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NGO Founder Stories

Sankar Haldar (Mukti)

In the Sundarbans now, Sankar and Mukti have become synonymous with the spirit of giving and their dedication to making life better for the underserved. Mukti has assisted over a million people through three catastrophic super cyclones. It has constructed 20,000+ toilets, helped 8000+ farmers shift to organic farming, and assisted 25,000+ women to start with micro-banking. Additionally, it has secured educational scholarships for 1800+ students.

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Vinita Saraf & Namrata Sureka (Ek Tara)

In 2011, the co-founders of Ek Tara, Vinita and Namrata, began to work in the largest and poorest slum of Eastern India, armed with a keen desire to educate first generational learners. Over the past few years, Ek Tara has come a long way from just 30 to the current strength of 900 children and women.

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Mamoon Akhtar (Samaritan Help Mission)

Mamoon established Samaritan Help Mission (SHM) in one of the most underprivileged slums of migrant workers to make a difference by providing English medium education to compete with the local madrassas. Starting with just six students, this has now grown into six schools with ~7000 students, and entirely changed the trajectory for an entire community

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Philanthropist Stories

Sanat & Indrani Chattopadhyay, NJ

Sanat and Indrani live in Newtown, PA. Indrani likes to keep busy with family and various philanthropic activities, especially focusing on women’s empowerment while Sanat maintains a hectic schedule as Executive VP and President, Merck Manufacturing. Sanat sits on the Board of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and Hilleman Laboratories through which he actively helps many different causes to promote welfare in India as well as globally.

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Sanjay & Mausumi Dasgupta, NJ

Mausumi and Sanjay live in Princeton, NJ. Mausumi is a strategy executive at JP Morgan Chase. Sanjay is a graduate alumni of Princeton University and currently works as a Portfolio Manager at Millennium Management. Both are passionate about philanthropy in the education sector and long term supporters of Khan Academy, Princeton, and IIT.

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Volunteer Stories

Arindam & Sanjukta Samanta, CA

Originally from Kolkata, Sanjukta & Arindam are currently executives working in Silicon Valley and busy parents of two sons. Both came to the US for graduate studies in Computer Science. Arindam is also an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission, two of the finest educational institutions in West Bengal.

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Shubhomoy & Sanjeeta Mukherjee, NJ

A graduate of IIT Kanpur and IIM Kolkata, Shubhomoy has worked at several Wall Street firms as a research analyst and currently holds a senior position at Blackrock. Shubhomoy and Sanjeeta have been associated with Kolkata Foundation since 2017.

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