Program eBook www.FoodForEducation.org Welcome Dear Friends, Welcome to our Families for Change online gala hosted by our dear Chapters in Tampa and Miami, South Florida. Hard to believe this is our 5th online gala of 2020. I am thrilled with the success we have had at our Boston gala, followed by Recipe for Change, Technology for Change, and Philanthropy for Change online galas. Plus, thankful for our amazing speakers Sudha and Narayana Murthy, Shankar Mahadevan, Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, Vinita Bali, Boman Irani, and Paresh Rawal. Catch up on these delightful conversations on the Akshaya Patra USA YouTube channel! Thanks to our enterprising and enthusiastic Chapter teams, we have surpassed what we raised throughout all of 2019. We are so proud of everyone coming together to ensure we continue to support our India team in providing aid and relief to families during these challenging times. The concept of family is built on the foundation of Seva—unconditional, selfless acts of service. This defines what Akshaya Patra is about; our combined efforts as individuals and as an organization grant us the opportunity to provide unlimited food for our children. This afternoon, I look forward to seeing your pledges, hearing your comments, answering your questions, and fulfilling our children’s wishes. Let us come together and pledge to ensure that no children in India are deprived of education due to hunger. Thank you, Yours in service, Vandana www.FoodForEducation.org Event Timeline 11:30 AM EDT PROGRAM BEGINS 11:40 AM EDT WELCOME REMARKS: VANDANA TILAK, CEO, TAPF USA 11:44 AM EDT HOST CHAPTERS VIDEO 11:49 AM EDT AKSHAYA PATRA VIDEO 12:04 PM EDT FAMILIES FOR CHANGE WITH JAMSHYDJI GODREJ, SUMANT SINHA & SRIVATSAN RAJAN 12:39 PM EDT YOUTH AMBASSADORS’ PRESENTATION 12:43PM EDT RAVEENA TANDON WITH VANDANA TILAK 1:11 PM EDT SHANKAR’S STORY 1:13 PM EDT MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY SAMIR DATE & DIPALEE SOMAIYA www.FoodForEducation.org Speakers JAMSHYD GODREJ Jamshyd N. Godrej is the Chairman of the Board of Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. Godrej is the former Chairman of Ananta Aspen Centre (previously known as Aspen Institute India). He is the President of World Wide Fund for Nature – India, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, India Resources Trust and Council on Energy, Environment and Water. He is a Director of World Resources Institute, USA and also a Trustee of the Asia Society, USA. He is the past President of Confederation of Indian Industry and the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association. Mr. Godrej is an ardent yachting enthusiast and has done extensive cruising along the west coast of India, Baltic & North Sea, Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea. The President of India conferred on Mr. Godrej the “Padma Bhushan” on 3rd April 2003. RAVEENA TANDON Raveena Tandon is a multitalented and multifaceted individual who lives every moment with full zest. She is actively involved with UNICEF for the girl child and DAIRRC, an anti-drug organization with Dr. Yusuf Merchant. She serves as the Brand Ambassador for PETA, IDA, The Spina Bifida Association, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood and the Smile Foundation. Along with receiving many accolades for her philanthropic work, Tandon truly embodies social good. She has housed 31 girls in her own bungalow for one year when a landlord evicted the caretaker and the girls from the property and then single-handedly built an orphanage in Vasai for them. Apart from her humanitarian efforts, Tandon is a Bollywood icon and talented actress with multiple awards under her name. She has won the Filmfare Lux New Face of the Year Award for Patthar Ke Phool, a Filmfare for Aks, and National Award for Daman which was based on women empowerment. She has also grabbed the Best Actress award at the Indian Film Festival of Houston and Chicago for the movie Shobhna’s Seven Nights. In 2016, she received the prestigious Dasaheb Phalke Award for completing 25 years in the industry. www.FoodForEducation.org Speakers SUMANT SINHA A leading first generation entrepreneur, Sumant Sinha is the Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power – India’s leading clean energy company. He started his career as an investment banker in the US and UK, working with leading global banks. Subsequently he returned to India to work in senior leadership positions in the Aditya Birla Group and Suzlon. Sumant founded ReNew Power in January 2011, with a vision to transform the way energy is produced and consumed in India. Since then, under his leadership, ReNew Power has grown exponentially to emerge as one of India’s leading renewable power producers. Sumant is a passionate advocate for