Rebuild India Fund
  • Home
  • Portfolio
    • Overview
    • Resilience
  • Governance
  • Events
  • Covid Relief
  • Media and Resources
  • FAQs
  • Blogs
  • Donate
    • Donate from India
    • Donate from US
    • Donate from UK
  • Home
  • Portfolio
    • Overview
    • Resilience
  • Governance
  • Events
  • Covid Relief
  • Media and Resources
  • FAQs
  • Blogs
  • Donate
    • Donate from India
    • Donate from US
    • Donate from UK
Search by typing & pressing enter

YOUR CART

Events

As part of its mission to build a learning platform for all stakeholders, the Rebuild India Fund curates immersive events and gatherings. The objective is to create a safe space for cross-learning, collaboration and increased dialogue among the diverse stakeholders of the Indian civil society.

Picture

Dasra Philanthropy Forum | Rebuilding India

​TETRA Hotel, Autograph Collection, Sunnyvale, CA
May 18, 2023 

Our 10th edition, titled Dasra Philanthropy Forum | Rebuilding India is themed on building a more equitable India by adopting a Gender, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) lens to philanthropy.

Hear directly from proximate leaders and ecosystem players who are revitalizing vulnerable communities and establishing pathways for sustainable change.

​
Join us in our mission to #EmpoweringGrassroots.
RSVP HERE

Agenda​

DOWNLOAD
Picture

Opening Address
09:00 AM - 09:15 AM PDT
Picture
Leading from the Margins | An Intersectional Perspective
09:15 AM - 09:35 AM PDT
​
Community needs are frequently represented by those without lived experience of exclusion, marginalization, or vulnerability. In contrast, this session will be led by Deepa Pawar - where she will share her lived experience as a Nomadic tribal feminist in India and the strength it takes to lead a community-based organization (CBO).
Speaker: Deepa Pawar - Anubhuti Trust
Picture
Unlocking Philanthropic Potential | The Future of Giving to India
09:35 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
​

How can funders to India give better? This session focuses on adopting a Gender, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (GEDI) centred approach to giving towards India. Drawing on insights from the 'India Philanthropy Report 2023', the session will highlight the access gap in funding for organizations that serve the most vulnerable communities.
Speakers: Ashish Shah - Give, Donald Lobo - Chintu Gudiya Foundation, and
​Riah Forbes - Forbes Marshall
Facilitator: Shreya Mane - Dasra

Break | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PDT


Picture
Breaking The Cycle Of Vulnerability | The Rebuild Way
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
​​

Investing in proximate leaders offers significant advantages, yet they continue to struggle with limited funding and exposure. This session encourages the philanthropic community to promote more equitable access to resources by spotlighting inclusive and participatory approaches to grantmaking.
Speakers: Bhavik Muni - M S International Inc. and Deep Jyoti Sonu Brahma - Farm2Food Foundation
Facilitator: Vrinda Bector - Dasra
Picture
​Reflections On Building Resilience | Towards a Billion Thriving
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM PDT

In this fire-side chat, Dasra's Co-Founder, Deval Sanghavi, and Skoll Foundation's Chief Strategy Officer, Shivani Garg Patel, will have an open conversation on the importance of building long-term resilience in marginalized communities, through supporting proximate leaders and contemporary grantmaking practices to work towards a billion thriving with dignity and equity.
​
Speakers: Shivani Garg Patel - Skoll Foundation and Deval Sanghavi - Dasra

Lunch Break | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PDT


Picture
Finding Your Match | Speed-Dating With Indian Non-Profits
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM PDT
​

This speed-dating styled session will give the audience an opportunity to interact with emerging leaders from India's civil society who are solving problems across: adolescents health and empowerment, child protection, edTech, sanitation, sustainable agriculture, technology for good, and tribal development. ​
Speakers: Anoop Jain - Sanitation and Health Rights in India, Deep Jyoti Sonu Brahma ​ - Farm2Food Foundation, Deepa Pawar - Anubhuti Trust, Donald Lobo - Tech4Dev, Heera Sharma - Go Laadli, Ricky Sharma - Adolescent Health Champions, Sonal Kapoor - Protsahan India Foundation, and Suhani Jalota - Myna Mahila Foundation
Picture
Measuring Change | Co-Defining Impact
02:30 PM - 03:15 PM PDT

Demonstrating the impact of trust-based and flexible giving will help mainstream these principles within the philanthropic ecosystem. This session will explore how we can make Measurement Learning and Evaluation (MLE) more equitable by leveraging participatory design and technology.​
Speakers: Rohit Menezes - The Bridgespan Group, Paige Hannah - Skoll Foundation, and Srividya Prakash - Former CEO, Antara International
Facilitator: Sonal Kapoor - Protsahan India Foundation
Picture
Climate Philanthropy | Advancing Action for Vulnerable Communities 
03:15 PM - 04:00 PM PDT
​

This session will provide perspective on philanthropy's role in furthering strategies for climate adaptation, mitigation, and resilience to support those who face the highest risk of extreme climate events today and in the future.
Speakers: Deepa Pawar - Anubhuti Trust, Rikin Gandhi - Digital Green, and Shruti M. Deorah - India Energy and Climate Center, UC Berkeley
Facilitator: Rajiv Khanna - Thousand Currents 
Picture

Networking Reception
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM PDT

Speakers

Click Here To Know About Our Speakers
Picture
Ashish Shah
Give
Picture
Bhavik Muni
M S International Inc.
Picture
Deep Jyoti Sonu Brahma
Farm2Food Foundation
Picture
Deepa Pawar
Anubhuti Trust
Picture
Deval Sanghavi
​
Dasra
Picture
Donald Lobo
Chintu Gudiya Foundation
Picture
​​Paige Hannah
Skoll Foundation
Picture
​​Rohit Menezes
The Bridgespan Group
Picture
Rajiv Khanna
Thousand Currents
Picture
Sonal Kapoor
​Protsahan India Foundation​
Picture
Riah Forbes​​
Forbes Marshall
Picture
Picture
Rikin Gandhi
Digital Green
Picture
Shruti M. Deorah
India Energy and Climate Center, UC Berkeley
Picture
Vishal Kapoor
Dasra
Srividya Prakash
Former CEO,
​Antara International
Picture
 Vrinda Bector​
​
Dasra
Picture
Shivani Garg Patel
​
Skoll Foundation
Picture
Shreya Mane
Dasra

Since 2014, we have hosted several editions of Dasra Philathropy Forum in the US, the UK and India. To know more, click below
Dasra Philanthropy Forum - Previous Editions

​Venue partner for the Dasra Philanthropy Forum | Rebuilding India

Picture

We would also like to acknowledge all the supporters of Rebuild India Fund

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture

    Connect with us

Submit

Follow us on social media