Indira Foundation is a Charitable Trust registered in the USA. We fund programs in the USA and India with two primary focus areas - Mental Health and Education.
Indira Foundation (IF) believes in a world of possibility & hope. What IF there were more practical answers for society’s stubborn issues? IF aspires to be one catalyst, by contributing ideas & resources.
We fund programs in the USA and India in two focus areas - Mental Health and Education. We strive for two requirements: Pragmatic Solutions (rather than ideological ones) & Measurable Outcomes (recognizing this is not easy).
We believe better outcomes will result from Collaborating with others, and from Continuous Learning. Simply put, several heads are better than one, and humility & flexibility can improve the odds of success.
Mr. Avi Nash founded a firm that advised many of the world’s leading chemical companies on mergers & acquisitions, and corporate strategy. Earlier he was a partner at Goldman Sachs, where he helped lead the firm’s global chemical industry effort and mentored numerous senior professionals. Avi served as a director of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 multinational providing high-purity life science products. He currently chairs the RG Manudhane Foundation for Excellence. Avi has an M.B.A. from Northwestern University, M.S. from Syracuse University, and B.Tech. from IIT-Bombay, which named him a Distinguished Alumnus.
Mr. Dipak Kothari recently retired as a Director, International Origination for Chevron’s Corporate Business Development. He was at the helm of Corporate Strategic Planning in his later years at Chevron. Dipak’s Chevron career spanned 40 years, during which he held numerous technical, commercial and management positions in various locations in the U.S. and Asia. He holds a Masters’ degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s degree from Bombay University, both in Chemical Engineering.
Tasneem’s over 28 years of experience spans a wide array of mental health issues involving social change and human development. She has led large on-the-ground programs across India, working extensively with leading philanthropies. Working with both government and non-government stakeholders, Tasneem helped develop strategic frameworks across a wide range of mental health issues. For instance, as Lead for Mental Health at Tata Trusts, she helped develop, implement and scale innovative holistic mental health programs in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district. Earlier in her career Tasneem was a clinician providing direct service in addiction & HIV/AIDS. Tasneem has a PhD in health sciences from the Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick.