2011 - American India Foundation

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2011 - American India Foundation
[ A DECADE OF ACTION, A LIFETIME OF IMPACT ]
American India Foundation • Annual Report 2010 - 2011
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“AIF’s sustained work over the last decade has not only made a tangible difference to thousands of
Indians who are yet to see the benefits of the country’s macro-economic success but is increasingly
having scale impact by influencing government policy on meeting the needs and rights of the poor.”
—Salil Shetty, Secretary General, Amnesty International
]
1.5
MILLION LIVES
CHANGED
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A DECADE OF ACTION
A LIFETIME OF IMPACT
Today, the narrative of India’s emerging grandeur through rapid economic
growth and its symbolism as a bold and powerful tiger set to join the Chinese dragon to make Asia an economic power is alluring. Yet this story
paints an incomplete portrait of a complex society that defies generalization, marked by stunning contrasts and an unparalleled human and cultural diversity. For those of us who have experienced India firsthand, we understand that this is still a country grappling with devastating poverty,
its growth leaving many of its citizens behind in the margins of society.
In order to meet India’s long-term development challenges, we’ve realized the need to be responsive,
open, and adaptable to rapidly changing needs on the ground and listen closely to the voices that often go unheard. While building an organization that is professional, transparent, credible, secular,
and knowledge-based, we have sought to design solutions that are not only assured to make longterm impact, but that are designed along a development life cycle. This runs the gamut from ensuring
the health of new mothers and infants, to building the foundation for children’s success through education, to creating sustainable livelihoods and the link to formal employment for adults to guarantee
that economic growth is an equitable opportunity. As we reflect back upon the first ten years of our
journey, we can say with confidence that this was truly a decade of action with a lifetime of impact.
[ TABLE OF CONTENTS ]
From our Honorary Chair 5
From our Board of Directors 6
From our Chief Executive Officer
8
Ten Years of Impact 10
Catalyzing Sectorwide Change 12
AIF’s Presence in India 2010 - 2011 13
AIF On the Ground 14
Saving Lives 17
Creating a Foundation 18
21 Developing Leaders
22 Equalizing Economic Opportunity
25 Building a Movement
26 Partnerships & Impact 2010 - 2011
30 Financials
34 AIF People
40 Donors
46 Photographs
Annual Report produced by Patrick DiStefano, Drew Foxman and Chand Nirankari
[ FROM OUR HONORARY CHAIR ]
Dear Friend:
In the wake of the 2001 earthquake in Gujarat, people around the United States came forward willing to lend a
hand to those impacted in western India. Inspired by that outpouring of support, the founders of AIF created
a permanent organization to serve as a trusted bridge for philanthropy between the U.S. and India.
Ten years later, AIF has positively influenced the lives of millions of marginalized people in Gujarat and beyond. And this year, AIF’s Clinton Fellowship for Service program will begin to incorporate young professional
Indians into the program as well, providing an exciting opportunity for the future leaders of United States and
India to work together in support of those in need. I am confident that the experience of this Fellowship will
empower them to continue learning about one another and serving their nations in the years to come.
Thank you to all those supporters who have made AIF’s journey over the past decade possible.
Sincerely,
William Jefferson Clinton
[ American India Foundation - 5 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
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FROM OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
]
Dear Friends,
AIF is ten years old and still growing! We have evolved from an organization that primarily raised funds and made grants to Indian NGOs
to one of the largest, secular, India-focused philanthropies in the U.S.,
and now implement cutting-edge “signature programs” of our own
in partnership with NGOs. In doing so, we have reached over 1.5 million marginalized Indians while positively affecting many more. This
continued involvement is a testimony to the fact that we are an organization whose sum is greater than its parts, whose mission and
purpose propel the AIF Board, Trustees, and staff to work for the less
fortunate in India and strengthen the bridge between the two greatest
democracies in the world.
A significant milestone within AIF’s growth occurred in 2008. We decided to build on our programmatic experience and concentrate our
focus on programs which had the highest return on investment and
impact on the marginalized through policy and direct intervention. In
doing so, we were able to build scale, increase our presence in India,
and perhaps most importantly, leverage our knowledge and experience so that all of our programs run more effectively and efficiently.
Over this time, we have greatly expanded our footprint in the U.S.
There are now well-established and flourishing AIF chapters in Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and Dallas, with most
of these cities also producing robust Young Professionals networks.
Additionally, our membership, including the Board, Trustees, staff,
volunteers, and donors, has become greatly diversified to incorporate
a much higher percentage of non-Indians. We are very proud of this
as it will further bolster relationships between India and the U.S. in
the future.
Looking towards the next ten years, we have identified several key
areas on which to focus. Gender and equality will be more explicitly
integrated into our existing programs. Women tend to be more marginalized in current Indian society, and we now plan to incorporate
projects that focus on education for girls and livelihoods for women in
addition to our established maternal and neonatal health programs.
To this end, we have already begun to open more Digital Equalizer
labs in girls’ schools. Furthermore, we are in the process of developing full-time staff positions in India that will focus purely on gender issues. Beyond gender, we will consciously work on creating, disseminating, and implementing our lessons learned to influence the sector,
increase opportunities for individuals with disabilities, and expand
into geographies where we do not currently have a presence.
Our future is bright, and we are confident we will be able to achieve
greater impact on the lives of more people in AIF’s second decade.
We could not do this without your continued involvement. We are very
grateful for your support and your guidance.
Sincerely,
Victor Menezes
AIF Chair
Lata Krishnan
AIF Vice Chair
[ American India Foundation - 6 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
Pradeep Kashyap
AIF Vice Chair
Dear Friends,
On behalf of AIF’s Board of Directors, Trustees, staff, and the extended network of tireless volunteers, I would like to present this
year’s annual report. 2010-11 was very noteworthy for AIF, not just
in the amount of work that we accomplished this year, but also in
the completion of a decade’s worth of effort for our organization.
We have now directly reached over 1.5 million marginalized Indians, and when you consider that for every young woman who we
teach a livelihood to in MAST, every rickshaw driver we help attain
his own vehicle through Rickshaw Sangh, or every child that we
keep in school in LAMP, their entire families and even their communities are positively affected so that the magnitude of our reach
is exponentially greater than what we present here.
I am also proud to recount that as the global economy slowly picks
up after several dark years of recession, AIF was able to increase
our inputs and up our revenue from the prevous year by nearly
$1 million. Given that we pride ourselves at AIF on keeping an
extremely low overhead, with nearly 85% of funding going directly
to on the ground program costs, this $1 million increase alone has
contributed to reaching a significantly greater number of people
than last year. Part of this was through new programs that were
launched, including branching into new parts of the country, increasing our services to women, and availing more support for
individuals with disabilities.
Our signature programs continue to mature and become increasingly self-sustaining enterprises, allowing us to further leverage
and scale them up. A few of the cumulative and yearly highlights
of these programs are on the following page.
[ FROM OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ]
• The Digital Equalizer (DE) program has now reached 24,000
teachers and 750,000 children in 2,077 schools across India. Additionally, we have just signed agreements allowing us to expand
this program with the introduction of “DE-Lite,” which will exist as
a sustainability component that will provide some oversight in DE
schools after AIF finishes our work there, ensuring successful use
of the technology for years to come in impoverished areas.
• The Learning and Migration Program (LAMP) has educated over
237,500 children in predominantly rural areas where the children,
who are members of migrant families, would likely have dropped
out of the school system at an early age. This past year we began to
incorporate more girls-only LAMP hostels and education centers,
which allowed us to increase number of young girls who enter and
stay in the program.
• Our Market Aligned Skills Training (MAST) program had a very
successful year, cumulatively reaching 60,000 young unemployed
and untrained individuals across India, while launching a partnership with the Wadhwani Foundation to significantly scale-up the
focus on job training for individuals with disabilities.
• Rickshaw Sangh nearly doubled the number of rickshaw drivers
participating in the program over the past year to reach 17,000
individuals while also increasing the number of social value-added services like bank accounts, financial literacy, and uniforms,
among others. Perhaps most impressively, the number of rickshaws jointly owned by husband and wife increased and has become a focal point of the program, spreading the benefits directly
to the whole family.
• AIF’s “William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India” had another stellar year, sending 24 excellent young Americans to work
with NGOs across India, and bringing the number of Fellows sent
to India to more than 230.
Lastly, over this past year we incorporated a number of new members in the AIF family at the Board, Trustee, and staff levels, all of
whom have joined us with high levels of energy and excitement for
our organizational mission, and who have already begun to make
a demonstrable impact for us. Clearly, 2010-2011 was another banner year for AIF and a suitable ending to our first decade as an organization, and we eagerly look forward to seeing that this upward
progression for AIF promises only good things to come.
With heartfelt gratitude for your support,
Dr. Sanjay Sinho
Chief Executive Officer
[ American India Foundation - 9 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
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National series of fundraisers raise
more than $4 million for Gujarat Rehabilitation Campaign
]
Raised $2 million in response to
2004 Tsunami
AIF expands national chapter presence and staff through capacitybuilding grants from W.K. Kellogg
and Skoll Foundations
Launch of Service Corps program,
sending talented Americans to serve
with NGO partners in India
2001
TEN YEARS OF IMPACT
2002
Launch of HIV/AIDS program, connecting US healthcare professionals
to institutions in India
2004
2003
Launch of Digital Equalizer (DE)
program with 48 centers throughout
India
Founding of chapters in New York,
San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Boston, and Washington,
DC
Launch of education program for
children of seasonal migrants in
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa, and
Andhra Pradesh
Annual Galas launched in New York
and San Francisco Bay Area, each
raising $1 million
[ American India Foundation - 10 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
2005
“AIF has become an effective vehicle for arranging philanthropy related to India in the US… The work has
an enormous impact on the lives of the most marginalized people in India, particularly in matters of education and livelihood. As AIF launches its second decade of dedicated work, it will be able to build on its
experience and success…to have a hugely positive impact.”
—Noble Laureate Dr. Amartya Sen, Chair, US Advisory Council
Launch of Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative (MANSI) in
Jharkhand
Recipient of Charity Navigator’s
prestigious 4-Star Rating for sound
fiscal management
200th Fellow serves in India through
annual class of William J. Clinton Fellowship
National expansion of Chapter network to include Young Professionals
and Junior Chapters
2006
Launch of livelihood interventions
focused on rickshaw drivers, waste
workers, and unemployed youth
Partnerships with Gates Foundation,
Clinton Global Initiative, and others to mobilize resources for public
health programs raise $2.2 million
2007
2008
2009
2010
Consolidation of approach into signature programs: LAMP, DE, MAST,
Rickshaw Sangh, and the re-named
William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India
LAMP students achieve a 97% pass
rate in 10th Board Exams. Pass rate
exceeds state averages by 30% and
first divisions by 20%
AIF’s U.S. footprint increases as
Washington DC and Seattle chapters
host their 1st fundraisers
Recognized as one of two best
diaspora philanthropy organizations
worldwide in an independent study
[ American India Foundation - 11 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
[ CATALYZING SECTORWIDE CHANGE ]
When a group of dedicated, visionary individuals came together
to support the victims of the Gujarat earthquake in 2001, the
collective philanthropic platform – and the seeds of a movement – of the American India Foundation were born. From the
very beginning, AIF’s founding members understood that its
vision to build a lasting bridge between the world’s two largest
democracies, and to transform India into a more open, inclusive, and vibrant society by creating meaningful opportunities
for India’s poor would require the collective will, knowledge,
and participation of all sectors in society.
