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Teach For India (TFI) is a non-profit founded by Shaheen Mistri in 2009. It is a part of the Teach For All network. [1] Teach For India runs a two-year Fellowship and supports an Alumni movement. The Fellowship recruits college graduates and working professionals to serve as full-time teachers in low-income schools for two years. [2]
Shaheen Mistri (born 16 March 1971) is an Indian social activist and educator known as the founder of Akanksha Foundation, and social activist, an Indian non-profit educational initiative in Mumbai and Pune, Occupation in CEO of Teach for India since 2008. [1] [2] Books Redrawing India, The Teach for India story, Miss Muglie Goes to Mumbai.
The Akanksha Foundation founded by Shaheen Mistri [1] 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.
Teach For All is a global network of 61 independent, locally led and funded partner organizations [1] whose stated shared mission is to "expand educational opportunity around the world by increasing and accelerating the impact of social enterprises that are cultivating the leadership necessary for change."
Headquartered in Delhi, the Foundation was started by a group of Teach For India fellows in 2013. Through its activities, the Foundation aims to empower children by using sports to build teamwork, leadership, and unity in their schools and communities, and inculcate healthy habits across the board.
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She is currently Chairperson of Teach For India. [7] She was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament on 26 April 2012, by President Pratibha Patil. [8] As per Forbes list of India’s 100 richest tycoons, dated OCTOBER 09, 2024, Anu Aga is ranked 67th with a net worth of $4.7 Billion. [9]
Redrawing India: The Teach For India Story opened up to mostly positive reviews. Column Writer Mudar Patherya of Mumbai Mirror wrote in his review, " If I could get a dress circle view into one of India's fastest growing NGOs without knowing the chairperson or chapraasi, then someone at the NGO has been doing a smart job."