Who We Are
Brigade Foundation is a Not-For-Profit Trust, registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act on July 13, 2003. The trust enjoys recognition under 80G of the IT Act, of 1961. The Trust promotes and sustains Education, Health, and Community Development.
Brigade Foundation actively seeks partnerships with individuals, organisations, and groups sharing similar values, concerns, and interests in public good and social benefits.
The Managing Trustees monitor the day-to-day activities of the Trust.
Education
Brigade Foundation has established three schools in J.P. Nagar, Whitefield, and Malleswaram, demonstrating their commitment to education.
Additionally, the Foundation donates funds for infrastructure and facilities in government schools. It helps improve the learning environment and ensures students in these schools have better resources. They offer scholarships and financial aid to underprivileged students.
Brigade Foundation also provides the infrastructure to ensure students can study comfortably in their environment, helping learning and development.
Overall, the Brigade Foundation’s approach to education focuses on managing its three schools and supporting the educational ecosystem in Karnataka. Their efforts are making a significant and positive impact on the lives of many individuals by empowering them through education.
Health Initiative
Health Initiative: Advancing Quality Healthcare
Brigade Foundation has partnered with St. John’s Medical College and Hospital to establish the St. John’s Health Centre at Brigade Meadows on Kanakapura Main Road.
Additionally, it has collaborated to launch a comprehensive 100-bed hospital at Brigade El Dorado project near the Bangalore International Airport. Committed to serving the underprivileged, the Foundation aims to provide accessible and quality healthcare, addressing challenges and supporting those in need.
This collaboration represents a significant step toward enhancing medical facilities and positively impacting the lives of individuals residing in North Bangalore.
Community Development & CSR: Empowering Underprivileged Youth
Brigade Foundation works with various corporates and organisations for their CSR activities. Providing amenities to the public, contributions and donations to COVID and relief funds, care for senior citizens by setting up homes, and care and concern for impoverished children and women are a few of the Trust’s initiatives.
SKILL DEVELOPMENT & VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Is part of the Foundation’s CSR portfolio.
The sole objective is to empower underprivileged youth, with special emphasis on women. Skill and vocational training initiatives, which will help young women gain employment, have been planned/initiated. The “Institute of Skill Development and Training” was built on 5 acres, allotted by the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) for this purpose.
Values
"What we instil in our children, will be the foundation upon which they build their future."
Indian children have innate intelligence, and we wanted to ensure they can draw confidence from their roots. We have to celebrate who we are, and thus the aim is to establish the right balance between instilling a connection with the country, culture, and ethos. Over the years, we have developed a student-centric approach. We try to instil values like kindness, gratitude and empathy in the students.
Passion with Compassion is our Founder, Mrs Githa Shankar’s brainchild. At school, Mrs Shankar encourages our students to passionately pursue the search for excellence, be it in academics or other activities. At the same time, she believes it is essential to realise that one's quality of life cannot improve if we don’t help others. Therefore, we instil in the students that compassion and concern for those around us, and those less fortunate must be an intrinsic part of one's character. Thus, was born 'Passion with Compassion’.
Through our Passion with Compassion Programme, our students, over the years have helped students from Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind by providing them with a school bus, toilets and braille computers. The students have also helped Jeevan Aadhar Medical Foundation and Cytecare Hospital, NGOs addressing the health of paediatric cancer patients. Adding to this, The Brigade Schools have shown their support to Samparak, a not-for-profit organisation working with migrant workers’ children and the New Ark Mission of India, an NGO working in the field of destitute care.
“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others”- Booker. T. Washington