Born to Be projects in India

We have partnered with Teach For India to provide children from low-income backgrounds with access to quality education. To further improve the learning outcomes of these children, we support bright individuals committed to becoming full-time teachers at under-resourced schools through the two-year Teach For India Fellowship.

Together with Karunya Trust, we are working to create equitable opportunities for children and youth from the rag-picking community to help them fulfil their ambitions. They are supported through formal education, supplementary nutrition, healthcare and community engagement.

While innumerable young women across India aspire to establish careers in engineering, many have faced long-standing hurdles – including gender inequality and societal pressures. Together with Smile Foundation, we launched the Deutsche Bank Engineering Scholarship and are supporting over 700 girls to pursue their engineering degrees.

We joined hands with The Akshaya Patra Foundation to serve one nutritious midday meal per student on each school day, and in-turn assist their education by ensuring they stay in school. Additionally, we are supporting the construction and set up of their centralised kitchen in Pune that will serve daily mid-day meals to 25,000 children studying in government schools.

We have joined hands with Rubicon Foundation to support the skill development and placements of youth from Tier 2 and 3 colleges, who are in their final year of Engineering or Computer Science courses. The students also have access to career counselling, mock interviews and trainings in aptitude, soft skills and domain IT skills.

In collaboration with Tata Memorial Hospital, we are granting scholarships to children to continue their education after their recovery from cancer.

Our support aims to reduce the financial burden on their parents, help these children reintegrate into the education system and become self-reliant individuals.

We work with CanKids KidsCan to support their Canshalas which are special schools that provide formal education and personalised learning plans for child cancer patients through the course of their treatment.