Neera NUNDY
Neera Nundy is the Co-founder and Partner at Dasra India, a strategic philanthropic organization that started in 1999.
Over the last two decades, Dasra has worked towards shaping the strategic philanthropy movement and strengthening the family philanthropy infrastructure in India.
Dasra has catalyzed more than $330 million towards social causes in India, supported over 1500 diverse NGOs across the country, advised more than 750 philanthropists, foundations and corporates, and impacted the lives of over 170 million Indians since it began.
Neera leads ecosystem-building initiatives and facilitates key partnerships with global leaders like Harvard University, Stanford University, and USAID to accelerate social impact.
Her overarching goal is to enable social entrepreneurs and funders with the support they need to achieve big goals in areas such as gender, urban resilience, and sanitation through systems change and collaborative philanthropy.
She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and is a fellow of the third class of the Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellowship of the Ananta Aspen Center and a fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
She is a Board Member of The Hunger Project, LGT Venture Philanthropy, American School of Bombay, and Aangan Trust.
She is Canadian, has lived in Mumbai for 21 years and runs Dasra with her husband Deval.