Founder and Former CEO, Sierra Atlantic
Sunil Wadhwani
Founder, WISH Foundation
Ambassadors
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Award-winning author, poet, activist, and teacher
Isheeta Ganguly
Writer, Director, and Performing Artist
Mitali Perkins
Author of "Rickshaw Girl" and 14 other books
Anand Mahalingam — Young Professional Ambassador
Actor and Comedian
Arjun Athalye — Youth Ambassador
Actor, Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019) and Just Beyond (2021)
Kriti Sarav — Youth Ambassador
Podcaster and educator on financial literacy for teens
Staff and Consultants
Alex Counts
Director
Peg Fourré
Deputy Director
Meenakshi Mahajan
Chief Operating Officer
Vijay Chitnis
Senior Consultant
Venky Raghavendra
Senior Adviser
Melvin Joseph
Intern
Youth Leadership Council
Riya Balaji
2022 Essay Competition
Aarshi Chaudhary
2023 Essay Competition
Sahasra Chavali
Advocate, Sehgal Foundation
Mira Gulati
Teach for India Advocate
Aadi Hetamsaria
Akanksha Advocate
Aayan Hetamsaria
Akanksha Advocate
Melvin Joseph
2023 Essay Competition
Preshika Jain
Teach for India Advocate
Shaunya Kumar
2023 Essay Competition
Anjika Kumar
Teach for India Advocate
Akshaya Katam
Advocate, Sehgal Foundation
Shreeya Ram
2023 Essay Competition
Rithani Saravanakumar
2021 Essay Competition
Eisha Yadav
2021 Essay Competition
FOUNDING SPONSORS
Sehgal
Foundation
Wadhwani
Impact Trust
Raj Family
Foundation
Raj & Kamla Gupta
Ujala Foundation