Kotak Education Foundation (KEF)

KEF was set up in FY2006-07 with a purpose to support children and youth from underprivileged families through different education based interventions on a sustainable basis. KEF’s interventions are designed to empower recipients and provide employable skills, which will enable them to lead a dignified life. KEF is Kotak Group’s primary vehicle to implement its CSR Programme on Education and Livelihood.KEF has been building capacities of teachers, principals, provides scholarships, mentoring, counselling etc with an ultimate goal of increasing the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs). KEF has put in place a robust management, governance and audit framework.

KSL’s CSR Programme with KEF offered educational programme in ~ 100 schools in Mumbai and also provided vocational skill training to 2,695 youth. Under initiatives such as LEAD and GURU focused on improving skills of school teachers and leadership team. Flagship programme for education UMANG, focused on improving spoken English amongst school children while EXCEL provided scholarship and support to students pursuing higher education. Other initiatives like HEALTH & NIRMAAN supported healthcare and infrastructure requirement of the schools. These programmes reached out directly and indirectly to about 1,00,000 students across these schools. The vocational skill-training programme UNNATI provided training in the field of hospitality, retail, beauty and BFSI and had given an opportunity to these youth to seek employment and empower them.

For further information, please contact:
Kotak Education Foundation
https://kotakeducation.org/
1800-121-131-141
contact@kotakeducation.org