Jaishree Deshpande
Founding trusteeFounder of Deshpande Foundation
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Jaishree Deshpande is the founding trustee of Deshpande Foundation[1], an Indian non-profit working on rural & agriculture, livelihood and education from Hubballi.
Deshpande Foundation
The Deshpande Foundation, set up by entrepreneur-philanthropists Gururaj and Jaishree Deshpande, works on rural livelihoods in and around Hubballi, Karnataka — farm ponds, natural farming, financial inclusion, skilling and community infrastructure — with a stated purpose of creating sustainable economic prosperity for rural communities.
Deshpande Foundation reports the following, on its own site:
- 6,000 farm ponds built since 2014, irrigating more than 15,750 acres and reaching over 24,000 people in Karnataka and Telangana
- Organisations
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- Based in
- Hubballi
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- Press
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References
- [1] “Founding Trustee” — Deshpande Foundation. Source
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