| Naandi
Foundation
Vision
To eradicate poverty through Public-Private Convergence
Mission
• To be a credible organisation that upholds the values
of accountability and transparency in every activity it undertakes.
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To facilitate public-private partnerships in all development
interventions so State governments, the corporate sector and
civil society can work together to Change Lives.
•
To be a leading not-for-profit that creates replicable,
sustainable, outcome driven innovations that help eradicate
poverty across the country.
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To enhance the quality of life of the marginalised and less
privileged in our society by addressing concerns of hunger,
quality education, drinking water and livelihood opportunities.
Core
Values
Naandi’s
work culture has evolved out of the team’s intention to
make working with and for Naandi, a pleasure. And from among
the myriad values that set us apart the key ones that have helped
us be what we are today are:
Integrity
At Naandi, integrity is sacrosanct. The organisation believes
in honesty, transparency and accountability in all matters -
from fund utilisation and sharing of information, to delivery
of work. For us dependability and credibility is the touchstone
of how we work and what we do.
Teamwork
Naandi recognises that there is no alternative to teamwork if
we have to help 256 million underprivileged people win the battle
against poverty. We also encourage feedback and consensus on
program design and implementation across cadres and verticals
to promote out-of-box thinking, which has been powered several
innovations we have created. This culture has also been successful
in creating a feeling of bonding and collective responsibility
towards working against all odds for the realisation of our
vision.
Professionalism
Our earnest endeavour is to be a responsible and responsive
partner who is objective and professional in thought, word and
deed by adhering to high quality of work and commitments made
towards realizing our vision in all spheres of work with all
our stakeholders.
Passion
If you are a member of team Naandi then you will sooner than
later feel intensely involved in the lives of the people we
work with at the grassroots - the prevalence of poverty and
inequality in our society and need to change the equation of
inequity. We believe in igniting a spark (as our logo signifies)
in everybody around us with the spirit of sharing and caring,
the values of respecting human dignity, the need for sharing
knowledge, and the passion towards giving back to society to
make it a more equal world.
Our
Board
Dr K
Anji Reddy - Chairman
A scientist gifted with entrepreneurial skills, Dr Anji Reddy
has made pioneering efforts in putting the Indian Pharmaceutical
Industry on the world map through his company's (Dr Reddy's
Laboratories Limited) State of the Art facilities and drug discovery
on par with the Global Pharmaceutical Giants.
Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, a major portion of Dr
Reddy's Laboratories' revenues come from North America. Dr Anji
Reddy is also serving as an honorary member of the Advisory
Group to the Prime Minister of India on Pharmaceutical Industry.
Dr Anji
Reddy is equally recognized for his philanthropic outlook and
he is the moving spirit behind innovative developmental initiatives
taken up by Naandi Foundation.
B Ramalinga
Raju
A Management Graduate from Ohio University, Mr Raju is the Founder-Chairman
of Satyam Computer Services, a Software Giant listed on NASDAQ.
Mr Raju also heads 'Sify', which brought Internet to the doorsteps
of the masses in India.
Mr Raju
provides valuable inputs to the Naandi Team in the areas of
Systems, Quality and Project Management.
K S Raju
K S Raju, a second-generation entrepreneur, heads one of the
largest business conglomerates in Southern India (Nagarjuna
Group) with diversified interests - steel, agribusiness, financial
services etc.
Padmabushan
Dr Chiranjeevi
Padmabhushan Chiranjeevi, is an extremely popular Mega Star
of Telugu cinema and an equally socially driven citizen. He
in his own right runs a Charitable Trust that receives the largest
eye and blood donations in Andhra Pradesh, ensuring thousands
of people an essential lifeline.
M Rajendra
Prasad
Rajendra Prasad, an Engineer by profession, heads one of the
leading construction companies - Soma Enterprise.He has been
associated with the Construction Industry for more than 32 years
as Managing Director,actively involved in numerous major Construction
Contracts.
As a social
commitment Mr Prasad has financed and executed two Rural Water
Conservation projects in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh
for the benefit of the rural poor and has also contributed and
constructed building in Andhra Mahila Sabha, Hyderabad for the
well being of handicapped and disabled children.
G M Rao
G M Rao, a mechanical engineer by profession, is the founder
Chairman of GMR Group, a leading infrastructure developer in
the country. The Group is well diversified and professionally
managed with focus on business verticals of Power, Roads, Airports
and Agri-business
With a strong
desire to serve the needs of the marginalised sections and the
rural society, Mr Rao setup the GMR Varalakshmi Foundation,
to raise the living standards of the poor and the marginalised.
The Foundation is active in the areas of Education, Health and
Hygiene, Community Development and Empowerment of rural youth.
J A Chowdary
Mr Chowdary, Managing Director, NVIDIA Graphics India is one
of the architects of Software Industry in India. Mr Chowdary
played a key role in making Hyderabad (the capital city of Andhra
Pradesh, India), a strong base for software development.
Mr Chowdary
is also serving as a member of Information Technology Task Force
set up by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Chairman of Hyderabad
Chapter of American Chamber of Commerce.
Dr Isher
Judge Ahluwalia
Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia holds a Ph.D. from MIT, is the recipient
of the Mahila Shiromani Award for distinguished contribution
to the development of India and the L N Gupta Memorial Award
for Social Sciences.
She is presently
the chairperson of the Indian Council for Research on International
Economic Relations (ICRIER) and presently the Board Chair of
International Food Policy Research Institute.
Anand
Mahindra
Anand Mahindra is the Vice Chairman & Managing Director
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited and has previously served as
Chairman of CII (Western Region) and President of The Automotive
Research Association of India (ARAI).