That’s precisely what we have done over the first ten years of
our journey, from mobilizing the U.S. diaspora, to providing
emergency relief and rehabilitation, to strategic grantmaking
helping emerging organizations in India’s civil society sector
to launch and flourish, to developing and scaling our own suite
of development solutions in the critical areas of education,
livelihoods, and public health. Guided by the deep local knowledge and experience of our skilled professionals on the ground,
AIF’s multidisciplinary approach empowers local communities
to participate actively in their own development, partners with
NGOs to develop and test innovations, and invests in their capacity to scale those solutions with demonstrated impact. Furthermore, we build coalitions of funding agencies in the private
sector to leverage these investments to maximum impact, and
work closely with governments to advocate for policy change to
ensure that our solutions last a lifetime.
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AIF’S PRESENCE IN INDIA 2010 - 2011
[ American India Foundation - 13 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
]
[ AIF ON THE GROUND ]
EDUCATION
LEARNING AND
MIGRATION
PROGRAM
(LAMP)
Provides primary education to the children of migrant workers who otherwise
would likely withdraw from the school
system at very young ages while also
advocating to communities and federal and state governments the universal
right of education for all in India.
DIGITAL
EQUALIZER
(DE)
A technology-based learning program
that bridges the digital divide in India
and prepares children to compete in
the digital economy.
SERVICE & LEADERSHIP
Through a meaningful exchange
of skills and knowledge, the Fellowship cuts across and supports
the program pillars of AIF by supporting Indian NGOs working
in the areas of education, livelihoods, and public health - thereby
strengthening both the scale and
long-term impact of AIF’s work on
the ground.
[ American India Foundation - 14 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
FELLOWSHIP
FOR SERVICE
IN INDIA
This highly selective program sends
young American professionals to serve
with Indian NGOs, expanding the capacity of India’s civil society sector and
building a lasting bridge between the
US and India.
LIVELIHOOD
MARKET-ALIGNED
SKILLS
TRAINING
(MAST)
RICKSHAW
SANGH
Trains and places unemployed and
marginalized young people in formal
sector jobs in high-growth industries,
matching them with the demands of
local economies, and at the same time
advocates for equal employment opportunities of women and individuals
with disabilities.
Enables rickshaw drivers to own rickshaws by accessing formal credit,
thereby bringing income stability,
dignity, and a wide range of social
benefits (such as health insurance for
their families and identity cards) to
people working in this highly exploitative occupation.
INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
OUR
APPROACH
With an understanding that
the needs of India’s poor
are vast and ever-changing,
AIF invests in pilot projects
in its core areas of education, livelihoods, and public
health to test innovative approaches to development.
MAITREE
DAIRY
The Maitree Dairy empowers women to
lead market-based enterprises in rural
areas. This women-run dairy collective,
federated into Maitree Mahila Mandal,
has improved the livelihoods of nearly
5,000 women farmers in Rajasthan and
Madhya Pradesh. AIF provides a range
of services including investments, infrastructure, market linkages, and entrepreneurship training to ensure the
sustainability of livelihoods created.
[ American India Foundation - 15 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
PUBLIC HEALTH
MATERNAL AND
NEWBORN
SURVIVAL
INITIATIVE
(MANSI)
Designed to reduce maternal and child
mortality in some of the poorest districts in India, this project enhances
the health status of the mother and
child, improves the local health system, and strengthens the community
to take carry the initiative forward.
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“I will save each and every child of my village so that there is not a single helpless mother in the village like me who can do nothing but wait and
watch her child collapse in front of her. It will be my tribute to my first child.”
[ American India Foundation - 16 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
]
[ SAVING LIVES ]
For the one hundred and fifty residents of Jankipur village in the
predominantly tribal state of Jharkhand, travel is an arduous task.
With a rough hillside terrain and dilapidated dirt paths, Jankipur is
one of the most remote locations in the Seraikela district. With the
closest health center nearly ten miles away, the prohibitive distance
– and financial cost – makes the trip impossible for the majority of
villagers, most of whom live in poverty. Nearly 100% of childbirths
in Jankipur are conducted at home. The village’s
only community health worker, Champa Manjhi,
a kind and gentle 24 year old, is responsible for
the provision of care and overall health of the village. The only support she receives from the government is a visit by the state health department
four times a year. As a result of the overall lack
of healthcare services, Jharkhand has the second
highest newborn mortality rate in the country, with
the widespread practice of home deliveries denying the basic and essential care needed to ensure
a healthy start to life. Mothers also face a shockingly high risk of death due to the inaccessibility of
quality care.
When Champa became pregnant, she continued with her daily life
as before, balancing her time as a health worker alongside work in
the fields and at home in order to support her family. The strain
this put on her body may have contributed to her developing anemia and jaundice during the later stages of her pregnancy, and
she gave birth to a premature baby boy. The poor condition of
her health and the inaccessibility of any health facility prevented
Champa from seeking any additional care, and her child collapsed
in front of her at the mere age of twenty-one days. The tragic loss
left Champa hopeless, and she quit her job as health worker immediately.
Months later, another health worker visiting Jankipur told Champa
about an innovative training program, operated by AIF, designed
to build the knowledge and skills of health workers in home-based newborn care. Launched in
2009, the Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative (MANSI) is a public-private partnership with
the Jharkhand state government1 and Tata Steel
Rural Development Society that provides preventative and curative care for both mothers and
newborns all the way from the individual household to government health facilities to ensure new
mothers and infants have the care they need to
survive, prepare for, and thrive during and after
pregnancy. MANSI strengthens the ability of local
communities to provide home-based care through
an innovative surveillance system while leveraging
an existing government maternity incentive scheme to increase
the number of institutional deliveries. The training Champa has
received through MANSI has given her new hope and the passion
to help others. “I will not bow down to the inevitable,” she remarks.
“I will save each and every child of my village so that there is not
a single helpless mother in the village like me who can do nothing
but wait and watch her child collapse in front of her. It will be my
tribute to my first child.”
[ American India Foundation - 17 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
[ CREATING A FOUNDATION ]
Education has been at the core of AIF’s work since our inception.
We believe that education is an essential foundation for a successful and productive life, the great equalizer of opportunity, and
the universal bridge that connects dreams to reality. “I saw my
father suffer so much for so long, and I couldn’t do anything to
help,” laments Sagar Kumar, a student in AIF’s Learning and Migration Program (LAMP) at the Millard Government School, from
a nearby slum in Patna. His dream is to become a doctor. Through
LAMP, Sagar has not only gained important knowledge, but also key life skills such as hard work and
dedication that have enabled him to balance life in
school with work in a health clinic to help fulfill his
long-term goal at the young age of 13.
Yet for millions of children in India living in poverty, a formal education is simply not an option as
parents often need their child’s labor to help gain
enough income to support the family. From young
children of rural migrants to those living in urban
slums, AIF’s suite of education programs ensure
that some of the most marginalized groups have
access to high-quality educational opportunities,
embrace the joy of learning, and gain critical life
skills alongside 21st century technological knowledge to prepare
them for life outside the classroom – and the global economy. The
LAMP program provides out-of-school children of migrant families with age-appropriate, student-centered learning to establish a
solid foundation with which to continue and excel in their studies.
We also place quality teaching at the forefront of all of our programs with the understanding that teaching and learning are an
interconnected, mutually reinforcing process.
In our Digital Equalizer (DE) program, AIF’s largest education initiative, we provide thousands of the country’s most underserved
schools with access to technology as well as the skills and knowledge for teachers to increase student outcomes and engagement
through interactive, project-based learning techniques. AIF has
been able to scale this program across India by forming long-term
partnerships with many state governments that
provide the technological infrastructure to launch
the program, enabling AIF to focus on increasing
the capacities of schools so they may sustain the
Digital Equalizer program after AIF’s three to five
year intervention concludes.
Even in today’s interconnected, technological age,
participation in the DE program is the first time
many students have seen or touched a computer.
The magic of technology is put directly into the
hands of students to unlock their learning potential and creativity. Ranjeet Kaur, who dropped
out of school for three years after losing her father, beams proudly: “My world changed forever.
I became part of a world where people dreamed and did great
things to bring positive change into the world,” and she will now
be pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Applications this
upcoming year. After watching her students give a presentation
on gender disparity in India and the United Nations Millennium
Develop Goals, teacher Chandra Malkan proudly beams, “There
are no longer any limits to what my students can achieve.”
[ American India Foundation - 18 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
[
“There are no longer any limits to what my students can achieve.”
[ American India Foundation - 19 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
]
[
The Fellowship “gave me the chance to learn to be a contributing and active
member of a place far different than my own; it taught me the importance
of strong relationships and the power that comes from local solutions.”
[ American India Foundation - 20 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
]
[ DEVELOPING LEADERS ]
Meeting India’s goals for sustainable development requires not
only hard work and dedication, but also leaders with the firsthand
knowledge and real-world skills necessary to deliver practical solutions while building meaningful partnerships. Through its William
J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India, AIF is helping to shape the
next generation of leaders committed to building lasting change for
underprivileged communities across India, while also strengthening the civil sector landscape to be more efficient and effective.
livelihood practices. “My project work gave me immense insight
into the complex issues facing our world’s agricultural communities and the negative environmental health effects of food production experienced by India’s rural poor. Living in the Rishi Valley also
gave me the chance to learn to be a contributing and active member
of a place far different than my own; it taught me the importance
of strong relationships and the power that comes from local solutions.”
Placing talented young American professionals in
service with NGOs in India, the Fellowship
creates a meaningful exchange of technical skills
and intellectual resources, establishing transformative partnerships that build the capacity of India’s civil society while empowering talented young
Americans to be agents of change and leaders with
a deep understanding of – and continued commitment to – India. Fellows engage in a wide variety of
projects that match their skills and resources with
NGO partners’ critical needs to produce collaborative results that have demonstrated and sustainable
impact.
The Fellowship creates a community of socially
engaged, global citizens who represent the leaders of tomorrow. Alumni of the program have
become leaders and entrepreneurs in business,
international development, academia, journalism
and other fields, all while engendering a passionate dedication to bring their own visions to light.
