Annual Report 2020 Final

ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20

Partnerships Create

Impact

Vision

We envision every person across rural India
empowered to lead a more secure and prosperous life.

Mission

Our mission is to strengthen community-led
development initiatives to achieve positive social,
economic and environmental change across rural India.

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Looking back at 2019–20, I feel a great sense of achievement, no matter how large or small the
endeavor, our goals are being met. Sehgal Foundation has been making a positive impact in rural
communities for more than two decades. We have reached more than 2.5 million people in 980 villages
in eight states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and
Karnataka, and we are beginning expansion into another two states: Madhya Pradesh and Punjab. As a
rural development NGO, we design and implement rural development interventions to address the needs
of communities in rural India in the critical areas of water security, food security, good rural governance,
and the empowerment of women and schoolchildren.

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges and roadblocks to development. Some
communities and countries have been hit harder than the others, but the threats to the safety of the
vulnerable and marginalized have required concerted efforts to bring everyone together to do
everything possible to combat this worldwide threat. The Sehgal Foundation teams’ response to
COVID-19 was immediate, and people were mobilized and working with communities in rural areas across
our footprint states.

Vital support from our partners in the corporate, private, government, and social sectors, made it
possible for our teams to work with village-level committees, panchayats, and individual community
leaders on COVID-19 prevention to protect each other, spread accurate and important health
information, and build greater resilience. This work gave us a lead in filling gaps of communication about
the virus and addressing the concerns and queries of villagers. Community radio Alfaz-e-Mewat played a
key role and continues to spread awareness and updated information. Our Citizen Information and
Support Centre (CISC) answered calls from villagers and provided information about government
initiatives so that those in greatest need still had access to their entitled services. The teams facilitated
safety measures in partnership with community members, such as village sanitization with spray
disinfectants, and ongoing work to stitch and distribute face masks locally within the villages.

This Annual Report 2019–20 describes the results of our sustainable programs for managing water
resources, building access to safe drinking water, building capacities of grassroots organizations in WASH
sector,increasing agricultural productivity, strengthening rural governance, and transforming the lives of
schoolchildren through our programs on Water Management, Agriculture Development, Good Rural
Governance, Transform Lives one school at a time and Outreach for Development. Each program includes
women’s empowerment and gender equity as a cross-cutting goal. All this work was carried out alongside
our COVID-19 relief work and ongoing research, webinars, trainings and engagement events conducted by
the teams.

Aligning our work with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Sehgal Foundation teams will
continue to work with a renewed vision to serve distressed communities and help villages overcome the
continued COVID challenges related to food and water scarcity, village governance needs, and farmer
livelihoods.

Suri Sehgal
Founder and Chairman



ACHIEVEMENTS AT A GLANCE

S M Sehgal Foundation (Sehgal Foundation) has been working since 1999 to improve the quality of life of
rural communities in India. As a rural development NGO, established as a public, charitable trust, Sehgal
Foundation has a skilled and dedicated team that creates sustainable programs to address rural India’s
most pressing needs: water security, food security, and good rural governance, with emphasis on the
empowerment of women and children. The team works alongside communities to better manage their
water resources, make water safe to drink, increase their agricultural productivity, strengthen their rural
governance, and transform the lives of schoolchildren so they have a more promising future.

With more than two decades of sustainable rural development work, Sehgal Foundation is present in
eight states reaching to 2.5 million people across India, with activities underway for expansion to two
more states.

1000 villages, 31 districts, 10 states of
Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka,
Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,
Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Telangana.

As on October 2020

Cumulative achievements addressing water security, food security, and good rural governance include:

• 11,668 village leadership trainings
• 28,916 community leaders trained
• 78 team members from 51 grassroots organizations trained on safe drinking water promotion
• 75 check dams constructed
• 66 ponds developed and/or rejuvenated
• 140 schools provided with rainwater harvesting structures
• 31,545 crop demonstrations improved farm practices
• 807 acres covered with drip/sprinkler irrigation
• 11,665 people benefited through household water filtration technology: the JalKalp water filter.

• Developed four ceramic pot filter production units involving local potters, the filter is named as
‘MatiKalp’

• 13 hours community radio broadcast daily to over 225 villages served as a lifeline to the “last mile”.

Note: Data as of March 31, 2020

Water Management

Farmer Gopalappa from village Aninganahalli doubled his profits after applying silt in cultivation of ragi.
Silt application has reduced the need for fertilizers and the lower input cost has generated better saving
without compromising on soil nourishment. Gopalappa’s previous season’s yield was seven sacks and this
year, after applying silt, he got sixteen sacks of ragi.

Silt is the eroded top layer of soil deposited in the nearest water body. Although nutrient rich, it
accumulates at the base of the lake, shrinks its size, and reduces its water-holding capacity. These water
bodies are generally lakes, locally referred to as water tanks.

In the villages of Kolar, Karnataka—Aninganahalli, Halepalya, Obatti and Kempasandra, a total of 176,641
cubic meters of silt has been excavated from the tank bed, restoring 341,064 cubic meters of water
storage capacity in five water tanks. This nutrient-rich silt was applied by farmers in their fields to
restore the fertility of the top soil layer. 2,034 individuals directly benefited from desilting.

The Water Management Program works with communities to harvest and store rainwater for
direct use, and to replenish groundwater by building and restoring water-related infrastructures and
desilting of old tanks in villages. The program supports the revival of traditional water bodies,
construction of water storage infrastructures, and the safe disposal of wastewater. Safe drinking water for
all is promoted with innovative low-cost, sustainable technologies, and WASH behavior, creating
awareness about the need for water conservation. Teams build the capacities of local communities for
better management and long-term sustainability of their water resources. The program seeks
opportunities to collaborate for continuous improvement and replication of low-cost water management
interventions.

