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Our deep, on-the-ground work in Education has laid the foundation for expanding our work into Health and Livelihoods. We are a not-for-profit organisation working towards a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society. Our work is focused on India.
Our purpose is to strengthen the government school education system in India on the ground, with a focus on the more disadvantaged regions of the country. The journey of Azim Premji Foundation began with programmatic interventions in school education.
Our grants work emerges from our vision to contribute towards a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society. We support 1,150 not-for-profits and and civil society organisations (CSOs) across India with financial grants. A significant percentage of our grants goes to organisations working on the ground directly with vulnerable groups of people.
What We Do. Education is where our story began, and it continues to be at the centre of our efforts. We focus on providing quality education to all, through the country’s vast network of government schools.
The Azim Premji Scholarship Programme furthers the Foundation’s vision to contribute towards a just, equitable, humane, and sustainable society. Through this programme, we seek to support students from disadvantaged and marginalised groups to pursue college education.
The Foundation was formally established on 9 March 2001 (under Section 25 of the Indian Companies Act of 1956). Since then, Azim Premji has contributed a substantial portion of his wealth to create a philanthropic endowment, valued at approximately INR 2,40,000 crore (USD 29 billion) as of January 2023.
Careers at the Foundation. Social commitment and professional drive for excellence come together in every role at the Foundation. Our extensive engagement in Education, Health and Livelihoods sectors calls for a stream of skilled, dedicated, knowledgeable and socially aware individuals.
Azim Premji Schools are integral to our work in improving K-12 education in India. These demonstration schools give us an opportunity to practise what we advocate and assist in our work with government schoolteachers.
The first step of our multi-pronged approach is to collaborate with organisations working on rural drinking water towards ensuring the adequacy and sustainability of water sources, strengthening the distribution systems and village institutions for effective implementation of water-related schemes, and improving the quality of water. Under such ...