Jessica Mayberry, a Fellow in the 2002-03 class,
had never been to India prior to embarking on her
Fellowship with SEVA in Ahmemdabad. Yet a mere
year later, Jessica had launched her own NGO in
India, Video Volunteers, which provides disadvantaged communities with journalistic skills and their
own voice in the global media revolution. With the largest network
of salaried community video producers in the world, Video Volunteers has reached more than 300,000 people in villages and slums
across India. Jessica will bring her experience full-circle by hosting
and mentoring her own Clinton Fellow in this coming year. The
Fellowship program has become both a collective force and a selfsustaining network, committed to a long-term agenda dedicated to
service for the underprivileged in India.
As Lindsey Adkisson, a 2011-12 graduating Fellow serving in the
Rishi Valley Rural Health Centre in Andhra Pradesh, reflects, the
Fellowship was “both a tremendously rewarding and challenging experience.” Focused in a small rural community, Lindsey found herself engaged in the interconnected issues of public health, natural
resource management, and sustainable agriculture in her work to
lead community education and empowerment for better health and
[ American India Foundation - 21 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
[ EQUALIZING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ]
A vast amount of India’s economic activity occurs in the informal
sector – a vicious cycle for workers trapped in bleak conditions
with no prospects for the future and businesses that lack access
to resources needed to grow and flourish. This widespread activity
creates systemic problems as well, with the government unable to
collect taxes and thus finance the essential social services India’s
population so desperately needs. Workers in the informal sector
commonly suffer from unstable and shockingly low wages with no
access to basic social services and protections. The
AIF approach intervenes at all levels – the individual, the institution, and the public sector – to tackle
this complex social problem, creating sustainable
livelihoods for individuals, families, and communities while transforming India’s formal sector.
As India undergoes dramatic demographic change,
with mass urbanization accompanied by a rapidly
growing population under the age of twenty-five,
the productivity of urban youth is critical to India’s
future economic growth. However, millions of these
youth come from disadvantaged backgrounds with
no access to educational opportunities and thus
lack the basic skills necessary to obtain gainful employment. At the
same time, urban companies across India are experiencing high
growth in many sectors, resulting in a fundamental imbalance in the
labor market. AIF’s Market Aligned Skills Training (MAST) program
addresses these systemic issues by providing marginalized, unemployed youth with a comprehensive skills training program that
equips them with the knowledge and skills needed to secure employment and succeed on the job. MAST “is a leveler,” says Dharmesh
Mackwana, a program graduate now working for the HP-owned
Mphasis, a leading IT services company. “It doesn’t matter whether
you are a graduate or a dropout, everyone is given a chance here and
we are all treated the same. This equity what I like most about the
program.”
For the 8 million cycle rickshaw drivers in urban areas across India,
nearly all pay daily rent to owners at often usurious rates that make
their daily earnings insufficient to sustain their
families. A majority of drivers are migrants from
their home village seeking a better livelihood, only
to find themselves lacking access to credit, the
ability to obtain ration cards, or qualify for other
essential social services. AIF’s Rickshaw Sangh addresses these fundamentally interconnected issues
by enabling rickshaw drivers to own their vehicles
through access to formal credit, while providing
a comprehensive package of services and benefits
including bank accounts, driver’s license, ID cards,
asset and life insurance, uniforms, and municipal
permits. The program’s interlocking services not
only ensure the well-being of the entire family, they
also empower women to become entrepreneurs in their families and
beyond by launching new enterprises in a number of fields, such
as ownership of food carts. For Shama Pavin, the Rickshaw Sangh
program engendered these new opportunities. When she lost her
husband, she migrated to Lucknow with her two children in search
of better work. Through her determination, she formed a women’s
collective to become financial leaders in their families and business
owners by owning and renting a joint rickshaw.
[ American India Foundation - 22 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
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“MAST is a leveler. It doesn’t matter whether you are a graduate or a dropout, everyone is given a chance here and we are all treated the same.”
[ American India Foundation - 23 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
]
[
“AIF’s vision to build an institution focused on voluntarism and resource mobilization, linking Americans with
India, all in the service of creative social and economic change in India, has built a truly “living bridge” between
the United States and India. AIF’s successes showcase the special role the Indian American diaspora plays in the
US-India relationship—a central part of the people-to-people ties that bind America and India together in the “indispensible partnership” of the 21st Century. We look forward to the next decade ahead, and to AIF’s next ten years
of innovation in service to both nations.” —Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, South and Central Affairs, U.S. Department of State
[ American India Foundation - 24 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
]
[ BUILDING A MOVEMENT ]
Understanding the magnitude and complexity of India’s development challenges can be a lifelong task.
Our focus across the United States on outreach and engagement
is embedded within AIF’s mission and vision: to build a trusted
bridge between the two largest democracies of the
world by mobilizing individuals and institutions in
the United States to engage in philanthropy that
creates equitable opportunities for India’s poor
– an essential prerequisite for its democracy to
flourish.
Out of the tragedy of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake
arose a catalytic event, unifying the Indian diaspora with an outpouring of support at the founding
of AIF. In the process of building a credible, professional institution designed as an effective and
collective philanthropy platform for the diaspora,
we also expanded our reach to a national audience
by developing a network of chapters that today form the heart of
AIF’s presence in the United States. Through chapters in major
metropolitan areas across the country, including New York, the
San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Washing-
ton, DC, Dallas, and Seattle, AIF helped galvanize a movement
that consisted of an astonishing range of individuals bound together with a commitment to creating lasting change in India.
Today, AIF’s longstanding tradition of Galas and other events
continues to flourish and contribute to the ongoing evolution of
the organization. At the 2010 Boston Gala, a multiyear, multimillion dollar knowledge partnership
was announced by the Charles and Agnes Kazarian Foundation, which served as a testament to
both the collective power of community as well
as AIF’s longstanding commitment as a learning
organization seeking to develop ever stronger expertise in delivering the highest impact to participants on the ground and the highest return on
donor investments.
We wish to recognize and thank this deep network of volunteers and supporters of nearly
10,000 individuals for their invaluable commitment to contributing to our sustained growth –resulting in global
recognition as one of the world’s two best diaspora philanthropy
organizations in 2010.
[ American India Foundation - 25 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
[ PARTNERSHIPS & IMPACT 2010 - 2011 ]
LEARNING AND MIGRATION PROGRAM (LAMP)
PARTNER
LOCATION
TOTAL COVERAGE
BOYS
GIRLS
Cohesion Foundation Trust
Gujarat
4,250
1,620
2,630
Lokadrusti
Orissa
4,549
2,414
2,135
Nidan
Bihar
4,088
2,032
2,240
VSP
Maharashtra
1,701
828
873
14,588
6,894
7,878
TOTAL
TOTAL COVERAGE SINCE INCEPTION: 237,500 CHILDREN
DIGITAL EQUALIZER
STATE
SCHOOLS
TEACHERS
STUDENTS
Punjab
200
2,328
68,547
Karnataka
213
1,809
46,527
Andhra Pradesh
112
1,012
24,048
Orissa
104
715
25,017
Tamil Nadu
146
3,656
60,111
Delhi
11
135
5,795
786
9,655
230,045
TOTAL
TOTAL COVERAGE SINCE INCEPTION: 750,000 STUDENTS
MATERNAL AND NEWBORN SURVIVAL INITIATIVE (MANSI)
PARTNER
LOCATION
COVERAGE
Tata Rural Development Society
Jharkhand
Direct: 17,500 Women / 6,400 Children under 2
SEARCH
Jharkhand
N/A (Technical Partnership)
NAZ Foundation
Delhi NCR
N/A (Technical Partnership)
Ideosync Media Combine
Uttarakhand & Delhi NCR
N/A
Samraksha
Karnataka
11,104 (Since 11/09)
YRG Care
Tamil Nadu
3,120
HIV/AIDS
[ American India Foundation - 26 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
MARKET ALIGNED SKILLS TRAINING (MAST)
PARTNER
LOCATION
TRAINED
PLACED
TOTAL
MALE
FEMALE
TOTAL
MALE
FEMALE
Saath
Gujarat
5,849
3,140
2,709
6,897
3,877
3,020
NBJK
Jharkhand
3,028
1,891
1,137
2,093
1,345
748
Anudip
West Bengal
736
490
246
609
408
201
BMSS
Chhattisgarh
748
274
474
325
100
225
DBCT
Punjab
509
299
210
324
152
172
Vatsalya
Rajasthan
984
475
509
539
314
225
AEA
Gujarat
406
36
370
358
43
315
CSI
Delhi
625
330
295
458
241
217
Nidan
Bihar
TOTAL
391
206
185
282
164
118
13,276
7,141
6,135
11,885
6,644
5,241
TOTAL TRAINED: 59,233
• TOTAL PLACED: 43,752
RICKSHAW SANGH
PARTNER
LOCATION
RICKSHAW DRIVERS COVERED
Arthik Anushandhan Kendra
Uttar Pradesh
737
Jan Mitra Nyas
Uttar Pradesh
912
Bhartiya Micro Credit
Uttar Pradesh
8,932
Bihar Development Trust
Bihar
125
CREATE
Uttar Pradesh
502
Jeevan Jyoti Kala Kendra
Bihar
412
SIFE-SRCC
Delhi NCR
100
TOTAL
11,720
TOTAL COVERAGE SINCE INCEPTION: 17,213
[ American India Foundation - 27 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
[ American India Foundation - 28 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
[ PARTNERSHIPS & IMPACT 2010 - 2011 ]
continued...
WILLIAM J. CLINTON FELLOWSHIP FOR SERVICE IN INDIA
FELLOW NAME
NGO PLACEMENT
LOCATION
Marielle Amrhein
Katha
New Delhi
Stephanie Dorman
Digantar
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Jessica Ré Phillips
Katha
New Delhi
John Van Rooy
APV School
Anjanisain, Uttarakhand
Adam Campbell
Anudip Foundation
Kolkata, West Bengal
Andrew Carreras
Jagori Grameen
Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh
Tejpal Dhillon
Vatsalya
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Kishore Eechambadi
Seva Mandir
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Hilary Fischer-Groban
ICICI Foundation
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Lev Turner
Hand in Hand
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Lindsey Adkisson
Rishi Valley Rural Health Centre
Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh
Alison Chatfield
Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra (KGVK)
Ranchi, Jharkhand
Kyla Donnelly
Action Research & Training for Health (ARTH)
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Katy Mitchell
Tata Steel Rural Development Society (TSRDS)
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
Kathryn Osterhage
SAATHI
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
John Stokes
Naz Foundation
New Delhi
Christina Macgillivray
Breakthrough
New Delhi
Elijah Monroe
Ashoka Youth Venture
Bangalore, Karnataka
Renagh O’Leary
Jagori
New Delhi
Ramya Sekaran
People’s Watch
Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Joseph Stromberg
Pravah
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Rajwant Virk
Centre for Social Research
New Delhi
EDUCATION
LIVELIHOOD
PUBLIC HEALTH
OTHER
[ American India Foundation - 29 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
[ FINANCIALS ]
Dear Friends,
Based on principles of accountability, transparency, and financial efficiency, the American India Foundation ensures that every dollar contributed is both maximized and spent as efficiently
as possible. We expend the greatest effort accurately tracking,
monitoring and allocating contributions towards our programs
on the ground in India to catalyze sectorwide change for India’s
most impoverished and marginalized communities.