Indicators FY 2019–20 Cumulative
Check dams constructed 8 75
15 66
Ponds 55 1,999
Soak pits 24 193
Soak wells 425 3,156
Training and awareness sessions 17 140
Rooftop rainwater harvesting in schools 681 3,015
Household water treatment and storage systems
distributed 6 20
Community tanks

Data as of March 2020

1Districts with iron contamination compiled from: CGWB Report “Groundwater quality in shallow aquifers of India,” (2010).
Accessed from: http://cgwb.gov.in/documents/waterquality/gw_quality_in_shallow_aquifers.pdf.

Agriculture Development

Inderjeet Singh from village Chakpura Miyan Khurd in Uttar Pradesh received a seed drill, a farm machine
used for seed sowing. Inderjeet noticed multiple benefits from using the seed drill, such as placing seed at
the right depth in the soil along with manure, even distancing of seeds which make less use of seed
quantity, good germination, and above all, financial savings. Inderjeet used the seed drill in his three bigha
land and, further used the machine for another 41 bighas for other farmers earning Rs 20,500 in one
season.

The Agriculture Development Program promotes sustainable livelihoods by building the
capacities of farmers, including women producers, on improved agricultural practices and new
technologies that increase crop yields, conserve water, and improve soil fertility. The team works with
small-holder farmers in rain-fed and irrigated areas to facilitate adoption of improved and advanced
agricultural practices that include soil health management, crop production management, input-use
efficiency, small farm mechanization, water-efficient irrigation techniques, horticultural development,
livestock management, and the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in agriculture.

Indicators FY 2019-20 Cumulative
Trainings/field days/meetings
Demo distributed (number) 544 3,484
Laser levelling area (acres)
Kitchen demo (number) 6,724 31,545
Drip and sprinkler (acres)
Irrigation through solar pump (acres) 1,699 3,603
Zero tillage of land (acres)
732 3,022
Data as of March 2020
215 848

110 1,108

389 5,951

Good
Rural Governance

Sustainability is a dynamic and continuous process of capacity building that helps to create ownership in
the community such that the benefits are available even after project completion. Five villages of
Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, bear testimony to the sustainability of interventions. Jhola devi, is a member
of the Women’s Leadership School (WLS) of Pakhna of Minapur block, Muzzafarpur. During a training
session she brought up the issue of most people in her village not availing the National Health Authority’s
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, due to a lack of knowledge on how to procure the
required “golden” card. Through this scheme, the poor can obtain health insurance up to INR 5 lakhs per
family in designated government hospitals. The WLS trainees organized a one-day camp on 8 April 2019,
which was attended by sixty-four families. Fifty-three golden cards were made, and the initial
documentation was put in place for other families to procure these cards in future.

The Good Rural Governance Program promotes citizen participation in local governance for
strengthening democracy at the grassroots. The program empowers citizens to work collectively for
better delivery of government services, build capacities to improve functioning of village-level
institutions, and creates awareness about important health and sanitation issues. The empowered
citizens and village-level institutions monitor the maintenance of public infrastructure and conserve
natural resources for holistic village development. The inclusion of women and deprived groups in all
these initiatives make the program equitable. Good Rural Governance is instrumental in promoting
participatory, accountable, and sustainable village development.

Indicators FY 2019-20 Cumulative
Sushasan champions, community leaders, mahila
sangathan and club members trained 4,547 28,916
Legal Literacy Camps participants
Citizen Information and Support Center calls 1,909 46,303
12,299 38,455
Data as of March 2020

Transform Lives
one school at a time

Haldina’s 400 students in classes 6–12 are experiencing the changes firsthand and are beneficiaries and
ambassadors for demonstrating how school transformation can lead to better education outcomes. A
smart classroom constructed in the shape of a cruise ship was created under the Samagra Shiksha
Abhiyan of the government wherein the district administration and education department joined hands
with Sehgal Foundation to make the school child-friendly. The ground-level room is a smart classroom
with furniture and a 55-inch LED screen that promotes internet-based learning and screens relevant video
content to students. The classroom on level one is an activity room where students engage in
extracurricular activities such as crafts and models, giving shape to their ambitions and dreams.

The Transform Lives one school at a time program provides schoolchildren access to drinking water,
better sanitation facilities, a conducive school environment, and digital and life skills awareness. The
initiative encourages parents, teachers, and children to increase enrollment and reduce dropouts in rural
government schools, especially of girl children. It further supports School Management Committees by
building their capacities for improved functioning of the school and sustainability of improvements.

Indicators FY 2019–20 Cumulative
School Management Committees (SMCs) trained
21 317
Boys and girls trained in digital and life skills awareness
3,172 8,788
Schools transformed
Students reached 17 70
5,867 21,785

Data as of March 2020

Outreach for Development

“Radio lessons have proven useful for children at all times,” says Ravinder, a resident of village Shikrawa
and a listener of Alfaz-e-Mewat. The “Radio School” program was started about seven years ago with the
objective to provide tutorial sessions through subject teachers to students who cannot afford private
tuitions, and also to reach out to drop-out students or students who have never been to school. Nawed,
a Class IX student from village Dhadoli, says he listens to “Radio School” and makes his younger siblings
listen to the episodes on different subjects.

The Outreach for Development Program shares acquired knowledge from the field with interested
stakeholders and provides a platform for sharing the voices of the grassroots communities through
community radio broadcasting, programming, and interactive outreach. The team carries outreach
activities to “the last mile” to bridge the large information divide by making use of print, audio, and visual
formats so that critical information and messages reach the right audience at the right time.

