Bharti Foundation is the philanthropic arm of
Bharti Enterprises
Bharti Enterprises is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Delhi. It was founded in 1976 by Sunil Mittal. Bharti Enterprises owns businesses spanning across manufacturing, telecommunications, agribusiness, real estate, hos ...
, an
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
n business
conglomerate based in
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...
. It conducts free programs in both primary and
higher education
Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completi ...
for the underprivileged children, with a particular focus on girls. The Satya Bharti School Program, started in 2006, is the flagship program of Bharti Foundation. The foundation has been recognized by many societies and award committees for its
corporate social responsibility
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a form of international private business self-regulation which aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature by engaging in or supporting volunteering or ethicall ...
programs.
The foundation, based in
Gurgaon
Gurgaon (pronunciation: ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...
, India, is governed by 16 board members, including
Sunil Bharti Mittal
Sunil Bharti Mittal (born 23 October 1957) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur, philanthropist and the founder and chairperson of Bharti Enterprises, which has diversified interests in telecom, insurance, real estate, education, malls, hospit ...
as its Chairman and Rakesh Bharti Mittal as its Co-Chairman. This foundation almost run 5 senior secondary school and totally 254 school in India. This foundation also contributes in the different initiatives started by Indian government. The all 5 senior secondary schools are opened in Punjab state. These 5 schools are giving excellent board results of class 10th and 12th. There are almost 45,000 students in all the 254 schools. The foundation freely provide shoes, uniform, sweaters, books and note books to all students. This foundation give the scholarship to those students who scored above 80% in class 12th.
Awards
* 2008:Asian CSR Award
* 2019: The Global CSR Award.
* 2011: The Indian Education Award 2011,
* 2011: World Education Award 2011.
References
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Educational charities
Organizations established in 2000
Organisations based in Haryana
2000 establishments in Haryana