The Akanksha Education Fund offers donors in the U.S. a chance to become more deeply involved in our work both through strategy and support through the Aspire Circle.
Aspire Circle members participate in strategic conversations with Akanksha’s leadership and receive regular updates on developments at Akanksha. These donors are our most dedicated supporters and advocate for Akanksha with their friends, networks and communities.
Our projected need is to raise $10-$12 million over the next 3-5 years, and the Aspire Circle’s involvement is an integral part of that plan. These networks of like-minded investors are vital in building our capacity to fund educational and career initiatives in India over the next three years.
Education has been a major leverage in my life and my goal is to give the same leverage to a few students. Akanksha’s commitment to providing leading-edge education opportunities to underprivileged communities is what drew me to them. Our goals are aligned and I have been very impressed with every point of contact with Akanksha.
Leo Joseph, Private Investor, Aspire Circle member
Aspire Circle members
California
- Nathalie and Leo Joseph
- Shibani Sanan
- Srividya Prakash and Anirudh Samsi
- Misha Taherbhai and Tanzeel Kadiani
- Tejal and Himanshu Chokshi
- Vandana and Sanjay Sathe
Florida
- Archit Gupta
New Jersey
- Anjum Khan and Sajjad Ladiwala
- Kate Shoemaker and Anand Srinivasan
- Kuhuk Sharma and Pranay Jain
- Vipul Shingde and Pallavi Bhise
- Anonymous donors
New York
- Anitha Srinivasan and Amir Mirza
- Anjali and Prakash Melwani
- Bharti Malkani and Vijay Jayant
- Brande and David Stellings
- Charuta Joshi and Ramesh Srinivasan
- Fally and Vikram Malkani
- Medha Vedaprakash and Milind Mehere
- Monica and Vishal Sheth
- Nymrata Advani and Yunus Bickici
- Priya and Gaurav Hariani
- Sunayna Jain and Sachin Jindal
Texas
- Sephali and Baiju Thakkar
- Priya and Shyam Venkat
- Sharmila and Pulkeshi Jape
- Raja Malkani
- Reena Batra
- Seema Deshpande and Gaurang Shah
- Sejal and Hemang Desai
United Kingdom
- FIECON
- Sunita and Shankar Iyer
- Vani Manja and Russ Ewing
For more information about our sustained giving programs, please click here, or contact Sejal Desai.