Since the most essential participants in grassroots development work are local voices, community radio
Alfaz-e-Mewat FM 107.8, set up by the Sehgal Foundation, broadcasts in the local language in an
accessible format thirteen hours daily to over 225 villages. By championing the voices of the most isolated
and vulnerable populations, community radio raises citizen awareness and empowers individuals to
participate in their own development. Villagers, schoolchildren, and local artists take active part in the
radio programs.

In 2019-20, 646 radio programs were produced and 5,971

calls received from listeners.

Rural Research

The Rural Research team maximizes the impact of poverty alleviation initiatives for rural communities
using participatory research and impact assessment as practical tools to inform action, outcomes and
learning.

Rural Research is a cross-cutting initiative that bifurcates its work into broad themes: Research,
Monitoring, and Evaluation, and Development Research and Extension.

1. Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation focuses on integrating all components of the research process
undertaken to design and implement interventions by Sehgal Foundation in rural pockets of the country.
These components largely include needs assessment, baseline surveys, mid-term monitoring, and impact
evaluation studies. Process documentation is an integral component that guides the evaluation process
with emphasis on qualitative and quantitative measurement of trends through surveys and participatory
rural appraisal tools and techniques.

2. Development Research and Extension arm of rural research disseminates knowledge based on
experience generated from the work at grassroots with other like-minded organizations and
practitioners. This is done through undertaking strategic studies related to poverty and other pressing
social dimensions, and leveraging partnerships and collaborations for evidence based dissemination to
generate learning and influence future discourse and direction of rural development.

Projects at a Glance

As a civil society organization holding a special consultative status with the United
Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Sehgal Foundation’s efforts are
dedicated to promoting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sehgal Foundation
teams support and endorse Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and goals as
approved by Schedule VII Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 with multiple ongoing
CSR projects.

1 Haryana

Project Partner Project Title Project Theme 1
2
CAF Oracle Digital Literacy and Digital and Life Skills
Life Skills Training Awareness 8
DCB Bank Ltd Groundwater 7
Development Water Management
Fluor Daniel India Private Fluor Ki Pathshala
Limited Good Rural
Gartner Develop Villages to Governance
Develop India
Acuity Knowledge Udyami Krishak Integrated Village
Partners Development
Nestle India Vriddhi
Agriculture
HDFC Parivartan Development

Sapient Gram Uday Integrated Village
Development
ZS Associates Meri Paathshaala 3
Integrated Village
Development

Agriculture
Development and
Good Rural
Governance

Digital Literacy

2 Rajasthan

Project Partner Project Title Project Theme

Bayer CropScience Gram Unnati Agriculture Development and
Water Management
Pernord Ricard Samriddhi
Jagruk Krishak Integrated Village Development
IDRF Women’s Capacity Building
Krishi Jyoti Agriculture Development
The Mosaic Company
Foundation Unnat Krishi II Good Rural Governance
K+S kali Gmbh
Agriculture Development, Water
Management, and Education

Agriculture Development

3 Uttar Pradesh

Project Partner Project Title Project Theme

GE T&D Gram Utkarsh Integrated Village Development

4 Bihar Project Title Project Theme

Project Partner Jagruk Mahila Swastha Parivar Good Rural Governance

Biomerieux Gram Utthan Agriculture Development
Adarsh Panchayat Bhandari Integrated Village Development
PTC Foundation Hamari Pathshala Good Rural Governance
Kaushal Krishak Agriculture Development
PI Foundation

3
4

5 Telangana

Project Partner Project Title Project Theme

Hytech Seed India Building Capacities Agriculture

of Women farmers by Development

creating Women Farmer
5 Clubs

6 Andhra Pradesh

Project Partner Project Title Project Theme

6 The Coca-Cola Foundation Jaldhara-V Water Management

7 Karnataka

Project Partner Project Project Theme

The Coca-Cola Foundation Jaldhara-V Water Management

8 Maharashtra

Project Partner Project Title Project Theme

DCB Bank Ltd Groundwater Development Water Management

Year at a Glance

Twenty Year Celebrations

Sehgal Foundation celebrated its twenty years
of working together with rural communities by
hosting a partnership meet at its green building
campus in Gurugram on September 20, 2019.

Bhamashah Award

Sehgal Foundation was awarded the state-level Bhamashah recognition by the Government of Rajasthan
for contribution to the education sector.

Constitution of Research Ethics Review Committee

Sehgal Foundation constituted a Research Ethics Review Committee to ensure the highest ethical standards
for the research work done at the foundation. The term of membership is two years. The committee
members include—Dr Sunil Sharma, Indian Spinal Injuries Center (clinician); Mr Ashim Vachher (lawyer); Ms
Sudha Parthasarathy, country representative, ASEAD (social scientist); Dr Usha Rani Ahuja, principal scientist,
NIAP-ICAR (basic medical scientist); Mr Mubarik Hussain (community representative); Ms Niti Saxena,
principal scientist, Development Research and Extension; and Dr Pradeep Mehta, principal scientist,
Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Sehgal Foundation.

Sandvik India Gender Award

Community radio Alfaz-e-Mewat program on gender issues won the
Sandvik India Gender Awards 2019. The annual awards are a
partnership program with United Nations Global Compact, Swedish
Chamber of Commerce India, and Consulate General of Sweden,
which recognize excellence and commitment to gender equality.

