ABOUT US
Fauji Foundation of India is a Section 8, non-profit company
registered under Indian Companies Act in June 2018. We are here to carry out
welfare activities for widows of soldiers, their dependents and disabled
soldiers primarily in non-govermnental realm.
In India there are 30 Lakh Ex-Servicemen (ESM), with an average of
four dependents per ESM it combines to a strength to 1.20 Crore. Plus many
Jawans, JCOs and officers retiring every year add to the pool. Thus, there exists
a vast pool of trained, disciplined and motivated section of retired Armed
Forces personnel (Faujis) in India untapped so far for constructive nation
building. For the last 72 years in India we do not have any not-for-profit
organisation to work for the cause of Faujis at national level with a visionary
charter to carry out welfare and growth activities for retired Armed Forces
Personnel and their dependents.
Capt Prasoon Kumar (Publisher) and Maj Maroof Raza (Editor), both
Indian Army veterans have been running this magazine called ‘Fauji India’ since
Aug 2014. They realised during course of their meetings and discussions with
Faujis and Corporates to extend the scope of the magazine to a non-profit
foundation to harness CSR initiatives of corporates. During their engagement
with Faujis they found keen interest to participate once such a platform is in
place. This made them to understand that public participation is possible and
the time is opportune to form a non-profit platform for the welfare of Faujis
of India in sync with the outlined mandate.
In background of this, it infers that the ‘Fauji India’ magazine
has created a sound platform to rally like-minded Faujis together to create
such a Foundation and carry out non-profit welfare activities for the Armed
Forces fraternity.
Disclaimer: In
no way we are modelled on the lines of Fauji Foundation (Pakistan), which is
controlled by their serving army personnel and is a corrupt organisation.
Unlike them we are not under any govt perview or controlled by serving
personnel of the Indian Armed Forces. We are here to fill the gap for welfare
measures not being done by our govt or not under their ambit. We are a
committed and ethical group of military veterans to carry out serious work.
TEAM
PATRONS: Air Chief
Marshal PV Naik, AVSM, PVSM (Retd) | Wg Cdr Rakesh Sharma (Retd)
MENTOR: Lt Gen Ata Syed Hasnain (Retd) |
ADVISORS: Maroof Raza, Veteran,
Col Dharmendra Singh (Retd), Cdr GJ Singh (Retd),
Maj DP Singh, Veteran | Maj Navdeep Singh (Retd) | Col Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Col SK Suri, MD
(Retd)
CEO: Capt Prasoon Kumar, Veteran
Executive Committee Members: Lt Gen Ata Syed Hasnain (Retd), Maroof Raza, Veteran,
Col Dharmendra Singh (Retd), Maj DP Singh, Veteran and Capt Prasoon Kumar,
Veteran
VISION & MISSION
Vision – To become a leading non-profit platform of ‘Faujis’
synergising vast latent energy of ESMs (Veterans) to carry out welfare and
nation building initiatives for the Armed Forces of India in non-government
realm.
Mission – Build the Foundation into a robust organisation
spearheading welfare of Veer Naris and their children, Disabled Soldiers,
critical medical assistance to needy Jawans and families; employment generation,
revenue generation initiatives for the foundation, motivation of youth;
identify, mentor and nurture youth leaders, measures to boost image of Armed
Forces, media initiatives to bolster image of Faujis and become a collective
potent force of ‘Faujis’ of India.
OBJECTIVES
The non-profit welfare purposes for which the foundation is
organised is to promote:
· Financial assistance for advanced medical treatment to needy critical
patients of retired Jawans, disabled soldiers and veer-naris in close
cooperation with ECHS scheme.
· Assist in fighting legal cases for pension related issues for
veer-naris, disabled Jawans and needy Armed Forces personnel.
· Skill-development, placement and medical assistance/artificial
limbs for war disabled Jawans.
· Financial assistance by way scholarship to children of martyrs in
higher education.
· Raise funds by membership drive, corporate donations, and charity
dinners/event and sponsored Marathon Runs all over the country.
· Organise boot-camps in youth concentrated areas to motivate them
to join Armed Forces.
· Carry on revenue generation activities by way of publications,
sponsored youth-personality contests, manufacturing and service related
activities.
· Organise seminars and conclaves for debating welfare related policy
changes for Armed Forces personnel.
· Coordinate actions with Ministry of Defence for Jawan’s welfare
and pension related anomalies.
· In future build speciality hospitals, college/university and
Homeland Security Training Institute.
CORPORATE CSR PROGRAMS
1. Provide financial assistance to widows of soldiers where
pension is denied or under legal cases.
2. Provide financial assistance to meritorious children of
martyred and disabled soldiers for higher education.
3. Provide financial assistance for medical treatment of critical
care of illness/surgery of veterans.
4. Provide skill-training to released Jawans and JCOs and assist
in their placement in Civvy Street.
5. Provide financial aid for eqpt to disabled soldiers like:
Wheelchair, artificial limbs and Blade to aspring sportsmen.
DONATION
The Foundation runs on voluntary donations from individuals of
civil society, armed forces fraternity, corporates and trusts. We are not
supported by the government or any other agency of the state. Since the Foundation
is in a nascent stage, donations are utmost important to build a corpus fund to
carry out our objectives.
WE REQUEST TO DONATE GENEROUSLY AT
THE FOLLOWING BANK DETAILS:
*FAUJI FOUNDATION OF INDIA*
Bank Name – AXIS Bank, Powai, Mumbai - 400076
Our Savings A/c No – 918 010 071 113 608
RTGS/NEFT/IFSC Code – UTIB0000246
(Note: At present we do not have 80G certificate of Income Tax as
we are new, we should be applying for the same after some welfare activites are
carried out by us)
CONTACT US
FAUJI FOUNDATION OF INDIA
205, Bldg No 6, Sector 3, Millennium Business Park, MIDC
Mahape, Thane Belapur Road, NAVI MUMBAI 400709
Tel: +91 9820001918, +91 9819613974
Email:
faujimagazine@gmail.com, faujifoundationofindia@gmail.com
