Kamla Chowdhry
Founding trusteeFounder of National Foundation for India (NFI)
Kamla Chowdhry is the founding trustee of National Foundation for India (NFI) (1990)[1], an Indian non-profit working on human rights and livelihood from New Delhi.
National Foundation for India (NFI)
National Foundation for India is a New Delhi-based grantmaking foundation established in 1990 that strengthens civil society organisations and promotes leadership among marginalised communities. It works across climate action, women's empowerment, constitutional values, gender rights and health & nutrition, partnering with roughly 300 civil society organisations across 24 states.
National Foundation for India (NFI) reports the following, on its own site:
- 1.2 million marginalised lives impacted
- 26,000 dalit and tribal families reached
- 30,000 women reached
- Works with 300 CSOs across 24 states
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- New Delhi
- Founded
- 1990
- Press
- 2
References
- [1] “In 1990, Bharat Ratna recipient, C. Subramaniam, Dr. Kamla Chowdhry, and Bharat Ratna recipient late Dr. M. S. Swaminathan along with other leaders from the world of the media, arts, business, academia and the government came together to seed National Foundation for India (NFI).” — National Foundation for India (NFI). Source
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