Community radio national award

Alfaz-e-Mewat won the National Community Radio Award from the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting, GoI, in the thematic category for the program,
Kanoon Ki Baat. The award was presented by the Union Minister, Information
and Broadcasting, Sh. Prakash Javadekar at the Community Radio Sammelan
held at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, August 27–29, 2019.

Sehgal Foundation won two awards at CSR Summit

Sehgal Foundation team received two awards at the CSR Summit organized by UBS Forums on August 9,
2019, in New Delhi. The awards—NGO of the Year, and CSR Implementing Partner, acknowledge the rural
development journey of the foundation over the past twenty years and the impact of the implementation
work done under CSR projects.

RHayidnewraatbeardharvesting training at NIRDPR,

A four-day training program on rainwater harvesting was
successfully conducted at the Rural Technology Park (RTP) at
the NIRDPR Rajendranagar campus, Hyderabad. RTP at the
NIRDPR campus houses the Water and Wastewater Resource
Center set up by Sehgal Foundation to showcase its innovative
models in water management.

Dr. Suri Sehgal receives Parivartan Inspire Award

The founder and chairperson of S M Sehgal Foundation, Dr. Suri
Sehgal, was recognized with the Parivartan Inspire Awards 2019 for his
leadership, dedication, and devotion to empowering rural communities
in India.

Excellence in CSR Social Impact Award

DCB Bank and Sehgal Foundation received the first runner-up
award for Excellence in CSR Social Impact: Best
Corporate-Nonprofit partnership at the ACEF Asian Leaders
Forums and Awards on September 29, 2019, in Mumbai.

Transform Lives events engage individual partners

Transform Lives one school at a time engaged individual and group
partners in the US as part of two networking events on November 16 and
November 23, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa, and Minneapolis,
Minnesota, respectively.

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Sehgal Foundation organized a conference on good
governance and citizen participation called ”Water
Governance in Rural India-Potential, Practices, and Policy” in
collaboration with the National Institute of Rural
Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) at Hyderabad on
November 6, 2019. Dr K Rajasekhar, deputy director general,
NIC, Govt. of India, was the keynote speaker.

Workshops in Household Water Quality
and Treatment

Sehgal Foundation in partnership with CAWST and
Water Wisdom Foundation organized a workshop on
Household Water Quality and Treatment from November
27–29, 2019 in Udaipur.

Two more workshops in partnership with CAWST and
NIRDPR were conducted including a JalKalp Biosand
Filter Technology training on February 24–26, promoting
access to clean drinking water for communities.

Two more workshops in partnership with CAWST and NIRDPR were conducted including a JalKalp
Biosand Filter Technology training on February 24–26, promoting access to clean drinking water for
communities. A workshop on Sharing Experiences and Technologies on Household Water Treatment and
Storage on February 27–28. A policy brief on Household Water Treatment and Storage was prepared and a
HWTS Network, India, is being established as an outcome of this workshop.

Annual gender sensitization training

The Gender Committee conducted a workshop for the Sehgal Foundation team in Nuh on Feb 18 where
invited gender experts discussed the Policy against sexual harassment and gender stereotypes.

Sharing rural development interventions and learning

Sehgal Foundation COO, Anjali Makhija, and Pooja O. Murada, principal
lead, Outreach for Development, took part in engaging discussions and
sharing sessions with the students and donor community in the US from
February 28–March 10. Key events included a talk on women's
empowerment and economic development in rural India on March 2 at St.
Catherine’s University, Minnesota Center for Diversity in Economics;
meeting with Des Moines and Minnesota chapter members, and Transform
Lives one school at a time event in Florida on March 7.

Jal Shakti Award

2nd National Water Award for Best NGO in Water Conservation (third
prize) by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India.

COVID-19 Response

The onset of 2020 has brought an unexpected and unprecedented healthcare situation with the
pandemic, the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Recognizing challenges due to this continued crisis situation,
the Sehgal Foundation team remains committed to spreading awareness and ensuring safety of our
employees, community, and all other partners and associates. We wish for you and your family to remain
safe during this time.

A big thanks to our partners and supporters!

Note: Data as of June, 2020

OUR PARTNERS ADD VALUE

Sehgal Foundation engages in strategic partnerships to build strong synergies that help make a greater
impact in the lives of rural people, partnering with corporates, government bodies, nonprofits, academia,
multilateral organizations, communities, and individuals to help expand the reach and scale of sustainable
initiatives.

WE THANK OUR INDIVIDUAL PARTNERS

Platinum Partners ($50,000 +) Sreejit Ankarath
Wilfriede Van Assche
Arun K Maheshwari and Vijaylakshmi Maheshwari Aseem Asthana
Shankaran Nair, Vyoma Nair and Aditi Nair Vidyasree Atluri
Suri Sehgal and Edda Sehgal Swapna Aurora and Shashank Aurora
Rajat Jay Sehgal and Veena Sehgal Reshma Badiani
Lee Ann Bakros
Gold Partners ($5,000 - $50,000) Parita Balwani
Kiranmayee Banda
Narayan H. Amarnani Kiran Bandi
Richard H Anderson and Susan K Anderson Arati Barve
Frank W Babka Vishalakshmi Batchu
Ram Chatrath and Padma Chatrath Nicholas Battles
The Dixit Family (Vijay and Rekha Dixit) Anitha Benoy
Razak Dosani James and Susen Berg
ERM Group Foundation Rachel Berks
Ram Gada Bharath Radhakrishna and Shirley R Bharath
Curtis G Gage and Janet M Gage Usha Bhaskar
Guru Krupa Foundation Parul Bhaskar
Ramiah and Lakshmi Krishnan Paul Bishop
Subhash and Seema Kshetrapal Deepthi Bollineni, MDPA
Bharti Lalla Allyse Boyd
Jan Leemans Allen Bradley
Arun Penukonda and Sarada Penukonda Radhakrishna Brahmarouthu and Praveen
Pravin Tandlay Brahmarouthu
Steven J. Callistein
Silver Partners (upto $5,000) Rajeswara Chalamalasetti
V Rao Chalasani and Purna Chalasani
Mary Abbott Jalaj and Nidhi Chandna
Shibu Abraham Padma Chatrath
Bill Margie Abraham Lori Chesser
Sanjeev and Rajshri Agarwal Babu Chimata
Arpit Aggarwal Jim Choi
Sania Ahmed Marissa Chow
Clinton E. Akerberg Hemanth Chowdary Tripuraneni
Victor Alessandra Tim Christudoss
Sharath Aluri Jotesh-Singh Chug and Anupam Chug
Viren and Rupal Amin Jeff J. or Abigail S. Chungath
Ajith Anand and Brindh Narasimhamoorthy Lisa Church