solutions related to climate change. He is a member of the Stewardship Board on Shaping the Future of Energy at the World Economic Forum, serves as the Chair of The Climate Group’s India Advisory Board and is a member of the Board of Directors of the US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). For his achievements in the area of entrepreneurship and clean energy, Sumant has won several awards including the coveted “Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2018”, “EY Entrepreneur of the Year, 2017” and the “Outstanding Start-up of the Year” – Forbes India 2017. SRIVATSAN RAJAN Srivatsan (Sri) Rajan is a Partner in the Bain & Company’s San Francisco India office. Prior to this, he was the Chairman of Bain’s India offices and has also served as the Managing Director there. He has over 20 years of management consulting experience in India and the United States. He has supported the creation and execution of turnaround strategies for multiple diversified firms and has significant experience working with private equity firms in pre-deal diligence and post-deal strategy, as well as in operational engagements across sectors. Sri serves on the board of Delhivery, a logistics startup in India and is an investor in and advisor to many other startups and funds. He is also on the Advisory Board of Bridgespan India, Central Square Foundation, Fireside Ventures and is also the Chair of the Consultative Council of Akshaya Patra in India. Sri serves as the Vice Chairman of the Akshaya Patra Foundation USA. SAMIR DATE & DIPALEE SOMAIYA Samir & Dipalee are a dynamic singer couple from Bollywood in Mumbai. This duo is often referred to as “India’s favorite singer couple” and have a huge fan base all over the world. They have over 300 international shows to their credit in the past 4 years in over 10 countries including USA, Canada, UK, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, Israel, Netherlands, Kuwait & many more. Hailing from a long line of esteemed musical talent, Samir is a versatile singer who has won a number of awards including the honorable Pillar of Indian Society. Dipalee is a well known playback singer & Saregama TV star since 1994. She has sung in over 200 Hindi & Gujarati films and has been awarded the “Best Playback Singer” award by the Gujarat Govt. four times in a row and twice by none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This duo performs new Bollywood songs, Sufi concerts, Ghazals, at private mehfils & Bhajan Sandhyas. www.FoodForEducation.org Host Chapters Families for Change would not have been possible without the dedication and support of our Chapter Chairs and Teams. Our Florida Chapters and supporters have gone above and beyond their commitment and are the epitome of what enthusiasm and hard work can accomplish, even in these challenging times. Thank you immensely to our Chapters in the South Florida and Tampa. SOUTH FLORIDA Dr. Kavitha Kanuri Meena Rajgopal Raj Rajgopal Venkat Maddineni TAMPA Dr. Sheila Sagar Youth Ambassadors Our Youth Ambassadors from the South Florida are the shining stars of our awareness and fundraising efforts! They understand the importance of giving back to help those in need and embody the fact that giving is ageless and limitless. Thank you Youth Ambassadors! Anjali Balla Sahana Venkat Anjali Vadlamudi Sanjay Jillellamudi Arjun Vadlamudi Sathvik Maddineni Chetan Pulukuri Siddharth Rama Ishanvi Sabniveesu Vedith Malneedi Kaavya Polavarapu Vernica Pulukuri Karthik Maddineni www.FoodForEducation.org Sponsors GOLD COPPER South Florida South Florida Dr. Rajendra Bansal Rajiv Jain Rekha & Sunil Kumar Tampa Tampa Dr. Ashok Modh Dr. Dipti & Dilip Mehta Gargi & Sharad Patel Neha & Paresh Patel Hemant Shah Hitesh Adhia Jawahar Taunk SILVER Kirti & Malti Pandya Nic Santana South Florida Sarojben Patel Haritha & Venkat Maddineni Meena & Raj Rajgopal Rohit Dandiya BRONZE Saxena Family Foundation South Florida Shekhar & Amar Reddy Deepthi & Naren Jillellamudi Virtusa Corporation Holly & Bipin Patel Raghu Kolluru Tampa Ramesh Motwane Dr. Rakesh Shah Dr Raji & Ashok Sonni Tampa Drs. Vidya & Sheila Sagar Ananth Iyer Florida Association of Physicians of Anita Rao Indian Origin by Dr. Rakesh Sharma Daksha Shah Dr. Muralidhar Acharya Deven Dave Rupesh Shah Dr. Malery & Mallika Shashidar Shakuntala Shah Dr. Nandkishor Shah Ila Mody www.FoodForEducation.org Sponsors BRONZE STEEL Tampa Tampa Kishor Muniyappa A+ Accounting & Tax Nisha & Raj Mandani Anilkumar Patel Pallavi & Bipin Shah Bhagirathi Agrawal Paru & Rishi Modh Chirag Shah Rajendra Baliga Devyani & Nainan Desai Raju Rao Devyani & Rajesh Patel Ramesh Pinnamaneni Dinesh & Vijay Gandhi Ravi Atluri Dr. Deepak Das Santhosh Chandran Drs. Madhavi & Kotha Sekharam TekEinstein Drs. Rao & Vedavathi Movva Vimesh Mithani Ganesh Kumar