This is my second year as Chief Financial Officer for AIF (with
an annual salary of $1) and I am pleased to report that we have
made much progress in revenue and in our outlay for programs.
As always, we are thankful for the generosity of those who contribute to our mission. Our annual revenue, nearly all of which
comes from contributions, grants, and events, increased by
19.2%, an accomplishment we can be proud of.
We continue to be as efficient as possible with our funding, with
program services accounting for 84% of our total expenditures,
and we were able to reduce our general and administration expenses by 21.2% over the previous year. The pie chart alongside shows the percentage of each element in both revenue and
expenses, and the statement and graph next to that show our
revenue and expenses over our ten year history.
Additionally, we have provided the two statements on the next
page to show the comparison between last year and this year in
each main item of revenue and expense.
On the administrative side, we increased our financial due diligence by hiring a CPA as Financial Controller in the U.S. and
are in the process of hiring another as Financial Controller in
India. The Controller has helped us increase our financial due
diligence by exercising greater control over expenses. We have
also hired several individuals in the U.S. to increase our outreach, social engagement, and grant procurement abilities, and
their additions are reflected in our increase in revenue.
Not everyone has the opportunity to be able to give. Only the
lucky ones are privileged to serve and give, and the reward can
be plentiful – indeed, beyond measure.
Always at your service,
Neil Lachman, CPA
CFO, American India Foundation
[ American India Foundation - 30 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
INCOME
FINANCIAL YEAR
INCOME
EXPENSES
2001
$6,566,682
$3,221,916
2002
4,906,374
3,393,706
2003
3,397,630
3,213,441
2004
5,627,337
5,422,258
2005
7,913,760
6,875,704
2006-07
10,029,646
10,168,280
2008
9,251,271
9,782,873
2009
9,584,062
8,675,947
2010
6,121,050
6,534,403
2011
7,296,451
7,073,248
contributions
50%
$3,679,830
interest income/other
3%
$199,320
events
47%
$3,417,301
TOTAL: $7,296,451
E XPENDITURE
TEN YEAR REVENUE AND EXPENSES
program services
84%
$5,911,871
fundraising
10%
$748,008
management & general
6%
$413,369
TOTAL: $7,073,248
$12,000,000
$10,000,000
$8,000,000
$6,000,000
$4,000,000
$2,000,000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
income
2006-07
2008
2009
2010
2011
expenses
* Certain yearly figures reflect official audited statements and may differ slightly from previous annual reports
** FY 2006-07 represents a 15 month accounting period due to a switch in reporting periods from the calendar
year to the Indian fiscal year. All other years are a 12 month FY.
[ American India Foundation - 31 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
[
“AIF is a very effective, transparent, leveraged and efficient organization that we
all should be very proud of...”
- Ajay Shah, Founding Managing Director, Silver Lake Sumeru
[ American India Foundation - 32 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
]
[ FINANCIALS ]
continued...
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
as of March 31, 2011
2011
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
for the year ending March 31, 2011
2010
ASSETS
Cash & Cash Equivalents
Investments
Prepaid and Other Assets
Property and Equipment (net)
TOTAL ASSETS
Accounts & Other Payable
TOTAL LIABILITIES
2010
SUPPORT & REVENUE
$2,056,652
$1,669,224
5,380,375
5,429,130
143,011
113,119
22,817
25,572
7,602,855
7,257,045
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
Grants Payable
2011
Contributions & Grants
Benefit Events Income (net)
Investment and Other Income
TOTAL SUPPORT & REVENUE
$3,679,830
$2,936,461
3,417,301
3,097,888
199,320
86,701
7,296,451
6,121,050
EXPENSES
1,191,069
1,077,736
Program Expenses
76,218
66,944
Education
1,423,642
1,565,283
1,267,287
1,144,680
Livelihood
1,977,681
1,359,250
564,529
96,980
1,632,588
1,758,302
313,431
435,809
5,911,871
5,215,624
Public Health
NET ASSETS
Digital Equalizer
Unrestricted
1,952,266
1,016,707
Temporarily Restricted
3,783,302
4,495,658
Permanently Restricted
600,000
600,000
Management and General
413,369
524,415
TOTAL NET ASSETS
6,335,568
6,112,365
Fundraising Expenses
748,008
794,364
TOTAL EXPENSES
7,073,248
6,534,403
$223,203
(413,353)
TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
$7,602,855
7,257,045
Clinton Fellowship
Total Program Expenses
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
[ AIF PEOPLE ]
as of August 2011
COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES
Hon. William J. Clinton (Honorary Chair)
42nd President of the United States of America
Mr. Tushar Dave
Co-Founder & Managing Director
New Path Ventures
and Mrs. Reshma Dave
Mr. Arjun Aggarwal
Managing Director, HealthScape Advisors
and Mrs. Anuradha Aggarwal
Mr. Vinod Dham
Co-Founder & Managing Director
New Path Ventures
and Mrs. Sadhana Dham
Mr. Ravi Akhoury
Akhoury Foundation
and Mrs. Ginny Akhoury
Drs. Leena and Nitin Doshi
Doshi Family Foundation
Applied Materials, Inc.
Mrs. Rani Bahadur
Michigan-based Philanthropist
and Mr. B N Bahadur
Dr. Jasvir Gill
Co-Founder & CEO,
Start-up Farms International
and Ms. Kaval Kaur
Mr. Vimal Bahuguna
President, Drona Group LLC
and Dr. Bulbul Bahuguna
Mr. Mukesh Gangwal
Managing Director,
Huron Consulting Group
and Mrs. Nita Gangwal
Mr. Raj Bhatia
Managing Director,
Merrill Lynch Private Banking Group
and Dr. Seema Bhatia
Mr. Anil Godhwani
Founder, India Community Center,
Silicon Valley
and Mrs. Jyoti Godhwani
Mr. Sant Chatwal
President, Hampshire Hotels & Resorts LLC
and Mrs. Daman Chatwal
Mr. Vijay Goradia
Chairman & CEO, Vinmar International
and Mrs. Marie Goradia
Mr. Navneet S. Chugh
Attorney, C.P.A. The Chugh Firm
and Mrs. Ritu Chugh
Mr. Rajat Gupta
Senior Partner Emeritus,
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
and Mrs. Anita Gupta
Mr. Bal G. Das
Chairman, BGD Holdings, LLC
and Valerie Demont
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
Ms. Neerja Sethi
Co-Founder & Vice President, Syntel Inc.
and Mr. Bharat Desai
Mr. Kumar Malavalli
Co-Founder, Chairman, &
Chief Strategy Officer,InMage Systems
and Mrs. Vijaya Malavalli
Mr. Ajay Shah
Founding Managing Director,
Silver Lake Sumeru Fund
and Ms. Lata Krishnan
Mr. Victor J. Menezes
Senior Advisor, New Silk Route, LLC
and Mrs. Tara Menezes
Mrs. Anjali Sharma
Chairperson, Philanthropic Engagement
American India Foundation
and Mr. Deven Sharma
Mr. Anil Monga
CEO, Victory International
and Mrs. Rajni Monga
Mr. Diaz Nesamoney
President & CEO, Jivox Corporation
and Mrs. Usha Nesamoney
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
Brian J. G. Pereira, MD
President & Chief Executive Officer,
AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc.
and Sunita Pereira
Mr. Ravi Reddy
Co-Founder and Managing Partner,
Think Capital LLC
[ American India Foundation - 34 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
Mr. Raj Sharma
Managing Director of Investments; Head of
the Sharma Group of Merrill Lynch Private
Banking and Investment Group
and Mrs. Nalini Sharma
Mr. Venkat Srinivasan
Co-Founder & CEO of Rage Frameworks
and Mrs. Pratima Srinivasan
Mr. Sanjay Subhedar
General Partner, Storm Ventures
and Mrs. Suniti Subhedar
Mr. Harit Talwar
President, US Cards,
Discover Financial Services
and Mrs. Reena Talwar
Mrs. Chandrika Tandon
Chairperson, Tandon Capital Associates
and Mr. Ranjan Tandon
Mr. Ravi Tilak
CEO, ALMEX USA,
and Mrs. Vandana Tilak
President, Bombay Pictures, Inc.
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
Ambassador Frank G. Wisner
International Affairs Advisor,
Patton Boggs LLP
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
Mr. Bhikhubhai Patel
Chairman, Tarsadia Hotels
and Mrs. Pushpa Patel 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. Victor Menezes (Chair)
Senior Advisor, New Silk Route, LLC
Mr. Geoff Stewart, Esq.
Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
Mr. Ramesh Kapur
President, MED-TECH
Ms. Chandrika Tandon
Chairperson, Tandon Capital Associates
Mr. Carl Pope
Chairman, Sierra Club
US ADVISORY COUNCIL
Ms. Kavita Ramdas
Visiting Fellow & Scholar at Stanford’s Center
for Democracy, Development, and the Rule
of Law at the Freeman Spogli Institute
Ms. Lata Krishnan (Vice Chair)
Mr. Pradeep Kashyap (Vice Chair)
Mr. Ravi Akhoury
Akhoury Foundation
Dr. Amartya Sen (Chair)
Lamont University Professor,
Harvard University
Mr. Vimal Bahuguna
President, Drona Group, LLC
Ms. Maya Ajmera
President, Global Fund for Children
Mr. William T. Comfort
Chairman of Citigroup Venture Capital &
Chairman of the Investment Committee
of Court Square Capital Partners
Mr. Harry Barnes
Former U.S. Ambassador to India
Mr. Sridar Iyengar
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Mr. Jay Kerley
Corporate Vice President,
Deputy Chief Information Officer,
Applied Materials, Inc. Mr. Diaz Nesamoney
President & CEO, Jivox Corporation
Mr. Ravi Reddy
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Think
Capital LLC
Mr. Raj Sharma
Managing Director of Investments; Head of
The Sharma Group of Merrill Lynch Private
Banking & Investment Group
Dr. Sanjay Sinho
CEO, American India Foundation
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 and
Former President, Ashoka
Mr. Sudhakar Shenoy
Chairman & CEO,
Information Management Consultants, Inc.