Judith A Conlin Lori Howe
Lisa Church Alice Huang
Judith A Conlin Jocelyn Huey
Clare Connor G. David Hurd and Trudy Molman Hurd Fund
Marly Cornell and Ernest Feil India Philanthropy Alliance
Jeffrey G Cory Iowa State University
Nora Crosthwaite Rajalakshmi Iyer
Dipanwita Das Ladi Jhanji
Mohan Dasari Maggie Johnson
Viji and KK Davey Family Fund Jasvinder S Kakar& Jasvin Kakar
Chand Deepak and Malini Deepak Arun Kalra and Saatchi Kalra
Dr. Richard Deming Foundation Fund Sreekanth Kamojjala
Neel Desai Mitra Kandra
Kanagasabai and Thana Devacaanthan Ravindar Kandula
Renuka R Devacaanthan Dimple Kapoor
Tej K Dhawan and Karen S. Dhawan Kemin Industries, Inc.
Vaishali Dihenia Kay Kiefer
Kanta Diwan Katherine Kijinski
Des Moines Area Community College Colleen Kinsey
Ravi Donepudi and Deepika Donepudi Alicia Kirby
Raj Eclipse Veronica Kirk
Nilam Engstrom and Roger Engstrom Paul Kirpes
Adnan Fakruddin Rajgopal Koganti and Anupama Koganti
Richard Flavell Klaus Köhler
Lisa A Fleming Eric Kohlsdorf and Brooke Kohlsdorf
Cornelia Flora Suryaprakash Kopparapu
Karen M. Pavlicin-Fragnito Suraj Kothari and Vandana Kothari
Michele Franck Akshay Kshetrapal
Michael Frankenfield Praveen Kumar
Sampath Gajula Shyamli and Ajit Kumar
Sashank Ganti and Vandana Padakala Roshan Lal and Sanosh Lal
William Garriott and Sarah Trone Garriott Maggie Laws
Karunesh Gautam Ka Yan Lee
Jason Giles Rachel Leevine
Nicole Gilg Vamsilatha Maddala
Raj Goel Suneetha Maddineni, M.D.
Ranjit Gopal Sukanya Mahajan
Manimaran Govindarasu and Kayalvizhi Manimaran Kamal Mahajan
Rebecca Greenwald BP Makkapati and Nirmala Makkapati
Darren J Grote and Patricia L. Grote Dr. Prakash Malkani and Sonia Malkani
Ankush Gulati and Elaine Gulati Sreelakshmi Mallineni
Heena Gupta Sravan Mandumula
Rajesh Gupta Pushpa Manukonda and Vijay Medithi
Ved Prakash Gupta and Chitra Lekha Gupta Daniel Marcus
Amitabh Gupta and Vandana Gambhir Amner Martinez
Atul Gupta Sri Marupudi
Rose M Hagemann Anoop and Preeti Mathur Fund
Shahid Hameed Almaz Matta
Diane Hammond Lauren McAnelly
Roger Harmon Jeanne McGovern
Natasha Hausmann Chander Mehra
Harold F. or Carol L. Hill Mary Jo Mente
Alli Hora Rewa Misra

