Founders
Pranav Sharma and Alaknanda Chaudhary established the Foundation in 2021. Read about its beginning and their contributions.
Meet our founders →OUR STORY & OUR PEOPLE
Education, enterprise and compassion — connected by a belief that a little support can create lasting opportunity.
Purnima Lallan Sharma Foundation is a private Section 8 not-for-profit company, incorporated in Mumbai on 3 September 2021. Pranav Sharma and Alaknanda Chaudhary were its founding members.
Our work centres mainly on Maharashtra and Gujarat. Educational collaboration, support for young entrepreneurs, and care for communities and animals carry our purpose forward.
The people who started the Foundation, guide it today and have shared their time along the way.
Pranav Sharma and Alaknanda Chaudhary established the Foundation in 2021. Read about its beginning and their contributions.
Meet our founders →Pranav Sharma, Anand Sharma and Raj Mehta bring entrepreneurial experience and local connections to the Foundation.
Meet our directors →17 May 1973 – 6 August 2023. Our co-founder, local entrepreneur and one of our first directors, remembered for her initiative, learning and care.
Read her tribute →Appreciating the people who helped establish the Foundation and supported new ventures, with their roles and periods of contribution.
Our volunteer appreciation page →Our legal identity, recorded registrations and donation information, together in one place.
An independent non-government organisation. Our income and resources are dedicated to the Foundation’s objects. CIN: U85300MH2021NPL366941.
Read our transparency information →DPIIT certificate DIPP88674 and NGO Darpan ID MH/2021/0298032. Find registration details and links to the official portals.
View recognition and registrations →We welcome support for our work. The Foundation does not currently have 80G approval; donations do not carry an 80G tax deduction.
Donation process and tax status →Share your idea, your experience or a way you would like to help.