Mr. Ron Somers
President, U.S.-India Business Council
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. Rakesh Gupta
President, Oak Global Advisors
Mr. Nishith Desai
Nishith Desai Associates
(AIF Trust India Trustee)
Mr. Kailash Joshi
Past President, TiE Silicon Valley
Mr. Pramit Jhaveri
CEO, Citi India
[ American India Foundation - 35 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
Mr. Vijay Mahajan
Founder & Chairman, Basix, a “group of
livelihood promotion institutions”
Mr. Deepak Chopra
Founder, The Chopra Center for
Well Being
Dr. R. A. Mashelkar
Chair, National Innovation Foundation
Ms. Madhur Jaffrey
Author & Actress
Mr. Sanjay Nayar
CEO and Country Head, Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co. (KKR), India
Ms. Mira Nair
Filmmaker, Mirabai Films
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 Technology India
(AIF Trust India Trustee)
Dr. Rajiv Tandon
Senior Advisor, Maternal, Newborn,
Child Health & Nutrition, Save the Children
Mr. O.P. Vaish
Founder, Vaish Associates Law Firm
Mr. Adil Zainulbhai
CEO, McKinsey & Co. India
AIF AMBASSADORS
Mr. Rahul Bose
Actor
Ms. Gloria Steinem
Author and Activist
Ms. Sejal Desai
CEO, SevaYatra
Dr. Rafiq Dossani
Senior Research Scholar & Executive
Director, South Asia Initiative,
Stanford University (Chair of the Monitoring and Evaluation Subcommittee)
Ms. Kaval Kaur
Co-Founder, Start-up Farms International Inc.
FINANCE COMMITTEE (US)
Ms. Lata Krishnan
Vice Chair, American India Foundation
Mr. Ravi Akhoury
Akhoury Foundation
Vijay Manwani
Co- Founder and Director, BladeLogic
Mr. Pradeep Kashyap
Vice Chair, American India Foundation
Mr. Diaz Nesamoney
President & CEO, Jivox Corporation (Chair)
Mr. Neil Lachman
Chief Financial Officer,
American India Foundation
Mr. Venkat Srinivasan
Co-Founder & CEO of Rage Frameworks
Mr. Ravi Reddy
Co-Founder and Managing Partner,
Think Capital LLC
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 & Managing Director,
NewPath Ventures LLC
EDUCATION RESOURCE
GROUP
Dr. Poonam Batra
Professor Central Institute of Education,
University of Delhi
Mr. Dayaram
Former Chief Consultant, Alternative
Schooling for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Prof. R. Govinda
Vice Chancellor, National University of
Educational Planning (India)
Mr. Dhir Jhingran
Chief Program Officer, Literacy, Room to Read,
previously Director of Elementary Education,
Ministry of Human Resource Development
[ American India Foundation - 36 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
Prof. Ravi Srivastava
Center for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Prof. Shantha Sinha
Chairperson, National Commission for
Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
Prof. Shyam Menon
Vice Chancellor, Ambedkar University Delhi
Annie Namala
Member, National Advisory Committee
for Right To Education
Sutapa Deb
TV journalist, Features Editor,
NDTV 24X7, Director of India Matters
FELLOWSHIP ADVISORY
COUNCIL
Sanjay Sinho
CEO, American India Foundation
Sridar Iyengar
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Lata Krishnan
Vice Chair, American India Foundation
Arun M Kumar
Partner, KPMG
Farrokh Billimoria
Founder, Managing Partner at Mynt Capital
Lakshmi Karan
Director, Global Strategy at Riders for
Health
Rick Desai
Co-Founder, Dashfire
[ AIF PEOPLE ]
continued...
Yael Gottlieb
Director, Global Development Strategy,
Human Rights Watch
FELLOWSHIP ALUMNI
COUNCIL
Sheela Shrinivas ‘05-’06 (Co-Chair)
Michael Yau ‘08-’09 (Co-Chair)
Anita Agarwal ‘02-’03
Kirsten Anderson ‘08-’10
Sarah Hine ‘07-’08
Mayhul Jain ‘01
Nicole Patel ‘06-’07
Jessica Sawhney ‘09-’10
Ajaita Shah ‘06-’07
NEW ENGLAND
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Ambati Srinivasalu &
Nikhila Bhakthavatsala Parmesh & Nirmala Garimella
Ravi & Kavitha Mantha
Brian J. G. Pereira, MD and
Sunita Pereira, MD (Trustees)
Amar & Deepika Sawhney
Raj & Nalini Sharma (Trustees)
Venkat & Pratima Srinivasan (Trustees)
Ganesh Venkataraman & Uma Sundaram
MIDWEST
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Lawrence Adelman
Anu & Arjun Aggarwal (Trustees)
Sangita & Sanjiv Anand
Bulbul & Vimal Bahuguna (Trustees)
Michael Berger
Seema & Raj Bhatia (Trustees)
Terrence & Cindy Brady
Puja & Rajive Chadha
Paramjit (Romi) Chopra
Rima Chopra
Sri & Anshu Chawla
Elissa Hamid Efroymson & Adnaan Hamid
Nita & Mukesh Gangwal (Trustees)
Shiban Ganju
Biri & Sukhjit Gill
Ankur Gupta
Anjali Gurnani & Shakeel Abdul
Stephanie & Roger Hochschild
Dipak Jain
Saily Joshi & Rajiv Moorthy
Srinivas Kaushik
Nikita & Amitabh Kejriwal
Neelu & Sanjay Khosla
Sajal Kohli & Rohini Dey
Paula Krasny
Anil Kumar
Swati & Bobby Mehta
Vijay Murugappan
Rajita & Saurabh Narain
Daryl & David Nelms
Namrita & Ben Nelson
Yamini & Rahul Pinto
Raghuram Rajan & Radhika Puri
Sumant & Leena Ramachandra
Rupal Raval & Ashok Vishnubhakta
Norbert & Loan Riedel
Lew Rosenbloom
Parminder & Mohanbir Sawhney
Cherra & Harmit Singh
Anita & Yashpal Singh
Anita & Prabha Sinha
Reena & Harit Talwar (Trustees)
Ann & Rohit Vishnoi
Diane & Richard Weinberg
Meeta Yadava
DALLAS
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL
LEADERSHIP
Kushal & Mita Basu
George & Fonsa Brody
Hemang & Sejal Desai
Vinay & Kanika Jain
Sanjay & Shalini Joshi
Raj & Hema Kalyandurg
Neeti Khaitan & Rajesh Gupta
Adhavan & Chandra Manickam
Nilesh & Chetna Naik
Paul & Geetha Pandian
BAY AREA
Gaurav Banka
Naveen Bazaj
Priya Gupta
Shikha Jetley
Rishi Sachdeva
Neha Shah
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
NEW ENGLAND
Swini Garimella
Vimi Mirchandani
Prabhod Sunkara
Aditya Undurti
Radhika & Ravi Achar
Uma & Avadesh Agarwal
Sudha & Vinod Bhindi
Ashita & Arun Bohra
Upma & Vikram Budhraja
Ritu & Navneet Chugh (Trustees)
Anjana & H.K. Desai
Tania Kapoor & Dinesh Mirchandari
Asha Kumar & Anil Punyapu
Harshada & Sanjay Kucheria
Jayanti & Bharath Kumar
Parul & Sharad Mehta
Dulari & Krishnan Menon
Sudha & Pravin Mody
Nancy & Nimish Patel (Trustees)
Pushpa & BU Patel
Reshma & Harsheel Shah
Rika & Manu Shah
Vandana & Ravi Tilak (Trustees)
WASHINGTON DC
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Sudhakar Shenoy
Ron Somers
Geoffrey Stewart
Mahinder & Sharad Tak
[ American India Foundation - 37 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
MIDWEST
Ananya Das
NEW YORK
Pankti Desai
Jyoti Halarnakar
Sunny Parikh
Anoop Rustgi
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Simran Ahuja
Adity Khanna
Dular Pandya
Rishi Sharma
WASHINGTON DC
Tara Dhawan
Gaurav Malik
JUNIOR CHAPTER
LEADERSHIP
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Sanjana Kucheria
MIDWEST
Ariana Bhatia
[
US STAFF
INDIA STAFF
Sanjay Sinho
Chief Executive Officer (New York) Meenu Anand
Administration Officer
Nandini Ansari
Senior Operations Manager (New York)
Sudhakar Bhandari
Regional Coordinator - Karnataka,
Digital Equalizer
Bhawna Chawla
Program Coordinator, Education (California)
Patrick DiStefano
Communications Officer (New York)
Drew Foxman
Director, External Relations (California)
Nirmala Garimella
New England Chapter Manager (Boston)
Bhupendra Jadav
Accounts Manager (New York)
Behzad Larry
Program Coordinator, William J. Clinton
Fellowship for Service in India and Young
Professionals (California)
Mary LaPlante
Midwest Chapter Manager (Chicago)
Luz Pacheco
Program Assistant (California)
Phi Pham
Digital Engagement Officer (New York) Narain Sew
Finance Controller (New York)
Mandy Wong
Database Administrator (New York)
Roopak Chauhan
Program Manager - Delhi, Digital Equalizer
Kishor Choudhary
Program Manager, Livelihoods
Aparna Dass
Program Manager, Livelihoods
Baskaran Dheenadayalan
State Program Manager - Tamil Nadu,
Digital Equalizer
Mrinalika Dhapola
State Program Manager - Punjab,
Digital Equalizer
Priyanjana Ghosh
Program Manager, William J. Clinton
Fellowship for Service in India
Karl Gruschow
Program Manager, William J. Clinton
Fellowship for Service in India
Swati Jha
Program Manager, Digital Equalizer
Charu Johri
Senior Manager, Public Health
Swarna Kapoor
State Program Manager - Andhra Pradesh,
Digital Equalizer
AIF PEOPLE
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Ritu Kathuria
Accounts Officer
Kamini Masih
Accounts Officer
Prabhakar
Program Manager, Livelihoods
Lalith Prasad
Program Manager - Karnataka,
Digital Equalizer
Payal Rajpal
Communications Manager
Hanumant Rawat
Director, Livelihoods
Smita
Director, Education
Bholanath Sangram
Office Assistant
Anupam Sarkar
Project Advisor, Public Health
]
Harinder Singh
Regional Coordinator - Punjab,
Digital Equalizer
J. Sundarakrishnan
Director, Digital Equalizer
Shikha Thaman
Program Manager, Livelihoods
Ashutosh Tosaria
Program Manager, Education
SENIOR ADVISORS
Neil Lachman
Chief Financial Officer
Anjali Sharma
Chairperson, Philanthropic Engagement
ADVISORS
DP Ahuja
Senior Philanthropy Advisor (New York)
Kris Dasgupta
Development Advisor (New York)
Subrat Sarkar
Program Manager, Orissa,
Digital Equalizer
Sital Jain
Real-Estate & Administration Advisor (New York) R. Sathyanarayan
Regional Coordinator - Karnataka,
Digital Equalizer
Ajit Kothari
Disaster Relief & Rehabilitation Advisor
(New York) K.S. Sebastian
Director, Knowledge Management
Srinivasa Murali
Senior Advisor,
Knowledge Management (New York) Gurvinder Singh
Senior Manager, Finance & Administration
[ American India Foundation - 38 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
Ethan Veneklasen
Advisor for Strategic Partnerships (California)
CONSULTANTS
Tahmina Ali
Administrative Support (New York)
Mr. Dayaram
Former Chief Consultant, Alternative
Schooling for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan;
LAMP (India)
Edulever
MAST (India)
EZ Vidya
Digital Equalizer (India)
Ranjani Gopinath
Public Health (India) Professor AK Jalalddin
LAMP (India)
Neev
LAMP (India)
Chand Nirankari
Digital Communications
Manager (New York) Venkatesh Raghavendra
Chapter Cultivation &
Livelihoods Consultant (New York)
Arjun Sanyal
LAMP (India)
INTERNS & VOLUNTEERS
APRIL 2010 - PRESENT
Priyanka Agarwal (India)
Aditi Arora (New York)
Nandita Batra (India)
Zoish Bengali (New York)
Rohit Bhatnagar (India)
Manpreet Bedi (India)
Archana Chandola (India)
Manish Chaurasiya (India)
Arindam Chowdhury (India)
Martha Farnsworth (New York) Jennifer Helms (India)
Archita Jha (New York)
Rishika Kashyap (India)
Rangeet Kaur (India)
Avanika Khosla (India)
Shefali Lall (New York)
Kapil Malviya (India)
Diksha Nagia (New York)
Nishat Parveen (India)
Ashish Patil (India)
Kavya Paul (India)
Rohan Sandhu (New York)
Kaushalendra Pratap Singh (India)
Sharanya Shankar (California)
Abhinav Shrivastava (India)
Arun Sreenivasan (India)
Meghana Srinivasan (New York)
Jayverdhan Tiwari (India)
Harmeet Walia (India)
SPECIAL THANKS
Dhruva Desai
Anika Joshi
Rana Kashyap
Payal Lal
Vrati Mehra
Prashanth Murali
Nilu Paul
Nitin Sacheti
Mehr Singh
Zoe Ridolfi Star
PRO BONO LEGAL
SERVICES
Geoffrey Stewart, Esq.