Arun Movva and Divya Movva Niti Savani
Deepa Mowji Nitasha Savani
Sumita and Adrish Mullick Paul E Schickler
Max Murphy Jane Schukoske
Nagendra Myneni Sachin Sehgal
Murugan Nambiar Vicki Sehgal
Godan and Savithry Nambudiripad Rakesh Anand
Srinivaskumar U. Nandur and Mallika S Nandur Bernd Sehgal and Maureen Smith
Jemini Nayar and Kamala Nayar Anne Seltz
Rajeev Nayar and Manju Nayar Ashwani K Sethi
Christopher J Nelson and Anne C Nelson Larry Severidt
G. R. (Rick) Neumann and Elizabeth M. Neumann Shivani Shah
Pallavi Nigam Nipun Shah
Steven C Noah and Jane M Noah Shanti R. Shah (Vanguard Redemption Check)
Robert L Norton and Pamela Norton Sunil C Shah or Mita Sunil Shah
Daniel J. Oh and Lori L. Oh Chandrakant and Hasu Shah
Prasad and Kala Reddy Abantika P Shah
Vishalandra Pamulaparth Yogesh Shah
Nirmalendu Pandeya Saima Shahid
Bharat B. Pant Shaila Singh
Bharat Parekh Brij Sharma
Jeanette Perez Sukh Dev Sharma
Krishna Oatel Asha Shekar
Shailendra S Patel and Hemali Shalendra Patel Chander Shekar
Rajen R Patel and Rita R Patel Umesh Shetye and Shamini Shetye
Elaya Perumal Ada Shissler
Sanju Pilli The Chandran Shukla Charitable Fund
Alexis V Poduska Mark Sidel
Kavita Popat Scott Sindelar and Jocelyn Sindelar
Jini Parackal Kamaldeep Singh
P.C. Prasad and S.V. Advani Mayank Singhal
Venkat Prasad Arvind Singhal
Prathima Moorthy trust Kay D. Sinha
Sonu Puri-Hansen Rajendra Sihna and Kay D Sinha
Iowa Radiology, P.C. Site For Smiles and Smarts, Inc
Sharmila Rengarajan Somdatta
Susan and Vikram Rao Vatsal Sonecha
Manohar and Kamal Rathi Jillian Sonksen
Aravind Kannan Ravikumar Vandana Srivastava
Bhagwan and Chinti Reddy Niraj Srivastava
Nagi & Achhi Reddy Khushbu Srivastava
Resh Reshma Bindu S Sharma
Diane Rinehart Penn Staples
Steve J Roylance and Sanjita Sharma Roylance Sireesha Suryadevara
Ryan Saini Sunmukh M Swami and Vilashben S Swami
Rakshak Sarda and Babita Sarda Anirudh Tadikonda
Dr. Ranjan K Sareen and Chanchal Sareen Molly Miner Tatalovich and Joseph Tatalovich
Rajan Sareen Shanti Investment Partners (Mukesh Tayal)
Anish Savani Shelley Taylor
Rashmin Savani Rosy Thakur

Mani Tiwari Gopal Bele
Barbara Tollefson Brooke Joy Beuning
John Tone R P Chatrath
Catherine Tran Caillyn Murphy Costello
Bruce Trigg Addison Shea Cross
Giri Tummuru kathy Yvette Cuzco
John E. Utley and Frances E. Utley Breana Lynn Daoust
Madhu Vachhani Emelin Ventura Gonzalez
Hemant Varma Mukesh Gupta
Venk Veeramachaneni Arazu Mary Kian
Ravi Vemulapalli and S Rani Makkapati Eastern International Hotels Limited
Archana Verma A K Farms Pvt Ltd
Navroop Virdi Terence Mathews
Sant Virmani Kayla Marie Maatta
Geeta Vora Channa Malikarjuna
Vrajesh P Vyas and Rajal V Vyas Autumn Raye Mortenson
Sandeep Walha Erin Avonella Nelson
Tyler Walker Natash Neolia
Kristine and James West Jenna Marie Ober
Joey Whitehoue Bharat Parekh
William H. Woodward and Mary M. Woodward Ganesh Laxman Patel
Sampath Yamsani Isabel Rose Eitel Pastoor
Sivaramakrishna Yarlagadda Vani Shekhar Palli
Venkata S Yarlagadda and Kiranmai V Talasila Mohan Reddy
Jitesh Zala Natalie Rosegrogan
YourCause, LLC Trustee for Accenture LLP Victoria Diane Swelly
Mohammad Afsar Ali Katherine Anne Walters
Sydney E Anderson Morgan Cedar Weyrens-Welch
Elizabeth Jane Axberg Amanda Krystyne Williams

Financials 2019-20

In FY 2019-20, the Sehgal Foundation USA grants to S M Sehgal Foundation amounted to US$ 3,389,900
(Rs 235,170,902). S M Sehgal Foundation also received funding from other organizations amounting to US$
1,941,819 (Rs.135,883,639). To date the total grants from Sehgal Foundation, USA have been $ 30,702,133
(1,675,891,212)

These grants and other income (interest and office space rental – net of expenses for leased space) were
used for water management (23%); agricultural development (18%); rural research (6%); good rural
governance (12%); outreach for development and resource mobilization (9%); crop improvement research
(8%); Transform Lives (17%) and general administration (7%).

Abridged Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2020

Amount in '000

Particulars Current Year Current Year Prev. Year Prev. Year
Amount (Rs.) Amount (US$) Amount (Rs.) Amount (US$)
Assets
Fixed Assets 2,88,628 4,124 2,97,414 4,374
Loans and 11,781 169 11,941 176
Advances
Current Assets 2,83,940 4,056 1,86,360 2,740

Total 5,84,349 8,349 4,95,715 7,290

Liabilities 1 1 1 1
Corpus Fund 54,041 772 36,564 538
Current liabilities 5,30,308 7,576 4,59,150 6,751
General Funds 5,84,349 8,349 4,95,715 7,290

Total

Abridged Income & Expenditure Account for the Year Ending 31st March 2020
Amount in '000

Particulars Current Year Current Year Prev. Year Prev. Year

Amount (Rs.) Amount (US$) Amount (Rs.) Amount
(US$)

Income 70,416 1,006 68,218 1,003

Self Generated
Income
Rent, Interest and
other receipts

Grants 96,953 1,386 98,895 1,454
Indian Sources

International Sources 2,77,730 3,968 1,98,894 2,925

Total 4,45,099 6,360 3,66,007 5,382

Expenditure

Program 3,02,795 4,326 2,66,673 3,922

Management* 50,631 724 27,908 410

Others (Depreciation) 20,301 290 21,807 321

Total 3,73,727 5,340 3,16,388 4,653
Deficit/Surplus 71,372 1,020 49,619 729

Exchange Rate (current year) INR 70/US$
* Incuding Building Maintenance expenses for the leased space.