Mr Mahindra is a Trustee of the K C Mahindra Education Trust
and also serves on the Board of Governors of the Mahindra United
World College of India.
Naandi is
a unique not-for-profit organisation. What make us different
from others:
Our Motto:
Eradication
of Poverty through Public-Private Convergence.
Our USP:
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Our corporate core, despite being a not-for-profit;
•
Our partnership with state, despite being a non-governmental
entity;
•
Our thought elastic and openness to innovations in solutions
and delivery of work;
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Our ability to combine passion and professionalism;
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Our autonomy, effectiveness and credibility.
Our Focus:
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Impacting lives of the marginalised through innovative social
alliances and entrepreneurship and promoting thought leadership
on development issues by building a critical mass of media,
academia, polity, corporates, communities and individuals for
solving problems.
•
Implementing best practices - financial prudence, innovative
HR strategies, accountability and transparency.
•
Use of the latest in technology in delivery of work and
in promoting the "giving" concept through scientific
R&D.
Our Strategy:
•
Taking up projects on a pilot scale and implementing innovative
solutions and upscaling the model to a larger context.
Our Initiatives:
Fight Hunger,
Provide Safe Drinking water, Ensure Children Learn and Create
livelihoods for the poor
Looking
Ahead:
Already
touched millions of poor and looking at reaching more lives.
Initiatives
1)
Right to Education
India is
among the most dangerous places in the world for a child to
be in. We are sixth in a global poll, which ranks countries
where children are most vulnerable (source Reuter-Alertnet poll
2006).
But unlike war-torn countries, it is the violence of poverty
that makes the Indian child vulnerable. Consequently, when it
comes to investing in the country, in its future, the need to
pay close attention to the needs of poor children who outnumber
their better off peers by millions, cannot be overstated.
By enabling
children born into disadvantaged families access to opportunities
that enable them to be productive, responsible citizens of the
country, Naandi’s Child Rights portfolio which spans urban
slums, rural villages and tribal hamlets across the country
takes on the responsibility of nation building together with
the state.
Our portfolio
derives from a range of government programs in the country -
be it for safe motherhood, integrated child development, or
for elementary education - that have enormous potential to improve
the quality of life of children. The conviction that every child
is entitled to quality care and nurture, and at various stages
of life she must get essential health, education and nutritional
inputs irrespective of whether her parents can pay for it or
not, guides our interventions. They cover the entire lifecycle
of a child - right from conception to pre-adulthood -converging
critical inputs of health, nutrition and education to equip
her with those faculties and capabilities necessary to improve
her life chances.
2)
Safe Drinking Water
Make it
possible for a habitation to get its safe water plant faster
by donating towards the minimum contribution required from the
village community to set up a Community Safe Water System i.e
20% to 40% of the plant cost depending on capacity. Naandi Foundation
will inspire the village inhabitants (community members and
panchayat) to match your contribution. Naandi will also work
to get Indian commercial banks/ other finance institutions to
facilitate the mobilization of the balance required for the
completion of the project.
We also
encourage you to donate any amount towards the ongoing behavioral
change campaign to educate rural communities on the need to
consume safe water and adopt hygienic sanitation practices.
Your contribution will be utilized to train men and women in
each village to spread awareness on water and sanitation through
meetings, theatre, literature, music and art with a special
focus on women’s groups and school children.
A special
mention of your contribution will be made in the acknowledgment
plaque that will be created at respective safe water plants
in the habitations that have been supported by generous donation.
3)
Livelihoods
Opportunities for enterprise, equal access to knowledge, financial,
employability skills, social and infrastructural capital to
make informed livelihood choices are some of the biggest needs
among socially and economically underserved communities that
are grappling with poverty.
In this context, the two segments this portfolio has been designed
for are small and marginal farmers which provide end-to-end
solutions to improving incomes, and Pride schools - institutions
that train economically backward youth from socially marginalised
communities with employable skills.
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Organic Farming
• LiftIrrigation
Stable,
regular incomes continues to elude a majority of rural and tribal
farming populations. This is largely because of their dependence
on depleting natural resources, uncertain weather, lack of knowledge
of income alternatives, extortionate credit sources and access
to fair and competitive markets. To change this, our effort
has been to support such livelihood practices that will give
communities greater control over their circumstances.
The keystone
of this effort is to create cooperatives. The congregation of
small and marginal farmers into collectives trained to function
as social enterprises that will create sustainable revenue models
for themselves and play a leading role in their member's development
by making appropriate social, economical and eco-friendly decisions.
To make
this happen skill enhancement and knowledge transfer to help
farmers improve the production of their own seeds, manure, tools
and pest control techniques, replace exploitative credit practices
with linkages to existing pro-farmer government schemes and
bank loans, encouraging a culture of financial discipline, promoting
Natural Resource Management based activities to not only revive
incomes but entire eco systems, making drought hit-regions water
sufficient – these have been our interventions that have
created models of financial security and income for some of
the worst affected communities in the country.
For socially
backward youth, we train them with employable skills, through
institutions that are set up in partnership with corporates,
to create a top of line employability finishing school that
groom and train young boys and girls with mainstream capabilities
so they are better able to secure gainful employment in the
organized sector.
Programs
at a Glance
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Irrigation for small and marginal farmers
• Organic Farming for tribals and marginal communities
• The Pride School
Careers
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Contact Us
Naandi
Foundation
502, Trendset Towers
Road No 2,
Banjara Hills
Hyderabad - 500 034
Tel : 040 - 2355 6491 / 92
Fax: 040 2355 6537
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