Partner, Jones Day, Reavis &
Pogue (New York)
[ American India Foundation - 39 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
[ DONORS ]
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
$100,000 and above
Abbott Laboratories Fund
Adobe Foundation
Chahil, Satjiv
Dell USA LP
Jain, Ajit & Tinku
The Menezes Foundation, Inc.
Monga, Anil & Rajni
Natasha Foundation, Inc
Rural India Supporting Trust
Tandon, Chandrika & Ranjan
Tarsadia Foundation
The Applied Materials Foundation
The Madala Family Fund
The Motwani-Jadeja Family Trust
The Six Four Foundation
Krishnan, Lata & Shah, Ajay
BENEFACTOR
$50,000 - 99,999
Khosla, Vinod & Neeru
ICICI Foundation
(Courtesy of Sridar & Anita Iyengar)
Jones Day
Nesamoney, Diaz & Usha
Patel, Amit
Proctor & Gamble
Rockefeller Foundation
Tilak, Ravi & Vandana
PATRON
$25,000 - 49,999
Akhoury, Ravi & Ginny
Desai, Nishith
Deutsche Post World Net USA, Inc
Discover Financial Services, LLC
Doshi Family Foundation Inc.
Flextronics International USA
Gill, Jasvir & Kaval
Gupta, Rajat & Anita
Harman International Industries, Inc
Hewlett-Packard Company
Hospira Foundation
IBM Corporation
ICICI Bank
(Courtesy of Marti & Usha Subrahmanyam)
Kamra, Deepak & Christina
Kazarian Family Foundation
Khanna, Atul
Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
Malavalli, Kumar & Vijaya
New Silk Route Partners, LLC
New Vernon Capital, LLC
New York Life Insurance Co
Panu Foundation
Protech Consulting
Roc Capital Management
SanDisk Corporation Fund
Sherman, Philip & Birgitta
Silicon Valley Bank
Silicon Valley Capital Partners LP
Srinivasan, Venkat & Pratima
Subhedar, Sanjay & Suniti
SunGard Data Systems Inc.
Thangaraj, Immanuel & Preetha
The Chong-Moon Lee Foundation
The Chugh Firm
The Sierra Club
Trehan, Ravi & Seran
United Airlines Inc.
Vishwanath, Vijay & Gita Iyer
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Wadhwani Foundation
VISIONARY
$10,000 - 24,999
Agarwal Family Foundation
Aggarwal, Arjun & Anuradha
Allianz Global Investors Distribution
Allman, James
Allstate Insurance Company
AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc.
American Express
Anonymous
Anonymous
Applied Materials, Inc.
Avendus Capital, Inc.
Bahuguna, Vimal & Bulbul
Bank of America, Texas
Bhatia, Raj & Seema
Baxter International Inc.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
Capgemini Financial Services USA, Inc.
Chopra, Sanjiv & Amita
Comerica Bank
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Dham Non-Grantor Charitable Gift
eBay Inc.
Euro RSCG Worldwide
Family Trust Giancarlo
Gottesman, Samuel
Healthscape Advisors
Henry Crown and Company
Hill, Holiday, Connors, Cosmopulos Inc.
Hochschild, Roger & Stephanie
Huron Consulting Group Inc.
Hyatt International Corporation
Information Management Consultants, Inc.
Ironwood Management Consultants, Inc.
Kaye Family Foundation
Keane, Inc.
Kesavan, Sudhakar
Khurana, Sanjay & Mona Mehta
Kirkland & Ellis Foundation
Kohli, Sajal & Rohini Dey
KPMG LLP
Mantena, Rama
McKinsey & Company, Inc. (Hdq.)
Mehta, Siddharth & Swati
Menezes, Ivan & Shibani
Menon, Sreedhar & Saroj
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Morgan Stanley, California
[ American India Foundation - 40 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
Motorola Foundation
Motorola, Inc.
Oza, Rohan
Pepsico, Inc.
Pereira, Brian & Sunita
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Raghunathan, Arvind & Sribala Subramanian
Rashid, Renee
Richardson & Patel, LLP
Rubin, Donald & Shelley
SAP America, Inc
Sehgal, Mukesh & Radhika
Sharma, Raj & Nalini
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Singh, Jagdeep & Roshni
Singh, Manoj & Rita
Sinha, Prabhakant & Anita
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
SMART Modular Technologies, Inc.
Sobti, Rajiv & Slomi
Starcom MediaVest Group
STUDIOS Architecture
Subramaniam, Shivan & Jyothi
Talwar, Harit & Reena
TD Securities (USA) LLC
Thakore, Nick & Sangita
The Arun I & Asmita Bhatia Family Foundation
The Charles & Agnes Kazarian Foundation
The Clinton Family Foundation
The Downs Foundation:
Downs, Rick and Sadhana
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney The Fifth Avenue Group, New York
The Mark Chandler & Christina Kendrick Fund
The MCI Amelior Foundation
The Mukesh & Harsha Patel Fund
The Samarth Foundation
The Sarva Mangal Charitable Trust
TIE Tri-State
Turkish Philanthropic Fund
Warburg Pincus LLC
Winston & Strawn LLP
CATALYST
$5,000 - 9,999
Acxiom Corporation
Ahuja, Anilesh & Tania
Anne C. Kubik & Michael A. Krupka
Charitable Gift Fund
Anonymous
APCO Worldwide
Avery Dennison Corporation
Bajaj, Jay
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Berger, Michael
Bhambhani, Gireesh
Bhattacharyya, Rajarshi & Samantha Heller
Bhavsar, Natvar & Janet
Bhindi Jewelers
Bhindi K. International
Boecke, William & Joan
CGI
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Dalal Charitable Trust: Dalal, Akshay & Shobha
Desai, Harshad & Anjana
Electric Power Group LLC
Fidelity Corporate Services
Gautam Inc.
GBS Linens Inc.
Ghose, Viyjanta & Anupam
Global Payments Inc.
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Great Point Partners, LLC
Harris Bank N.A.
Hassan, Fred & Noreen
Highglow Jewelers
Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
Hughes Network Systems, Inc.
IAG Entertainment Inc.
ICC Chemicals Corporation
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Infogix
Intuit Inc.
Islam, Frank & Debbie
Ivy Funds Distributors
JP Morgan Chase Bank, New York
Kalyandurg, Raj & Hema
Katz, Jeffrey
Kaver Group
Kerley, Jay & Lisa
Krishna, A. & Tomoko
Lambert, Michael
Leerink Swann
MacKenzie, Iain & Chantelle
Madala, Srinivasa & Durga
Mahapatra, Jayanti
Mansharamani, Puneet & Nandini
Mantha, Ravi & Kavitha
Mathan, Samuel & Shanti
Maughan, Deryck & Vaofua
McAuliffe, Terry
McGraw-Hill Companies
Merck & Co., Inc
Mesirow Financial
Mindray North America
Mitra, Sundari & Samir
MYNT Capital Management, LLC
Narayandas, Das & Sunitha Das
Nathani, Adil & Nandini
Nayden, Denis & Britta
Nohria, Nitin & Monica Chandra
OCR Services, Inc.
Parekh, Amit
Patel, Amit
Payden & Rygel Investment Mangament
Pedot, Nancy
Phenomenon
Puri, Anupam & Rajika
Putnam Investments
Ramachandra, Sumant & Leena
Reddy, Rasika & Girish
Sahney, Vinod & Gail
Sawhney, Deepika & Amarpreet
Sharma, Vivek
Singh, Vinay
Srivastava, Raman & Shalini
Tadikonda, Satish & Preeti
Tambe, Jayant & Priya
The Dinyar and Aashish Devitre Foundation
The Gautam Godhwani Charitable Fund
The Northern Trust Corporation
Trinus Corporation
Tufts Health Plan
Vatsa, Sanjay & Rekha
Venkatachalam, Manjeri & Hasi
Venkataraman, Ganesh & Uma Sundaram
Venkataraman, Sankaran
Wadha, Kamal & Manju
Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
CHAMPION
$1,000 - 4,9999
4D Convergence, Inc.
A G Color Inc.
Abboy, Ramadas & Jamuna
Adelman, Larry & Carol
Advani, Swati
Advani, Vijay
Agarwal, Anu & Anant
Aggarwal, Alok & Sangeeta
American Express Political Action Committee
Ankalkoti, Rajesh
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Apple Care Medical Management, Inc.
Aribindi, Ram & Veena Nayak
Armony Erel Charitable Fund
Arora, Sartaj & Akankshi
Asico LLC
Asthana, Manu
Bahri, Rajat
Balasa Dinverno Foltz LLC
Banerjee, Siddartha
Bank of America, Rhode Island
Bank of America Matching Gifts
Bansal, Tony
Barndollar, Stephen & Karin
Baxter, Behram
Belkin Burden Wenig & Goldman, LLP
[ American India Foundation - 41 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
Bhadkamar, Neal
Bhatia, Sabeer
Bhatia, Sushil
Bhatia, Tania
Bheddah, Peter & Dorothy
Bist, Vijay & Anita
Bohra, Arun & Ashita
Brady, Terrence & Cynthia
Brennan, John & Jean
Brennan, Stephanie
Broadcom
Bronfman, Edgar
Bruce, Alastair
Budhraja, Vikram & Upma
Canaan Partners
Cefalo, Adam
Chaddha, Anu
Chadha, Rajive & Puja
Chandra, Amitabh & Reema
Charaipotra, Neil
Chatterjee, Subir & Satarupa
Chaturvedula, Durgaprasad
Chitkara, Raman & Sabina
Chopra, Ajay & Shyamoli Banerjee
Chopra, Rima
Chopra, Sunil
Chowdri, Hanumara & Lakshmi
CISCO Systems Foundation
Citi Private Bank
Cooper-Horowitz Inc.
