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Arun Gupta

Founder

Founder of Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) · Pinkishe Foundation

Arun Gupta is the founder of Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) (1991)[1] and Pinkishe Foundation[2], Indian non-profits working on healthcare and women & children from New Delhi.

Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI)

Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI), founded in Wardha in 1991, works nationally to protect, promote and support breastfeeding and appropriate complementary feeding through advocacy, training, and breastfeeding-friendly hospital initiatives.

Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) reports the following, on its own site:

  • 4,014 Life Members across 33 states and union territories of India (as of 11 June 2026)

Pinkishe Foundation

Pinkishe Foundation is an all-women nonprofit registered as a trust and headquartered in New Delhi (Patparganj), established in May 2017. It works on menstrual health and women's empowerment across India, including youth programs run in partnership with institutions such as Delhi University, and operates branches in multiple cities.

Pinkishe Foundation reports the following, on its own site:

  • 4,338,504 Sanitary Pads distributed
  • 8,720,747 Period Cycles supported
  • 528,443 Menstruators supported
  • 3,486 Period Workshops conducted
Organisations
2
Based in
New Delhi
Founded
1991
Press
2

References

  1. [1] “Arun Gupta, Chief Coordinator, BPNI is a pediatrician, a Fellow of Indian Academy of Pediatrics who chose to give up his lucrative private practice and founded the 'Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India' (BPNI) in 1991.” — Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI). Source
  2. [2] “NDTV featured the Pinkishe Foundation, a Delhi-based non-profit founded by the father-daughter duo Arun and Khyati Gupta, along with Shalini Gupta, with the mission to eradicate period poverty in India.” — Pinkishe Foundation. Source

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