fundraising committee
Committees act as horizontal resource/capacity pools that support project execution activities of all vertically organized WGF Councils. They develop a comprehensive charter of the activities that need to be driven in their domain for WGF’s overall success (i.e., long-term vision as well as current year goals).
Engaging CSR
- In 2014, India became the first country in the world to mandate CSR spend through legislative action. Companies coming under the purview of the CSR mandate, have to spend at least 2% of their average net profits of the preceding three years on social impact programs in the following financial year. In the 8 years of implementation of the CSR law, more than INR 1.53 Lakh Crore has been cumulatively spent by over 30,000+ companies.
- There is an inability of the development sector to absorb the CSR Funds – creating a big gap. Out of 2.5 lac registered NGOs, less than 20 are above 100 crores, <200 are above 10 crores, creating a large gap in the capacity of NGOs. The government of India’s list of Aspirational Districts will get major portions from CSR funds in the coming years. The next wave of mandates will be ESG Integration, Long Term Impact Investing and Multi-stakeholder Outcomes. There is a phenomenal opportunity for NGOs to tap into the CSR funds as more than 50% of the projects (~94,000 Crores) are executed through implementing agencies (NGOs).
- Some useful resources:
1. CSR Information Slide Deck-1 & Deck-2
2. Recordings from the CSR Session by Ms. Sarika Kulkarni – Raah Foundation
I. Video-1
II. Video-2
Dr. Sushil Bhatia
Dr. Sushil Bhatia is the President of Anu Data Inc. He pursued his B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1966 and later Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1972. Co-chairman of the Water Council at WGF.
Recollecting memories associated with IIT Bombay, he said, “Those were the days. First time out of my parents’ house and living by myself. Making new friends, playing, teasing, bonding, having fun along with learning technical skills. Learning to learn technology as well as dealing with people”.
Himanshu Verma
Himanshu Verma serves on the Wheels’ Board as Vice-President& Secretary and is an entrepreneur who applies Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to create innovative applications. Over the last 20 years, he has managed the conceptualization, planning, delivery, maintenance, and retirement of Analytic, Data Visualization, GIS, Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, Master Data Management, Data Integration, Data Mining, and Text Mining, eDiscovery & predictive AI solutions. He specializes in designs of massively parallel (MPP), high volume, low latency big data solutions.
He has successfully played diverse roles as a Chief Technology Officer, Enterprise Information Architect, Data Integration Architect, Data Architect, Solution Architect, and Project Manager. He undertakes tasks related to Solution Architecture, Strategy & Vision, Requirements Gathering, Data Modeling, Project Management, Big Data Architecture, and Technology/talent acquisition.
He has worked on multi-million-dollar projects with Knightsbridge, Capgemini Ernst &Young, IBM & Y-Point Analytics across Health Insurance (BCBS), Federal (Securities and Exchange Commission – SEC, General Services Administration – GSA sam.gov, Dept of Education), Telecom (Comcast, Nextel, Sprint), Security (ADT), Startup’s (SeniorLink, Upsell, Crisis Resolve – AI Mental Health, EPID Safe Contact Tracing), Retail Banking (Bank of Colombia), Logistics (FedEx), Mortgage (Freddie Mac), Investment Banking (JPMC) Retail (Cargill), Low Income Housing (DC Housing).
He has his undergraduate B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay & his Master in Information Management from the University of Akron.