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc
D’Souza, Francis
Damavarapu, Amishi
Dang, Puran & Kamlesh
Daruvala, Toos & Hira
Daruwalla, Sanaea
Deloitte Services LP
Delong, Thomas & Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
Demeter, Steven & Diane
Deutsche Bank/DWS Investments
Distributors, Inc.
Dhandapani, Chandra & Adhavan Manickam
Dharwarkar, Pavithra & Maya
Dignity Gems Inc.
Don Eugene Gift Fund
Dorr, Marshall
Draper III, William & Phyllis
DreamWorks Animation
Durairaj, S. & Jana
Emerging Global Advisors LLC
Empire Warehousing & Dist
Exim Engineering Inc.
Fadia, Saluni P.
Finkelstein, Mark & Janet Penn
Freedman, Arnie and Lois
Friedman, Michael & Lynn
Ganju, Shiban
Godhwani, Anil & Jyoti
Goldman Sachs & Co. Matching Gifts Program
Google Inc.
Gottesman, Patricia
Grewal, Jas & Suren Dutia
Gulati, Ranjay & Anuradha Dayal-Gulati
Gurnani, Anjali
Gyani, Mohan
Han, Hammond
Harney, Thomas & Dorothy Wholihan
Horizon Investments, Inc.
Hospira Employee Giving Campaign
Houle, Jeffery
Imprima USA, Inc.
Inamdar, Sarla & Subhash
International Litigation Services, Inc.
Ismail, Faisal
Itchaporia, Nita
Iyer, Chandresh & Veena
Jain, Sital & Suman
Jaya International LLC
JB-DM Jewelry LLC
Jerath, Lynn
Jiganti, Dorothy & John
John, Thomas
Joshi, Asha & Chandu
Kacker, Anisha and Ravi
Kalimada, Ponnappa & Ravi
Kalva, Satish
Kamadar, Kim
Kanodia, Raj
Kapadia, Rajesh & Lina
Kapoor, Partap
Kashyap, Pradeep & Reena
Kaushik, Srinivas
Kaveeshwar, Ashok & Stuti
Kekst and Company, Incorporated
Kelly, Joseph
Kenneth H & Linda B Robin Fund
Ketan and Sheila Kothari Family Fund
Khanna, Tarun & Ruhi
Kohli, Ujjal & Sarita
Komlofske, Gerald & Sharon Kondepudi, Prakash & Usha Rao
Kotcher, Raymond
Kothari, Tushar & Sangeeta
Krishnamurthy, Vasu & Mary
Krishnan, Ram & Nalini
Krishnan, Santhana & Namita
Kuchinad, Bala & Mukta
Kumar, Alan
Kumar, Bharath
Kumar, Vijay & Raminder
Kurdikar Tare, Devdatt & Vibha
Lal, Rajiv & Suruchi
Land Family Foundation
Leader Bank
Leonard, Jennifer
Loeber, Franz & Marci
Logue, Christopher
Lorimer, Peter & Cindy
Lubar, Gregory & Stacey
Luther, Pablo
Mainstay Investments
Malek, Kenneth & Dixie
Manatt, Phelps & Philips, LLP
Manwani, Vijay & Sumita
Martin, Stacey
Mattu, Manuja & Ravi
Mayfield, Jacquelyn
McMahon, Chris
McNichol, Daniel & Roseann
Med-Tech Welding & Safety Products, Inc.
Mehta, Jaishri
Mehta, Krishna
Mehta, Uddy & Arpita
Menawat, Arun
Mercadante, Charlene
MFS Investment Management & Subsidiaries
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Mills Family Foundation
Mitra, Sanjeet
Mochary, Mary
Modi, Nikhil & Rahat
Modi, Satish
Mody, Ajay & Suhani
Monaco, Julie
Morada, Lokesh
Mulpuri, Rao
Munks, Greg
Murphy, Kevin
Muthiah, Shanti
MyTailor.com
Nair, Sahil
Nandwani, Suresh & Anita
Nangia, Avinash & Renu Gambhir
Narain, Saurabh & Rajita
Natesh, Rajeswari & G.
Nathu Development
Nedungadi, Ashok
Neuberger Berman
Nirankari, Verinder & Kiran
Noor Gems International Inc.
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Oberoi, Arun & Neeru
Objectwin Foundation
Offer, David
Ojha, Purnendu
Pande, Vijayshree & Shonu
Pandit, Lalita & Hemant
Pandit, Vivek & Hema Narayanan
Pandya, Dular
Parekh, Amit
Pasarew, Lee & Isabel Reiff
Patel, Amit & Urvi
Patel, Bhavesh & Nirali
Patel, Gita
Patel, Harish
Patel, Manisha & Kiran Rao
[ American India Foundation - 42 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
Philip, John
Philips, Adam & Dana
Pitroda, Salil & Arpita Pitroda
Popat, Pranav
Poth, Christopher
Prakash, Shimoga
Prasad, Narayan & Poonam
Premier Brands of America, Inc.
Punyapu, Anil & Asha
Punyapu, Venkata & Srujana
Raj, Zainul & Labaina
Rajeev D. Ranadive Trust
Ramakrishan, Jayanthi
Ringold, Gordon & Tanya
Rosenfeld, Howard & Sheryl Leach
Roy, Rahul & Anuradhika
RR Donnelley
Sahai, Neelam & Neeraj
Sakhuja, Ravi & Rohini
Salmon, Walter & Marjorie
Sanghavi Diamonds, Inc.
Scarborough, Mark & Lara
Schreuder, Jana & Eric
Segal Family Foundation
Shabsels, Michael
Shah, Ajay & Mona
Shah, Anil & Preeti
Shah, Divyesh & Priti
Shah, Harshad & Raksha
Shah, Harsheel & Reshma
Shah, Himat
Shah, Jagdish
Shah, Jaykumar
Shah, Jayshree
Shah, Premlata
Shah, Punyashree & Vimal
Shah, Sabera & Ameer
Shangri-La Tea Co. Inc.
Sharma, Anjali & Deven
Sharma, Anu
Sharma, Anupendra & Rachna
Sharma, S. Paul
Sharma, Sanjay
Sharon, Patrick
[ DONORS ]
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Shastri, Arun
Shatto, Steven & Elizabeth
Shourie, Moira & Rajath
Silverman, Eric
Simon, Joseph & Anju
Singh, Ajay & Nidhi
Singh, Ashika
Singh, Harjit & Manka Dhingra
Singh, Harmit & Cherra
Singh, Rajesh & Roberta
Sisitsky, Peter & Anita
Skeist Family Charitable Trust
Smith, Stephanie
Sogani, Sangam
Somers, Ron
Sood, Rakesh & Sapna
Soroptimist International of La Jolla
Sparkling Jewelry, Inc.
State Street Global Advisors
Steinitz, Christopher & Shamila Choudhary
Stevens, Michael
Sunrise Medical Group
Swart, Lalitha
Synergy Enterprises, Inc.
Tak, Mahinder & Sharad Tak
Tanne, Frederick
Tarsney, Preya
Thanawala, Chetna & Ambrish
The Darius Fund
The GE Foundation
The Hoover Family Foundation
The Jerath Family Fund
The Khushroo F. Dordi Family Trust
The Kothari Saura Family Fund
The Pattis Family Foundation
The Sawhney Family Foundation
The Trust Family Foundation
Thukkaram, Navin
TPG Capital, L.P.
Trehan Foundation, Inc.
TTF Foundation
Tyagi, Rajesh
Tyagi, Sam & Indu
Unilever United States Inc.
United Way Silicon Valley
US-India Business Council
Vaidyanathan, Nirupama & Prabhu Palini
Valavil, Bindiya
Van Kampen Investments Inc.
Varsha Diamonds Inc.
Vasa, Umang & Nipa
Vats, Vasudha
Vij, Priya
Vosmek, Sharon & Timothy McClarren
Wadhwa, Deepak
Wahi, Anuradha
Walia, Ruby & Hanita
Wallace, Kathleen & Robert
Walsh, Ralph
Warner, Mark
Wasson, John & Gina
Weinberg Family Foundation
Western Resourcing Inc.
Western Union Financial Services
William Blair & Company Foundation
Wiltse, Steven
Wychocki, Suzanna
Yedatore, Manjunath
Young, Steve & Elizabeth
Zimmerman, Richard
Zook, Ted & Amy
Zwanziger Fund
INNOVATOR
$500 - 999
A&R Insurance Services, Inc.
Aarush Jewelry, Inc.
Agarwal, Ajay
Ahooja, Karan
Alpert, Alan
Ami Karatrade, Inc.
Arumugam, Subramaniam
Ashwini & Anita Gupta Foundation, Inc.
Aurora, Sanjay & Natasha Shah
Babbar, Satish & Saroj
Bahunguna, Iva
Baker, M. & J.
Baker-Green, Edward
Bank of India
Bartholomeusz, Prameela
Bates College
Bartra, Rakhee
Beck, Douglas
Bentley Systems, Inc.
Berkowitz, Abraham
Berrington, Howard & Cheryl
Bhat, Barkur & Deepti
Bhatt, Krishna & Narendra
Bjattacharji, Siddharth
Bhattacharya, Sat
Bhuva, Dinesh & Panna
Bradley, M. Helen & Steven Kleiman
Brilliant Gems, Inc.
Brod, John & Lisbeth
Buchen, David & Helene
Bulman, Bryce
Cammack, Jon & Theresa
Chandrasekhar, Anand & Yasmin
Chatterji, Ranjit & Tonima
Cheena, Parvesh
Cohen, Lewis
Croan, Gerald & Sandi
Curran, David & Maureen
Dayalu, Praveen
De Waele, James & Patti
Desai, Neha
Desai, Niraj & Anita
Desai, Tarang
Deva, Rama & Arun
Dhamodharan, Manickam & Shanti
Dheer, Sanjeev & Prema
Dhingra, Arun
Dhru, Jayan & Sheekha
Diagem Imports, Inc.