S M SEHGAL FOUNDATION

PROGRAM EXPENSES DURING FY 19-20

US$ 4.85 MILLION (RS. 339 MILLION)*

General Administration Good Rural Governance

Transform Lives 7% 12%

17%

23% Water Management

Crop Improvement 8%

Outreach for Development 9% 18%
& Resource Mobilization 6%
Agricultural Development
Rural Research

*Excluding building maintenance expenses for the leased space

Board of Trustees
and Council of Advisors

Founder Trustees

SURINDER (SURI) M. SEHGAL PhD, is cofounder and chairman of Board of Trustees of S M Sehgal
Foundation and Sehgal Foundation in the USA; founder and chair of Misr Hytech Seed, Egypt, Hytech
Seed, India, founder of William L. Brown Center for Economic Botany at the Missouri Botanical Garden,
St Louis, Missouri, and emeritus trustee of the Garden.

EDDA G. SEHGAL educated at Hohenstaufen Gymnasium, Goppingen, Germany; trustee of S M Sehgal
Foundation in India and Sehgal Foundation, USA; and founder, with Suri Sehgal, and board member of
Proagro Group, India, and Global Technologies Incorporated, USA (1990–1998).

Board of Trustees

BEN SEHGAL, PhD, member of the board of directors of Sehgal Foundation in the USA, and board
member of the William L. Brown Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

BHAMY SHENOY, PhD, activist with Mysore Grahakara Parishat, Pratham, and other NGOs.

GANESAN BALACHANDER, PhD, former director, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environ-
ment, Bangalore, India, and member of Consortium Board of the Consultative Group on
International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).

KAMAL BAWA, PhD, distinguished professor of biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, and
founder/president of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore, India
(www.atree.org).

RAJAT JAY SEHGAL, executive vice president of Sehgal Foundation, former managing director of Hytech
Seed India Private Limited, and former managing trustee and executive director of S M Sehgal
Foundation.

PUSHPA SUNDAR, author of Giving with a Thousand Hands; 1963 batch Indian Administrative Service
officer (resigned 1966); worked at Ford Foundation, Government of Gujarat, FICCI, and National
Foundation for India; consulted for World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Nand and Jeet Khemka
Foundation; and senior fellow of 1995 International Fellows in Philanthropy Program, Johns Hopkins
University.

SUHAS P. WANI, PhD, research program director, Asia Region, and director, ICRISAT
Development Center, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India (www.icrisat.org).

Council of Advisors

M. D. ASTHANA has held multiple former positions in the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) in Haryana
government and the Government of India; director of the Council for Social Development
(January 2001–December 2004).

JAN LEEMANS, member board of directors, Misr Hytech Seed International, Egypt; Solynta,
Wageningen, The Netherlands; and Agrosafve, Gent, Belgium; former research director of Plant Genetic
Systems, Belgium.

ANITA ROY, president, Doctor on Call Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi and winner of President’s Medal for
Meritorious Service (2005).

JANE E. SCHUKOSKE, BA, JD, LLM, higher education and development consultant based in the USA.
Former positions: executive director of US-India Educational Foundation, associate professor at
University of Baltimore School of Law, and CEO of S M Sehgal Foundation (2011–16).

GENSUKE TOKORO, professor (special appointment) at the Institute of Innovation Research of
Hitotsubashi University, Japan (2008–2014); president and CEO of NAI Inc. and Kyoto Biopharmaceuticals
Inc.; and board member of Institute for the study of Panspermia and Astroeconomics.

NEELIMA KHETAN, is a visiting fellow, Brookings India; former Group CSR head, Vedanta Group; VP
of CSR at Hindustan Zinc; director, CSR and Sustainability, Coca-Cola India and South West Asia; India
Country director, American India Foundation; CEO, Seva Mandir; acting director, Institute of
Rural Management, Anand (IRMA); and recipient, Lakshmipat Singhania-IIM Lucknow National Leadership
Award and Maharana Mewar Award.

RAMAN K. SEHGAL, MBA, managing director and a member of the Board of Directors of Misr Hytech
Seed International, Egypt; and a member of the Board of Directors of Hytech Seed, India.

S. K. VASAL, PhD, advisor; plant breeder and geneticist from CIMMYT, World Food Prize laureate, and
recipient of Dr. M. S. Swaminathan Award for Leadership in Agriculture.

VYOMA NAIR is executive board adviser to Nucleus, is an expert on international expansion who
developed an integrated “one-stop shopping” service model covering multi-country HR, legal, accounting,
tax, and compliance services for smaller US tech companies seeking international expansion. She worked
with Redback Networks, RedHat Software, and Theorem Clinical Research.

