3. PROFILE
Born - 3 August 1942, Mumbai,
Residence - Pune, India
Nationality - Indian
Graduation - B.A Economics
P G - Medical & Psychiatric social
work, Chemical engineering.
Occupation - Ex chairperson
Thermax Ltd,
social worker.
Award – PadmaSree award
Board member of Teach For India
4. Why She Won: For interpreting
philanthropy as more than just signing a
cheque and for getting personally involved in
building philanthropic institutions.
Her Trigger: The death of her 25-year-old
son, Kurush, who wanted to give away a big
chunk of the family’s wealth to philanthropic
causes, prompted Aga
5. Her Mission: Providing educational support
for underprivileged children as well as
promoting electoral and governance reforms.
Her Action Plan: Supporting causes which
promote primary education (like Teach For
India) as well as those which promote better
governance like Association of Democratic
Reforms (ADR) and PRS Legislative Research
6. THE BASICS
Thermax Social Initiative Foundation(TSIF) aims to
bridge the educational inequity between India’s
private & public school going children.
TSIF supports two of Akanksha Foundation’s (AF)
after school learning centers where children from
municipal schools spends 2.5 hoursday.
TSIF funds the Pune operations of TFI and also
provides them with administration & volunteering
support.
7. SUSTAINABILITY
The signing of long term MOUs with the Municipal
Corporation of Pune for setting up of model
schools,backed by increasing financial support from
Thermax ltd.
Encourages support from a wider audience including
State governments and large corporates.
TSIF has formed strong partnership with reputable
non-profits such as AF and TFI and leverages their
technical expertise and teacher training program for
sustaining their own initiatives.
8. SCALABILITY
Long term MOUs are a step in the right direction
but TSIF is delays in setting up new models schools
TSIF’s schools requires a stronger ‘buy-in’ from
large corporates and state govt.
Thermal Ltd has increased their CSR support from
1% to 3% profits specifically for setting up a teacher
training institute.
9. CONCLUSION
ANU AGA is mainly focused on educational support
for underprivileged children as well as promoting
electoral and governance reforms.
