A.T.E Chandra Foundation

A.T.E Chandra Foundation is a partnership between the Associated Textile Engineers and well-known humanitarians Archana and Amit Chandra. It is active Read morely involved in several social impact initiatives to improve the lives of the communities and also preserve the planet and its resources. It has played important roles in projects namely, setting up of the Jai Vakeel Foundation and Research Centre, founding and developing the Ashoka University and setting up the SRCC Children’s Hospital. It encourages sustainable rural development, encouraging practices of natural farming, desilting of dams to improve water flow to farmlands and robust farming methods which can bear changes in climate. It has managed to desilt 7,536 water bodies in 27 drought-affected districts in partnership with Government agencies and NGOs and plans to take this mission to a national level. It is involved in research and recording the efforts of farmers across five states, documenting the scientific impact of natural farming, and the success and failures of different methods of farming. It aims to scale up the good findings for the benefit of the farming community as a whole. A.T.E Chandra Foundation works to increase and support the capacity of NGOs involved in initiatives for social change. It invests and funds such organizations enabling leadership and eco-system development. It supports thirty NGOs with financial aid to enable them to achieve their beneficial targets. To help record and share the best practices of capacity building among NGOs and donors the Foundation has set up a Capacity Building – Centre of Excellence. The Foundation is keenly working to develop leaders in the social sector through various leadership development programs. It has started the exercise of looking at the results and outcomes of Its programs to measure how to improve them and further their effectiveness. It has greatly contributed, along with other benevolent entities, to support the efforts of “Give India” an organization that is enabling charitable donations for more than 20 years now. It is closely involved with leading urban planning and design organizations to fulfill Its goal of providing affordable housing, better town planning and governance to the society besides contributing to policy projects like CSR reforms for the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and an effort of the Ministry of Finance to create India’s Social Stock Exchange. To help protect the environment the Foundation has developed wastewater treatment systems which include recycling and sludge management, green and energy-efficient cooling systems, and solar-assisted heating and cooking systems helping to conserve natural resources and reduce toxic emissions. It encourages building green facilities and also developed sites wherein the building uses solar energy for natural lighting and heating, and efficient cooling systems. The sites additionally feature sustainable water management practices, rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge facilities, sewage treatment, and live green walls which add an element of freshness to the space to enhance the well-being of the people on the premises. It promotes the use of recycled paper and reuse of paper in Its offices through stringent paper monitoring mechanisms, Waste is responsibly segregated and disposed of in a nature-friendly manner and employees are educated and advised to save power and water in the best manner possible.