Adani Foundation

Adani Foundation is an Indian non-profit organization created in the year 1996 by Adani Group. It is considered one of the major corporate-funded foundations operating in India.[1]

Adani Foundation
FoundedJanuary 15, 1996 (1996-01-15)
FounderGautam Adani
Priti Adani
Location
Area served
India
MethodGrants, funding
OwnerAdani Group
Chairman
Priti Adani
CEO
Sushama Oza
Websiteadanifoundation.org

History

The foundation was founded in 1996 by Adani Group to bring sustainable development and inclusive growth via developmental projects in post-liberalized India.[2] Currently, Gautam Adani serves as the President of the Foundation, while his wife, Priti Adani, serves as the Chairperson.[3][4] It began its operations around the Mundra in Kutch, and now works in over 18 states that include 2250 villages.[5]

Educational institutions

Schools
  • Adani Public School: It is a co-educational, day-School which started in June 2001 as a project school by the foundation.[6]

All foundation-owned schools provide cost-free education to meritorious students from economically weaker sections of society.[11][12]

Higher educational institutes

Projects

Udaan

Project Udaan is a learning-based initiative by the foundation that organizes trips for young students to provide them exposure to mega industrial structures.[14]

SuPoshan

The foundation initiated Project SuPoshan in 2016.[15] The objective of Project Suposhan is to reduce malnutrition and anemia amongst adolescent girls and pregnant and lactating women, create awareness about the issue of malnutrition and anemia and related factors amongst all stakeholders and the role they may play in curbing the issue, create a pool of resources to be utilized for combating the issue of Malnutrition and Anaemia and to support efforts in reducing infant mortality rate and maternal mortality ratio.[16]

Swachhagraha

Swachhagraha is a joint initiative of the Adani Foundation and the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) in support of Swachh Bharat Mission.[17]

Saksham

Saksham is a project deployed via Adani Skill Development Centre (ASDC) by providing vocational training and skill development to the members of women-led cooperatives.[18][19][20]

Philanthropy

In 2020, during the coronavirus outbreak, Adani Foundation donated ₹1 billion to the PM CARES Fund.[21][22][23][24][25] In addition to this, it also contributed ₹50 million and ₹10 million to the Gujarat Chief Minister Relief Fund and Maharashtra Chief Minister Relief Fund respectively.[26][27]

In April 2020, Foundation contributed ₹50 lakh to International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Dwarka, Delhi for the emergency food distribution purpose in National Capital Region (India).[28]

Awards

References
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  15. "National Nutrition Month: How SuPoshan Sanginis Are Spreading The Idea Of Nutrition And Supporting POSHAN Abhiyaan | Nutrition". NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India. 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
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