Aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals, the Piramal Foundation is committed to improving the lives of marginalized communities, by leveraging the power of youth and strengthening government systems. It partners with governments – at the centre and state levels, international and national organizations and academia to accelerate change in India. In just a decade, the Foundation has dynamically expanded its horizons. We have identified four primary areas for our work. The Big Bets target the big barriers that challenge our most underserved communities.

Gandhi Fellowship Program is the instrument in the hands of each of these verticals to put into place a set of innovative solutions so that India leapfrogs towards achieving her Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The Fellowship is embedded in either of the above four verticals, providing the Fellows an opportunity to engage with the public system (in areas of education, public health, water and climate change). The primary stakeholders within the system with whom they interact, however, depends on the Fellowship program they have been allocated to, hence defining the nature of work a Fellow will do on the field. Each of the Big Bets comes with a unique set of objectives and experiences but they are united by one thread – Sewa Bhaav, an aspiration to serve.