About Rural Future Foundation
Established in 2020 as a not-for-profit organization registered as a trust with focus of empowering India. It envisioned providing technology and information-based innovative solutions for strengthening the challenges that affect the underserved and underprivileged population in Education, Health, Environment, and Livelihood.
Vision
To provide an impactful solution for improving the quality of life.
Mission
Provide need based best practices to create a replicable model of sustainable development for underserved population.
Our Current Geography
Rural Future Foundation work encapsulate section of Rural Bihar & Jharkhand and currently focusing on Bhagalpur & Godda District respectively.
Our Focus
Health
India is facing an epidemiological transition with both non-communicable and communicable diseases as the leading causes of death. Development wouldn’t be possible without a healthy society
Seventy percent of India lives in the villages (700 million people) and the importance of educating and delivery of healthcare to this large base of India in its resource-poor settings becomes an urgent and viable issue.
Our Approach To The Solution:
- To improve general awareness about non-communicable diseases, communicable disease and mental health, its risk factors
- To promote preventative care, patient education, healthy lifestyles are lacking.
- To conduct screening for the early detection of diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease risk.
Education
Technical Skills will be central to development and a powerful instrument to reduce poverty and inequality. Providing access to technical education, particularly for people from underprivileged backgrounds will be key for good governance and economic development.
Our Approach To The Solution:
- To provide employment and entrepreneurship-linked skills training
- To provide technical skills to high school/undergraduate students
- Digital literacy for elders and uneducated to introducing in the online world
- Setup library to promote reading habits
Environment
Air pollution, plastic use, and waste segregation are major environmental issues in India, each deeply interconnected and posing serious challenges to public health, sustainability, and urban development.
Our Approach To The Solution:
- Generate mass awareness about the harmful impacts of environmental issues.
- Behavioral change for air pollution, plastic use, and waste segregation
- Plantation Drive to increase green cover
Livelihood
Agriculture provides low-income livelihood to 50% of the population in our country. Agriculture and its associate work can be central to building an economical sustainable society.
With more than half the country’s populations’ direct dependence on this sector, we believe that there is a need to bring prototype shift towards agriculture and its numerous tangible and intangible benefits.
Our Approach To The Solution:
- Capacity Building of farmers with modern agriculture practices / organic farming techniques with integrated natural resource management
- Formation and Capacity Building of Self-help Groups to promote self-employment through handicraft and food products.
Our Thematic Approach
Trustees & Team
Dr. Suchit Khetarpal, MDS, BDS
Trustee
Mr. Gaurav Bhalla
Trustee
Dr. Amit Nair, PhD
Trustee
Mr. Amit Arora
Trustee
Mr. Ganesh Bhatt
Trustee
Mrs. Jayshree Jha
Trustee
Mr. Rajive Acharya
Honorary Advisor
Mr. Anuj Patel
Program Coordinator
Trustee
Dr. Suchit Khetarpal is a seasoned dental professional based in Delhi, India, with over 17 years of experience in the field of dentistry. He holds a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree from Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College & Hospital, Pune (2008), and a Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) from Kothiwal Dental College Research Centre (2011).
Trustee
A young and dynamic Entrepreneur (Founder & Director Brand Honchos) working with a Vision to Empower Brand India with over one decade of expertise as a thought leader consultant on CSR, ESG & Investment Marketing. MBA from one of the Leading Institute of the country with International Exposure in Planning & Entrepreneurship, A firm believer of Great Passion can defy destiny as no goal is too big to achieve if you make something the purpose of your existence.
Trustee
Dr. Amit Nair is Trustee of Rural Future Foundation (RFF). Dr. Nair will serve as Chair of the Board of Trustees, presiding over meetings of the Board and other Board activities, including program planning, policy-setting and strategy. Dr. Nair brings his considerable skills to Organisation, along with his research associations and advisory roles to many international development agencies such as World Bank, Water Aid, UNICEF, UN-OPS, TAHAL Engineering Consultants Israel, EAWAG (SANDEC) Switzerland, Development Alternatives, DFID, IAEA and HiVos Foundation for more than two decades.
Dr. Nair received a B.Sc (Hon), M.Sc and PhD on pesticide behaviour & monitoring – radiolabel from University of Delhi as well as Post-doctoral work from University of Delhi. He has published 12 publications from 1989-2011: 3-WSP,WB & 8 reprints in reputed American, British and European journals, a chapter in Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences and a book. A manual for Water Safety Plan, WSP-SA, Review International paper, 2015. He has been also awarded a fellowship by National Educational Test at Master’s Level from UGC, Delhi.
Trustee
Mr. Amit Arora is Trustee of Rural Future Foundation (RFF) and serves on its board to provide valuable advice and direction for organizations activities. Mr. Arora have more than seventeen years of experience in areas of Program Management, Strategic planning, developing partnership, Monitoring and Evaluation, Capacity Building, ICT and Project Management. He has worked as a Strategic Advisor to many public institutions in African Countries and international organizations within Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire, India, Laos, Iraq, Maldives, Cambodia, Mongolia and Nepal. He has experience in working with various donors like AFDB, ADB, USAID, UNDP, SIDA, GIZ, BTC, World Bank, UNICEF and EU.
Mr. Arora holds Master’s degree in Population Science, Information Technology and Management with professional certifications in the areas of Project Management (Prince2), Service management (ITIL), Team building skills and Monitoring and Evaluation from University of Canada. He is currently serving as Head Project Management Support Unit, UNDP, South Sudan.
Trustee
Mr. Ganesh Bhatt is Trustee of Rural Future Foundation (RFF). Mr. Bhatt holds a Master degree in Social Work with specialization in Health and Community Development.
During a career span of 20 years, he was associated with M J P Rohilkhand University, Bareilly Uttar Pradesh as an Assistant Professor for students of Master of Social Work, He has also carried the responsibility of Project Manager in various prominent NGOs simultaneously.
Mr. Bhatt is currently associated with FCDHC INDIA as a Chief Program and Sustainability Officer. He has been appearing as a guest and an expert in various national-level events on the programmes related to the social issues. He has also written articles and book reviews on social issues.
Trustee
Mrs. Jayashree Jha is trustee of Rural Future Foundation (RFF). She holds a Bachelor degree in Economics. She has worked with many corporates such as Lexis Nexis, Crederity Info Services , ICICI Lombard. Currently, she is focusing on how to overcome the economic obstacles in rural setting through women empowerment.
Honorary Advisor
Program Coordinator