DASRA PHILANTHROPY WEEK 2019

6, 8, 9 MARCH 2019 | JHARKHAND | NEW DELHI | MUMBAI
In our 10th convening, we brought together philanthropists, foundations, nonprofit leaders, media, academia, and program staff and beneficiaries from the ground to celebrate a week of activities, discussions and workshops to collaboratively forge a way forward to achieve the sustainable development goals.
ATTENDEES
SPEAKERS
REPORTS RELEASED
TWITTER ENGAGEMENTS
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DPW 2019

day 1 | SPOTLIGHT TALKS

DATA HIGHLIGHT: STATE OF ADOLESCENTS in JHARKHAND

Through a data-sharing and learning session, Shireen Jejeebhoy released the top-line findings from the 10to19: Dasra Adolescents Collaborative baseline survey conducted in 2018. 

Report launch: COLLABORATIVE ACTION - II

Collaborative Action Part II, supported by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Dasra documented the process of building a collaborative initiative like the 10to19: Dasra Adolescents Collaborative. The report was launched by Natasha Patel on behalf of Dasra and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. 

​​​REPORT LAUNCH: ACTIOn - REACTION

Dasra's report 'Action - Reaction' highlights the extent and nature of backlash experienced by girls and organizations working in the space of empowering adolescents. Priti Prabhughate talks about the theories of backlash and shares findings of the pilot study intended to understand backlash in India.  

DAY 2 | SPOTLIGHT TALKS 

     In this third decade of Indian philanthropy, we should commit to transformational changes and not incremental changes. This can be achieved through collaboration, without fear of failure and through innovative ideas.

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Samaaj and Bazaar: Congruence over Divergence
​by Rohini Nilekani, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies
      We do recognize the extent of high quality work that is being done by the network of philanthropic and non-profit organizations. The main objective of the government lies in scaling up and how government and the network can work together towards this. 
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Collaboration and the Government: Unlocking Impact at Scale
​by Praveen Pardeshi (CMO, Government of Maharashtra)
       Macarthur Foundation’s ‘100 and Change’ Program is one of the best examples of audacious philanthropy in recent times. They had the humility to decide as a Board, “we know what we want to address but why don’t we throw it out and let anyone apply so we can gauge what we don’t know.
Sherrie Rollins Westin tells the story of Sesame Street and audacious philanthropy that today impacts 150 million children

DAY 3 | SPOTLIGHT TALKS 

      In this decade of Indian philanthropy, we should commit to transformational changes and not incremental changes. This can be achieved through collaboration, without fear of failure and through innovative ideas.
Rohini Nilekani urged philanthropists to collaborate, take risks and have a bold, audacious vision
      Big change can come with Big data - by debating it, reevaluating it, measuring it again and again. A meaningful use of the right set of eyes who can understand the problem.
Dr. Rukmini Banerji cites ASER to explain the power of data to make the problem visible and find solutions to it
       It is such a complex and challenging issue – to work for 25% of the world’s adolescent population – that collaboration is necessary. Collaboration gives us a safety net to take calculated risks, test new approaches, fail and document our learnings.
Xerxes Sidhwa talks about the power of collaboration and human-centric design to impact India’s 250 million adolescents

SPEAKERS

Abhijeet Mehta
quest alliance
Aditya Natraj
KEf
Aleem Jivraj
nomura
Alkesh Wadhwani
bmgf
Amira Chhabra
HBsf
Anant
​Bhagwati
dasra
Ananth Padmanabhan
dasra
Archana Chandra
Jai vakeel foundation
Arun Muttreja
save the children
Arvind Balasubhramaniam
appi
Ashok
​Alexander
the antara foundation
Deval
​Sanghavi
dasra
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Dipa Nag Chowdhury
mcarthur foundation
Francine
​Pickup
undp
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Geetanjali
Jha
​Chakraborty
armman
Jeeja Ghosh
Inclusion Infinite Foundation
Kaku
​Nakhate
bank of america
Madhu
​Krishna
bmgf
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Murali Neelakantan
amicus
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Neelam
Chhiber
industree foundation
Neera
​Nundy
dasra
Paresh Parasnis
piramal foudnation
Pravin
​Gandhi
seedfund
Rizwan Tayabali
make a difference
Rohini Nilekani
Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies
Roopa ​Purushothaman
tata sons
Dr Rukmini Banerji
pratham
Safeena Husain
educate
​girls
Sanjay Purohit
societal platform
Shailja
​Mehta
dasra
Shashank
​Singh
apax
Sherrie ​Rollins Westin
sesame street
Somasekhar ​Sundaresan
oxfam
Sriparna
​Ganguly
dasra
Supriya
​Sankaran
vayam
Xerses
​Sidhwa
usaid
Yaquta Mandiviwala
bain & co

RESOURCES & REPORT LAUNCHES | 2019

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