Chandrika Sahai

Philanthropy in emerging market countries and the opportunity for radical transformation

Posted on May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 by Chandrika Sahai

Just before Christmas last year I found myself with a very small and unsure group of ‘anti-CAA’ protestors outside a public park in Jaipur. We weren’t certain if we had the permission to gather and protest, who was really in charge or what we were going to do. Someone said we could gather but only…

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How do we build resilience in difficult times?

Posted on April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 by Chandrika Sahai

The COVID-19 crisis is bringing extraordinary challenges for us personally and for the communities that we serve. As we adjust and adapt to the seismic changes, there are opportunities for us to model responses to the crisis, protect the most vulnerable and build back better after it has blown over. PSJP is now using the…

In conversation: India’s new philanthropy

Posted on February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 by Chandrika Sahai

India has around 2 percent of the world’s millionaires and 5 percent of its billionaires, and since 2000, wealth in the country has grown 9.2 percent a year, faster than the global average of 6 percent. At the same time, India ranks among the highest in terms of income inequality and is home to the…

Transparency and philanthropy - an oxymoron in india? Not anymore.

Posted on December 21, 2017February 27, 2018 by Chandrika Sahai

By Sumitra Mishra and Chandrika Sahai India has traditionally been a philanthropic culture with giving ingrained in all of its major religions, a part of everyday life. However, both formal and informal giving in India have mainly been private matters, the choice of cause and the method of giving have mostly been motivated by the…

What role for philanthropy in India?

Posted on October 25, 2017May 2, 2018 by Chandrika Sahai

According to a recent research paper by economist Lucas Chancel, ‘income inequality in India is at its highest level since 1922’.[1] Earlier this year in January, an Oxfam report said that India’s richest 1 per cent hold 58 per cent of the country’s total wealth — higher than the global figure of about 50 per…

The Role of Philanthropy in Society: What’s There and What’s Next?

Posted on March 27, 2017February 27, 2018 by Chandrika Sahai

By Chandrika Sahai At the WINGS Forum in Mexico in February 2017, a session was organised to discuss the initial findings of a new study of philanthropy initiated by the Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace. The purpose of the study is to understand the role of philanthropy in today’s world. We…

Challenge to philanthropy’s power – unshackled!

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Chandrika Sahai

Never before have I attended a philanthropy gathering of this scale where the conversations have been so open and honest about things that are wrong with mainstream philanthropy and ODA. The Global Summit for Community Philanthropy is a truly remarkable event that has moved the needle on the our understanding of philanthropy’s role in society…

Placing the value of local peacebuilding firmly on the Development Aid agenda

Posted on November 8, 2016November 17, 2016 by Chandrika Sahai

By Monina O’prey Foundations for Peace (FFP) is a global network of local funders working to build peace, alongside social justice, in regions emerging from, or currently experiencing violent conflict. Launched in New York in 2006, the organization works collaboratively on peacebuilding initiatives, including supporting victims and survivors of conflict; working with political prisoners and…