Donde, Nitin
DRS Technologies
Eechambadi, Kishore
Evangelou, Evie
Fisher, Charles
Garimella, Manaswini
Garimella, Parameswar & Nirmala
[ American India Foundation - 43 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
Gems International of California
General Electric Company
Gjaja, Marin & Kate
Godbole, Milind
Goloboy, Andrew & Joan
Gor, Rakshit & Ronak
Graham, Kurt
Guru Nanak Sikh Mission of Greater Chicago
Hirsch, Susan
Huffman, Michael & Diana
Hussain, Abrar & Kurosu Altaf
IVA Funds
Iyer, Hari
Jacob, Eva & Ravi
Jain, Aditi
Jalagam, Prasanth & Maithri
Jayapal,Susheela
Jeereddi, Prasad
Jindal, Unmash
Joshi, Anar
Joshi, Vikram & Minoo Gupta
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Kadakia, Megha
Kamath, Prabhakar & Nirmala
Kapany, Kiran
Kapur, Shakti
Karamchandani, Aarti & Naren
Kashyap, Satish & Punam
Kashyap, Sudha
Kashyap, Vinay
Keesara, Vinay
Kemp, Christian & Jill
Keswani, Vineeta
Khandekar, Janu & Amita
Khanna, Rohit
Kothari, Ketan & Sheila
Kothari, Manish & Carmen
Krishna Kandarpa Fund
Kritzmire, Anne
Kumar, Riju & Sangeeta
Kumar, Sanjaya & Shurjeet
Kurpad, Umesh & Debra
Lakhanpal, Rohit & Mia
Lancaster, Colin
[ DONORS ]
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Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
Lee, Sally
Loeger, Julie
Low, David & Dominique LaHaussois
M.D. Sass Investors Services, Inc.
Maiwurm, James & Wendy
Makadia, Jay
Mehta, Amit
Mehta, Amit & Rati
Mehta, Ashwin
Mehta, Hemen & Pallavi
Mehta, Ramesh & Charu
Mendu, Raghuveer & Rashida
Mueth, Brian
Mukkamala, Pradadaro & Jayshree
Muthiah, Radha
Nath, Aditya
Nathan Family Foundation
Nexage Technologies USA, INC
Nigam, Prateek
Nixon Peabody LLP
Novartis Investment
Nuveen Investments
P. Dholakiya, D.D.S. Inc.
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Pacheco, Jack & Karen
Palepu, Krishna & Laurie
Panagakis, George
Panitch, Sanford
Panjabi, Manohar & D.K. Reid
Parekh, Anand & Rinky Bhatia
Parikh, Kevin & Nita
Passi, Ravi & Anita
Patel, Homi & Anne
Patel, Jignesh & Parul
Patel, Karishma
Patel, Mona
Patel, Nilam
Patel, Pritesh
Patel, Ramesh & Sheela
Patel, Shohil
Patel, Sunil & Maya
Patel, Suresh
Patel, Vipul
Pattada, Biddappa
Patterson, Richard & Alisa
Patwa, Gautam
Paul, Kshemendra & Nina
Prabhu, Deepa
Putcha, Sarada
Purdue University Student Organizations
Radia, Nishen
Rajagopalan, Krishnan
Rajkumar, Sudhir
Ramachandran, Narayanan & Anne
Randall, Penny
Rangadass, Vasudev & Katya
Reddy, Vivekanand
Reichler, Matthew & Anita
Ron and Chitra Gupta Foundation
Rost, Michael
Sachdev, Subir
Sacheti, Chandra & Vandana
Sahgal, Nishi & Rohit
Saini, Raj
Santhanakrishnan, N.
Saraf, Manish & Anu
Sarang Corporation
Sarathy, Partha
Schindler, Paul & Jane
Shah, Bharat & Minaxi
Shah, Chirag
Shah, Eric & Daxa
Shah, Harin
Shah, Rahul
Shah, Shallesh
Sharma, Rajeev & Seema
Shenthar, Shyam
Shields, Cornelius
Shroff, Arun
Sidhu, Amarjit & Jass
Sidhu, Gurneet
Singh, A.D.
Singh, Arun & Barbara
Singh, Jasdip
Sinha, Amar
Sinha, Vijay
Silver Lake Technology Management, LLC
Sodano, Andrea & Chas Norton
Sridhar, Madhu
Srivastava Family Fund
Stempel Bennet Claman & Hochberg
Sudan, Nikhil
Sunkara, Valasayya & Triveni
Tagore, Sundaram
Tak, Chandra & Payal
The Boston Consulting Group
Transglobal Financial, Inc.
Vachher, Ajoy
Varkey, Tom
Varma, Anurag & Monika
Vastra by Namrita Chettiar
Veeraraghavan, Vivek
Victory Diamonds, Inc.
Villvalam, Arun & Poonam & Agrawal
Virk, Kavi
Visa Givingstation
Walawalker, Rahul
Walker, M. Karen
Wasan, Kern
Weerackody, Sonali & Joshua Swift
Weinberg, Richard & Diane
Williams, Kathryn
Zemarc Corporation
Zehra, Shama
Exclusively.In
Gillies, Gay
Hemali
Jalal, Sehr
John, Thomas
KVP Business Solutions
Luna, Jorge
Mendez Family Foundation
MishyMoshy
Neemo’s Ice Cream
Patel, Sanjay
Pereira, Brian & Sunita
Schenke, Danuta
Shangri-La Tea Co. Inc.
Shubhrah.com
Smitten NYC
Soko Jewelry
Srinivasan, Venkat & Pratima
Srivastava, Manika
Tangy Tomato
Tarsadia Hotels
Ten Ten Salon
Tsai, Ming
Vatsa, Sanjay
Veggie Grill
Yoga Works
IN-KIND GIFTS &
PRO-BONO SERVICES
AIF also thanks all of our donors who have contributed amounts up to $500. Their contributions are greatly appreciated. A lack of space
prevents us from acknowledging their gifts individually.
Anonymous
Atirma Collections
Bahuguna, Vimal & Bulbul
Batra, Suchir
Bhatia, Raj & Seema
Bhindi Jewelers
Bhoyar, Mona
Cardoz, Floyd
Chakra
Copley Farimont
Desai Family Foundation c/o Aditi, Inc.
Diablo
D.S. & Durga
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AIF apologizes sincerely for any inadvertent
omissions or errors in this listing of donors.
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“To have meaningfully touched the life of someone you may never meet is rewarding…
AIF creates an emotional bond across oceans.”
- Raj Sharma, Board of Directors, and Nalini Sharma, New England Leadership Council
[ American India Foundation - 45 - Annual Report 2010 - 2011 ]
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[ PHOTOGRAPHS ]
COVER PHOTO: LAMP students show
their projects at a primary school school
in Patna, Bihar. (© Prashant Panjiar)
INSIDE COVER: Students in a Dell Connected Classroom, part of AIF’s DE program, at the Jaigopal Goradia Government Girls Higher Secondary School in
Chennai. (© Prashant Panjiar)
THEME SPREAD: Students gather
around Ramilabehn, the seasonal hostel
coordinator at a LAMP school in Kutch,
Gujarat. (© Prashant Panjiar)
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Patient Attendant (PA) class at a MAST center in
Patna, Bihar. (© Prashant Panjiar)
PAGE 2: Group leader Beervant teachers children during class at a LAMP
school in the Kamla Nehru Nagar slum
in Patna, Bihar. (© Prashant Panjiar)
PAGE 5: Owners of their own rickshaw,
a proud family leaves the Rickshaw
Sangh launch in Uttar Pradesh. (©
Manu Rana)
2003: A group of migrant sugarcane
workers return to their village from
a sugar factory in Maharashtra. (©
Prashant Panjiar)
2004: SHG groups at Chiknibahali village, Orissa (© Prashant Panjiar)
2005: Young girl at a Tsunami relief
camp in Perangipettai, Tamil Nadu. (©
Prashant Panjiar)
2006: Rickshaw Sangh members on the
road in Guwahati, Assam. (© Prashant
Panjiar)
2007: AIF Clinton Fellow Yael Gottlieb
speaks participants at NGO partner
Action India’s Mahila Panchayats in
Dakshinpuri, New Delhi. (© Prashant
Panjiar)
2008: LAMP students at the Lakashari
school, near Bhuj, Gujarat (© Harish
Tyagi)
2009: A MAST graduate works at Café
Coffee Day Xpress (© Harish Tyagi)
PAGE 6: Mother and child participants
in AIF’s public health program (© Kate
Mitchell)
2010: Thousands gather in Nuapada,
Orissa, to celebrate an AIF LAMP graduation ceremony. (© Smita)
TIMELINE
2001: President Bill Clinton with the
first class of Fellows. New York, NY.
PAGE 10: After-school demonstration
class at the Bahadurpur Shantiniketan
Government School for LAMP children
mainstreamed into government schools
in Patna, Bihar. (© Prashant Panjiar)
2002: Students at a DE School in Bangalore, Karnataka. (© Prashant Panjiar)
AIF ON THE GROUND
LAMP: After-school demonstration
class at the Bahadurpur Shantiniketan Government School for LAMP
children mainstreamed into government schools. Nidan. Patna, Bihar (©
Prashant Panjiar)
DE: DE students in a Dell Connected
Classroom at the Jaigopal Goradia Government Girls Higher Secondary School
in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (© Prashant
Panjiar)
FELLOWSHIP: Clinton Fellow Adam
Campbell at his placement with Ngo
Anudip Foundation in Kolkata.
MAST: Ragini Verma, an alumnus of
MAST center at Rajiv Nagar is now successfully employed at call center in
Patna, Bihar. (© Prashant Panjiar)
RICKSHAW SANGH: Rickshaw Sangh
participant with his new Rickshaw. (©
Manu Rana)
MANSI: Mother and Child at Sini Clinic
in Jharkhand.
PAGE 14: Mother and child in the
MANSI program in Jharkhand. (© Kate
Mitchell)
PAGE 17: LAMP school in the Kamla
Nehru Nagar slum in Patna, Bihar. (©
Prashant Panjiar)
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PAGE 18: Clinton Fellow Lev Turner
conducts interviews with beneficiaries
of Hand in Hand in Rutharankoil village, Kanchepuram, Tamil Nadu. (©
Prashant Panjiar)
PAGE 21: A group of MAST Alumni
working at Big Bazaar. Patna, Bihar. (©
Prashant Panjiar)
PAGE 22: Children in the LAMP program on their way to their school the
Kamla Nehru Nagar slum in Patna, Bihar. (© Prashant Panjiar)
PAGE 26: Rickshaw Sangh participants
Sundar Lal and his family with his new
rickshaw outside their home in Lucknow. (© Manu Rana)
PAGE 31: Students at a Mithapur MAST
center in Patna, Bihar, receiving IT skill
training. (© Prashant Panjiar)
PAGE 43: DE students in a Dell Connected Classroom at the Jaigopal Goradia Government Girls Higher Secondary
School at Saidapet in Chennai, Tamil
Nadu. (© Prashant Panjiar)
BACK COVER: MAST program alumni
who are now successfully employed at
Big Bazaar in Patna, Bihar. (© Prashant
Panjiar)
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