Team

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Amba Mukherjee, MA, senior research associate, Research Monitoring and Evaluation
Anjali Godyal, PGDip, chief development officer
Anjali Makhija, MA, chief operating officer
Ankit Ojha, MA, assistant program lead, Good Rural Governance, Allahabad
Anvesha Ranjan, MSc, assistant manager, Partnerships
Aparajeeta Vaibhav, MSc, assistant program leader, Water Research & Training
Arti Manchanda Grover, MA, program lead, Outreach for Development
Chander Shekhar, MBA, senior manager, Finance & Accounts
Chander Shekhar Mehra, MA, senior research associate, Development Research and Extension
Debika Goswami, MA, program lead, Good Rural Governance
Devika Batra, PGDip, manager, Partnerships
Ellora Mubashir, PhD, communications specialist, Partnerships
G P Shravan Kumar, assistant manager, Accounts and Administration, Hyderabad
Gurpreet Singh, MBA, accountant
Hari Bhagwan Sharma, PhD, assistant manager, MIS
Harmanjeet Singh, PG Dip, manager, Partnerships
Jagdish Prasad, BA, manager, Administration
Lalit Mohan Sharma, MTech, principal scientist, Water Research & Training
Manoj Sharma, MBA, manager, Information Technology
Meenakshi Mrinalini, PGDip, manager, Human Resources
N P Singh, MSc, program lead, Agriculture Development
Navneet Narwal, MA, associate lead, Transform Lives, one school at a time
Neema Joshi, MSc, manager, Partnerships
Niti Saxena, MSc, principal scientist, Development Research and Extension
Pankaj Gaur, MBA, manager, external reports and indirect taxes
Pawan Kumar, MSc, principal lead, Agriculture Development
Pooja O Murada, MA, principal lead, Outreach for Development
Pradeep K Mehta, PhD, principal scientist, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation
Purva Jain, PhD, research associate, Development Research and Extension
Rahul Kumar, MA, program lead, Good Rural Governance, Bihar
Ramesh Kapahi, PGDip, chief financial officer
Rashi Gupta, Msc, manager, Partnerships
Richa Saxena, MSc, senior research associate, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation
Salahuddin Saiphy, MSc, principal lead, Water Management
Sam Kapoor, MS, manager, Partnerships
Saurabh Sood, MA, social scientist, Development Research and Extension
Saurabh Srivastava, PGDip, program lead, Good Rural Governance
Siprian Kiro, MBA, assistant program lead, Outreach for Development
Shalinder Singh, BSc, manager, MIS
Shailesh Pant, BSc, program lead, Agriculture Development
Sonia Chopra, MA, program lead, Outreach for Development
Subhransu Kumar Bebarta, PGDip, manager, Partnerships
Susmita Guru, MPhil, senior social scientist, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation
Vikas Jha, PGDip, PhD, principal lead, Good Rural Governance
Vishnu B. Khedkar, ME (Agri Engg), program lead, Good Rural Governance, Maharashtra
Vrindaa Sharma, MA, Assistant Manager, MIS

CONSULTANTS

Marly Cornell, M D Gupta

SUPPORT TEAM (Gurugram)

Ram Bahadur, Kuldeep Chand, Arvind Kumar, Jitender Kumar, Ram Krishan, Laxman, Arjun Singh,
Shoorveer Singh, and Surender Singh

CROP IMPROVEMENT (Hyderabad)

Gayatri Sahoo, scientist, Crop Improvement

FIELD TEAMS

Sehgal Foundation field teams work in the districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Mahendergarh,
Palwal, Rewari, Rohtak and Kurukshetra, Haryana; Alwar, Barmer, Jodhpur, Pali and Karauli, Rajasthan;
Kolar district in Karnataka; Medchal-Malkajgiri, Medak, Siddipet districts in Telengana; Anantapur district
in Andhra Pradesh; district Aurangabad in Maharashtra; Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab; and districts of
Darbhanga, East Champaran, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Vaishali, Bihar.

FIELD OFFICE BIHAR
Community Radio Station and Training Samastipur
Center, Village Ghaghas, Nagina Block C/O Mr Gunendra Prasad
District Nuh, Haryana 122108 Sinha Ward No. 10
PROJECT OFFICES Near Dharampur High School
HARYANA Post Dharampur Block
Nuh Samastipur Samastipur, Bihar 848101
First Floor Yahuda Building Ward No. 8 Muzaffarpur
Behind Bijli Ghar C/O Mr Shiv Chandra Brahmarsi Nagar,
Near Maruti Apra Service Centre B B Ganj
District Nuh, Haryana In front of Sewa Sadan
Tauru Muzaffarpur, Bihar 842001
Village Goela KARNATAKA
Post - Tauru Tehsil Kolar
Tauru District Nuh, Haryana #149, 0 Padmanabaiah Complex
Ferozepur Jhirka Kavalugiriyanhalli Village
C/O Mr Atul Tekal Hobali
G44 Ferozepur Jhirka, Post office: Malur Taluk Kolar,
District Nuh, Haryana Karnataka 563137
Mahendragarh Chikkaballapur
C/O Ms Sulochana Yadav C/O Smt R N Padmavathi
Ground Floor Plot No 402, Sector 1 Charakamattanahalli Village
Narnaul, Haryana Thondebhavi Hobali Gowribidanur
RAJASTHAN Taluk Chikkaballapur,
Alwar Karnataka
Mohalla Kala Kuan ANDHRA PRADESH
Near Saini Dharmshala Anantpur
Kanaha Tower Main Road, C/O Mr D A Venkata Ramana
Alwar, Rajasthan 301001 2-65, Brahmin Veedi Street,
Barmer Chilamathur
C/o Smt. Gauri Devi Anantapuram, Andhra Pradesh 515341
Street No 1 UTTAR PRADESH
Near Tarun Public School Pragyaraj
Mansooriye Colony Shankar Lal Khushwaha
NH 68, Barmer 344001 Tenduavan Pargana
Tehsil Karchana
Pragyaraj

TELANGANA MAHARASHTRA
Ravalkole
Sy. No. 361 & 362, Ravalkole, Med- Aurangabad
chal District, Mrs. Bhagirathi Chagan Bidwe
Telangana 501 401 Plot No. 124, Vir Sawarkar Nagar
CROP IMPROVEMENT CIDCO Colony, N-5 South
RESEARCH Aurangabad 431003
Building 303, Room # 9-13, ICRISAT,
Patancheru, Aurangabad
Hyderabad, Telangana 502 324, Shaikh Nawab Munshi
India House No 2086, Ajintha Road Phulambri
Tel: +91-40-3071 3312, Fax: +91-40- Aurangabad 431111
3071 3044/75



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