SVP India Fast Pitch Finalist, 2023
SVP India Fast Pitch Finalist, 2022
Swadha Foundation
Speaker
Rajesh Mandyam
Domain
Education (focused on driving livelihood)
Vision / Mission
Vision - To be a catalyst for facilitating and radically improving access to higher education for the underprivileged from Rural India.
Mission - Swadha Foundation’s endeavor is to transform the lives of underprivileged children & youngsters by providing them access to education in partnership with various players in our ecosystem. We do this through professionally managed, result-oriented programs to promote equality of access for deserving youngsters, the girl child, differently-abled persons and the first to be educated in a family. We help create responsible future citizens who are caring, competent & confident in society by lifting them out of the cycle of poverty and ignorance.
The most significant opportunity we have is to scale this model to impact more lives. Create rural champions for higher education. Finally, use continued education as a catalyst to lifting families out of poverty.
Persevere. Any social problem needs focussed effort to see transformation.
I am clear; How many people I helped will define my legacy & hence Swadha Foundation. Gratifications are of several types; the most satisfying ones are those you got when you did not expect any. Finally, a delicate balance between Karma & Dharma are essentials of leading a satisfying life, so I work for my Karmic needs & do Swadha for Dharmic.