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Note: The webinar will start at 4:30 PM and finish around 5:30 PM (Indian Standard Time).
About the Webinar
Philanthropy has emerged as one of the most significant catalysts in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) worldwide. Philanthropic frameworks have moved beyond simple funding to leveraging cross-sectoral resources, setting long-term goals, igniting scalable social and technological innovation, and building creative partnerships for impact. Non-profits, social enterprises, and foundations are not only mobilizing financial resources, but pooling their knowledge, expertise, and technologies to drive progress.
Panellists Suruchi Aggarwal, National Coordinator for SDGPP from UNDP India, Paromita Chowdhury from Oak Foundation and Rohan Jain from CAF India will be discussing in depth about the SDG Philanthropy Platform, the current philanthropic investment scenario in India and leveraging opportunities to make the ecosystem more conducive to attaining SDG5.
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About Speakers
Suruchi Aggarwal is the National Coordinator for SDG Philanthropy Platform in India. She is a seasoned professional with extensive experience with the Central/State governments and international agencies on gender equality and social development issues. Prior to this, she was engaged with the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (Celebrate the Girl Child and enable her education), a flagship scheme of Ministry of Women & Child Development, Govt of India. She has been the driving force behind the conceptualization of the scheme and its advocacy campaigns, along with others like the Gender Champions, Mahila Police Volunteers and #100WomenAchievers. She has also worked on the “Innovation Support for Social Protection” project of UNDP that aimed to design and apply conditional cash transfers in Delhi to address various dimensions of poverty and vulnerability of poor households, especially women and children.
Paromita Chowdhury joined Oak Foundation in 2012 as a Programme Officer to manage grants within the Joint India Programme. Her portfolio comprises of grants on issues of safe migration and labour rights, violence-free lives, inclusive cities and environmental justice. She is also part of global cross-programme portfolios on climate justice and the rights of indigenous communities. Paromita has been associated with social development for the last 21 years and has substantial experience of working across remote districts of India. Before joining Oak, Paromita worked with CARE India and Oxfam Great Britain on issues of reproductive rights, economic justice, rights to essential services and gender justice. She has a post-graduate degree in Rural Management from Xavier Institute of Social Services, Ranchi (Jharkhand) and is a Packard Fellow on Population and Reproductive Health.
Rohan Jain is the thematic anchor for leveraging sustainability, systems thinking, strategic CSR and impactful philanthropy agenda in the organization. He has curated some of the significant collaborations that are instrumental in formulating structured approaches in policy outreach, stakeholder engagement, advisory and global research. As an emerging young social leader, his vibrant expertise has spanned from designing innovative programme solutions, executing critical projects on the ground to mitigate maternal and child health problems in the marginal areas of Bihar, while working with Bihar Innovation Lab. He worked on policy-oriented studies, sustainable housing, consumption work during his tenure with leading think Development Alternatives (DA). He is one of the few leading experts on SDGs and has led innovative, novel research on Assessing the SDGs context in India, he has authored critical studies on SDG12 Sustainable Consumption Achieving Resource Synergies in an Urbanizing India, on SDG 13 authored Enhancing Low Carbon Development by Greening the Economy. In the process, he was intensely worked with NITI Aayog, Ministry of Statistical and Planning of India (MOSPI), State Governments, and leading private sector. His academic erudition as a Post Graduate in Master Environment & Development Studies, School of Human Ecology, Ambedkar University Delhi is responsible for his strong expertise in the realm of sustainability and call for innovative solutions has primarily germinated from his unconventional schooling from Mirambika, Sri Aurobindo Ashram. He is now primarily leading work in the localisation of SDGs, State of the State giving research, and North East SDGs Drivers Forum.