About Us
About Mudita
Mudita
Derived from the Sanskrit work Mudita meaning pure joy unadulterated by self interest, Mudita– An Alliance for Giving aims to connect donors with NGOs of their chosen cause.
Started by Ripple Mirchandani and Katya Balasubramanian, Mudita is envisioned to be a conduit for transparent & strategic giving. Working across several causes ourselves, we found NGOs and social groups always seem to be looking for donations while many philanthropically minded people often are just not sure how best to make the impact they wish to.
Vision
To be the preferred partner for strategic/ purposeful giving.
Mission
To channelise social and ethical intentions of an individual/organisation in a manner so as to enable economic development & improvement in the quality of life of a community as well as the society at large.
Vision
To be the preferred partner for strategic/ purposeful giving.
Mission
To channelise social and ethical intentions of an individual/organisation in a manner so as to enable economic development & improvement in the quality of life of a community as well as the society at large.
To channelise social and ethical intentions of an individual/organisation in a manner so as to enable economic development & improvement in the quality of life of a community as well as the society at large.
Meet Our Team
Ripple Mirchandani
Founder trustee Ripple Mirchandani is a Chartered Accountant and an experienced professional well-versed in the Corporate Eco system and is very passionate about strategy, risk management, governance and all people related issues
Ripple began her corporate career with the Price Waterhouse Pune office, working in their Audit & Business Advisory Services division. She then was also a part of the PWC, Calgary, Canada Audit team during 2004-2006.
Once back in Pune, Ripple joined WNS Global Services as Vice President-Operations where she was managing the finance & accounting teams of more than 1000 people serving esteemed clients in the UK that included British Airways, British Gas, TUI, etc. She was responsible not just for the service levels of the teams & the client management, but also for the finance & accounting vertical as a profit centre.
Ripple is also trustee & treasurer of the Jai Hind Sindhu Educational Trust, a 65+ year old trust that provides schooling to children from the preprimary to the post graduate level and educates more than 9,000 children every year.
Ripple lives in Pune with her husband and two young girls and enjoys reading, travelling & music in her free time.
Katya Balasubramanian
Founder Trustee Katyayani Balasubramanian worked in the corporate world as a market-research professional. Starting her career with a boutique public opinion polling firm in Washington DC (USA), she then worked with The Gallup Organization in Mumbai and Idea Cellular in Pune. As a research professional, Katya has worked closely on translating survey data into real customer needs & communication.
For the past several years, Katya has been closely associated with social work & philanthropy. She has been a member & office bearer of the Poona Women’s Council where she managed Mano Vikas – a school for specially-abled students.
She was also key member of the team that wrote the first report on Philanthropy for the Indian School of Business (ISB, Hyderabad) where they interviewed the top philanthropists of India to understand their giving patterns.
Katya is an economics graduate from Fergusson College, Pune. She has 2 masters degrees, one in economics from University of Hyderabad & also a Masters in Journalism from Ohio State University, USA.
Katya lives in Pune with her husband and 2 daughters.
Katya Balasubramanian
Founder Trustee Katyayani Balasubramanian worked in the corporate world as a market research professional. Starting her career with a boutique public opinion polling firm in Washington DC (USA), she then worked with The Gallup Organization in Mumbai and Idea Cellular in Pune. As a research professional, Katya has worked closely on translating survey data into real customer needs & communication.
For the past several years, Katya has been closely associated with social work & philanthropy. She has been a member & office bearer of the Poona Women’s Council where she managed Mano Vikas – a school for specially-abled students.
She was also key member of the team that wrote the first report on Philanthropy for the Indian School of Business (ISB, Hyderabad) where they interviewed the top philanthropists of India to understand their giving patterns.
Katya is an economics graduate from Fergusson College, Pune. She has 2 masters degrees, one in economics from University of Hyderabad & also a Masters in Journalism from Ohio State University, USA.
Katya lives in Pune with her husband and 2 daughters.
Objectives Of The Trust
The area of work of the Trust shall extend to the entire Union of India and will fulfil one or more of the following objectives.
Objectives of Mudita – An Alliance for Giving
(a) To undertake and carry out various charitable, educational and socio-economic programs for the upliftment of the downtrodden of the society, including women, children, senior citizens, etc.
(b) To establish, maintain and promote institutions and establishments of all kinds that would be the centres for promotion of the objects of the trusts and undertake cultural activities, e, establish community halls, libraries, training centres, etc.
(c) To establish and/or take over schools, fellowship colleges and/or other institutions for promoting various activities in the field of education for the downtrodden or otherwise.
(d) To give scholarship, provide loans and assist students for any primary and higher education in India or abroad.
(e) To help poor and needy people in every respect so as to uplift their lives, by providing them medical relief, educational help, housing facilities, legal aid etc. in addition to counselling, set up orphanages, widow old age homes, provide help to destitute, mentally / physically, psychologically handicapped.
(f) To take all possible steps to provide aid at the time of natural calamity or otherwise such as flood, earthquakes reliefs, riots etc.
(i) To give or arrange for free advice to couples and provide them marital counselling or legal aid.
(g) To provide employment to the underprivileged sections of Indian society.