{{Short description|Indian educational charity}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox organization | name = The Akanksha Foundation | logo = | type = Public charity, NGO | founded = 1991 | founder = Shaheen Mistri, Founder | location = {{unbulleted list|Chinchpokli, Mumbai, India|Wakdewadi, Pune, India}} | origins = | key_people = Saurabh Taneja (CEO) | region_served = Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur | focus = Eliminate Educational Inequity | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | owner = | website = {{URL|http://www.akanksha.org/}} | tax_exempt = | dissolved = | footnotes = }} '''The Akanksha Foundation''' founded by Shaheen Mistri<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/featured-blog/international-womens-day-2018-education-system-needs-redefining-shaheen-mistri-ceo-teach-for-india/1233735|title=International Women's Day 2018! Education system needs redefining: Shaheen Mistri, CEO, Teach for India {{!}} Free Press Journal|date=2018-03-08|work=Free Press Journal|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-GB}}</ref> is a non-profit organization in India, which works with children from low-income communities. The foundation works primarily in the field of education, through its "School Project" model.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/the-needles-eye/connecting-the-bright-spots-in-indias-dark-education-sky/|title=Connecting the bright spots in India's dark education sky|work=Economic Times Blog|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-US}}</ref>
Akanksha runs schools in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur in partnership with the municipalities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyo.in/voices/shaheen-mistri-teach-for-india-ceo-akanksha-foundation/story/1/15481.html|title=Working at Teach For India has been a life changing experience|website=www.dailyo.in|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref>
Akanksha was founded by Shaheen Mistri in 1991.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/A-lesson-in-combining-education-and-entrepreneurship/article16303473.ece|title=A lesson in combining education and entrepreneurship|last=Karambelkar|first=Maitreyee|date=2010-05-26|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-04-18|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She now heads Teach for India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.teachforindia.org|title=Home {{!}} TeachforIndia|website=www.teachforindia.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref>
== References == <references />
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.akanksha.org/}}
Category:Educational organisations based in India Category:Charities based in India Category:Organisations based in Mumbai Category:1991 establishments in Maharashtra Category:Organizations established in 1991
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