Genesis   |   Vision & Mission   |   People Behind Smile
 
 
 GENESIS

"Sustainability, social equality and the environment are now business problems. And corporate leaders can't depend on governments to solve them." - Peter Senge, founder of the Society for Organisational Learning (SOL). Senge's principles find an echo in the ideologies behind Smile Foundation formed in 2002 by a group of corporate professionals who, decided to finance, handhold and support genuine grassroots' initiatives targeted at providing education and health to underprivileged children. In the process, becoming the first ever grantmaker and changing the face of thousands of lives.
 VISION & MISSION

 

As a Social Venture Philanthropist, Smile Foundation promotes and catalyses universal education among underprivileged children, create the process to embrace these children into mainstream in a sustained manner, facilitate them to emerge as productive assets, and set the foundation for nation building.

 
 PEOPLE BEHIND SMILE

 

Smile Foundation is managed by a Board of Advisors which comprises of individuals from diverse backgrounds and expertise. The body is formed for a period of one year and a few independent members with eminence and reputation are nominated each year. Members of this board meet once every quarter.

The Board of Advisors advises the Trustees of Smile Foundation, taking inputs from the Executive Committee

Members of the Board of Advisors are as follow:
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1. Mr. Yogesh Jagia

2. Mr. Praveen Gupta

3. Mr. Santanu Mishra

Mr. Yogesh Jagia, a Lawyer by profession with specialization in economic laws, practices in Delhi High Court & Supreme Court of India.

Mr. Praveen Gupta is a Post Graduate in Business & Economics from Delhi University. He advices to more than 50 corporate houses on various strategic issues.

Mr. Santanu Mishra is an Associate Member of ICSI (Institute of Company Secretaries of India – a statutory body under an act of Parliament). He is an Alumni of Indian Institute of Management (IIM-A). Besides also holding a degree in law, Mr. Mishra specializes in Enterprise Transformation & Project Management.