No-Cost Extension with Deval Sanghavi

Can urban discard be used as a tool to alleviate poverty? How can the poor be involved in evolving their own solutions with dignity? Why must we focus on the receiver's dignity instead of the donor's pride?  In this episode of No-Cost Extension, host Deval Sanghavi speaks to Anshu and Meenakshi Gupta, co-founders of Goonj . Goonj aims to build an equitable relationship of strength, sustenance and...

  How can loving a sport lead someone to found an NGO? How can we empower young people to make their own life decisions, rather than giving them solutions? What is the secret to scaling such social initiatives across the world and what changes can one hope to see from the Indian social sector funding landscape?   In the first episode of season 2, Deval Sanghavi speaks to Matthew Spacie , the found...

Deval Sanghavi i s back with another season of No-Cost Extension, ready to engage more deeply with the theme of rebuilding. Through conversations with social leaders, small NGOs and voices from philanthropies, Season 2 will focus on rebuilding communities, rebuilding India, and rebuilding the fabric of our society. The first episode drops next week! For more information on NCE go to  dasra.org/nce...

Deval Sanghavi speaks to Safeena Husain , the founder of Educate Girls , an NGO that works to support girls' education across India.  Educate Girls has just completed 14 years, and during this period they have grown from working with fifty schools to working in over 18,000 villages across India and reaching millions of children.    Safeena talks about her own personal journey that led her to set u...

Deval Sanghavi speaks to Aakash Sethi , the CEO of Quest Alliance , a non-profit organization that equips young people with 21st century skills. Aakash shares what it was like to grow up in a family dedicated to development work, what it means to him to build for a world where young people feel empowered and included, how to grow from loss and the impact of COVID-19 on education in India. They als...

Deval Sanghavi speaks to Anu Aga and Meher Pudumjee , a mother and daughter philanthropic team who are deeply committed to equity and inclusion. While many families grapple with intergenerational philanthropy, Anu and Meher are examples of how different perspectives can come together to shape a long-lasting philanthropic engagement.    Anu Aga has been a trailblazing corporate leader when there we...

This special episode is a conversation between Deval and Hansal Mehta that took place earlier this year at Dasra Philanthropy Week . Listen in as  Hansal speaks to Deval about his perspectives on philanthropy, what he believes is real impact, and his lockdown beard.  Hansal Mehta is a well-known National Award winning filmmaker, director, and writer. Some of his well-known films are Shahid, City L...

Deval Sanghavi speaks to Vineet Rai , the Founder and Chairman of Aavishkaar Group, a leading global impact investment platform. Although they have very different perspectives when it comes to development and social change, they share a long friendship that goes back to their early years in the development sector. Listen in as Vineet and Deval talk about the shared idealism that shapes their value...

Deval Sanghavi speaks to Sharda Nirmal, the founder of the Sharanam Center, a home for girls in Dharavi, Mumbai, and Karen Doff, the founder of the Aasha Foundation and a longtime collaborator of the centre. The Sharanam Center is not an institution - it is a home. Sharda talks about how she established the Sharanam Center as a young woman and with her husband over twenty years ago. Karen first en...

Deval Sanghavi speaks to Donald Lobo , one of India's most unassuming philanthropists.  Listen in as Lobo deftly steers the conversation away from the Rolling Stones article he was featured in, and as he talks about his giving philosophy and why he trusts organizations that are truly embedded in communities, what people think the terms impact and scale mean versus what they should mean, and why Lo...

In the first episode of No Cost Extension, Deval sits down to talk to Suparna Gupta, the founder of Aangan Trust, a Mumbai-based foundation that works with vulnerable children. Listen in as they discuss what a no-cost extension really means, Suparna's early years working with children and how Aangan grew, what she has learnt from her journey and of course, the usefulness of sitting in front of exc...

We're taking some time to support efforts to help people in the pandemic. We will be releasing the series in a few weeks time, but in the meantime, here's how you can help.  For more information, go to dasra.org

It's time for India's philanthropy sector to step down from its pedestal, stop hiding behind lofty jargon, and have a frank conversation about what's really working, and more importantly what's not. After dedicating twenty years to the philanthropy sector, Deval Sanghavi, co-Founder of Dasra, is now on a mission to hold a mirror up to the country's philanthropy sector and examine why even after so...