Bharti Foundation Unveils its Vision

Bharti Foundation Unveils its Vision

Bharti Foundation today unveiled an ambitious roadmap to achieve its vision, “To help underprivileged children and young people of our country realize their potential”. It plans to achieve its vision by creating sustainable programs in the area of education. Bharti Foundation, in addition to strengthening its existing programs, will set up a large number of Primary schools in rural areas across India to provide quality education to underprivileged children, especially girls. The Foundation will also set up Teacher’s Training facilities across India to impact the quality of education at a much larger level.

The Promoters of Bharti Enterprises and their Associates have committed an initial endowment of Rs 200 Crores to Bharti Foundation to support its work. The contribution will start immediately and will be completed in 2 years. To support Bharti Foundation fulfill its vision, a Governing Board comprising of well- known personalities bringing in their diverse experience has been set up. Mr. Badri Agarwal has been appointed as the President of Bharti Foundation and he will play a key role in driving the Foundation’s vision.

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Group Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises said, “As a first step towards fulfilling the vision of the Government and the leadership of the country, Bharti has kick-started it’s voluntary and affirmative action in making significant contribution to provide education to the weaker sections of the society, so as to make them employable. We need to ensure that our children and young people have access to quality education. Through Bharti Foundation we are determined to make a substantial impact in this area.”

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