Ritu Prakash Chhabria, Director of Finolex Industries Limited
Managing Trustee, Mukul Madhav Foundation and Director, Finolex Industries Limited
Ritu Prakash Chhabria is a renowned philanthropist and a lady with noble virtues who is based in Pune Maharashtra, India. She strives to mitigate the pain and suffering of the underprivileged by ensuring they get quality education and by providing excellent healthcare facilities for these often sidelined members of our society. Live to Give - is a lesson she learned at a young age. She kept this at the helm and over the last 22 years through Mukul Madhav Foundation (MMF), she has touched more than 800,000 people across the sectors of healthcare and education.
Mrs Chhabria has been appointed as a Director at Finolex Industries Limited and is heading their CSR initiative. In 2014 MMF became the official CSR arm of FIL. This collaboration has strengthened and increased the spectrum of MMF's work in the fields of Water Conservation, Social Welfare, and Sanitation. Finolex Industries is working in 13 verticals out of 17 from the CSR mandate. MMF is an approved charity in India and has recently been granted registration in the UK by the UK Charity Commissioner Office.
Ms Chhabria is also an advisory board member at John Hopkins Gupta Klinskey India Institute.
She has completed her Major in Economics and Minor in Marketing at Richmond College, London. Has completed her Masters in International Relations.
From the beginning, Mrs. Chhabria realized that it is a circular pathway to support the underprivileged who are in vulnerable positions. Liaising with government authorities is a challenging task yet proved to be fruitful for the Foundation. Barriers have been broken down and smooth functionalities of projects have been completed in the past years.
Mrs. Chhabria was on the Board of Trustees of Make A Wish Foundation, India 2014 to 2019 and has completed her tenure. Other than this she is a committee member of The Agri-Horticultural Society of Western India - Empress Botanical Garden. She sits on the advisory board of Pune Biennale, the Independent Ethics Committee of Symbiosis University, the Steering Committee of the Hinduja Foundation, and is elected as the Director of Hinduja Healthcare, Trustee at Bal Kalyan Sanstha, Trustee Karachi Education Society, on the board of Indian Red Cross Society, Pune, an Honorary member with the Inner Wheel Club, Pune, Managing Committee member in IMC and recently as Honorary Member, Rotary Club of Parvati and General Body Member, Society of Friends of Sassoon Hospitals (SOFOSH).
Recently she has been appointed as the nominee of Hinduja Foundation on the Board of Management of the P D Hinduja Sindhi Hospital, Bangalore, and Governing Body Member, FICCI FLO National (2021 2022). Nominated on Governing Body on GCOE, Karad.
Mrs Chhabria has collaborated with (RCPCH) Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, Concern for Mental Health (CFMH), and Healing Little Hearts, Leicester London to establish a connection to work with Mukul Madhav Foundation. A collaboration was also created with the Government Health Centre of Israel and training has been conducted in a hospital in Pune.
Both Indian and International collaboration helps the Foundation to enhance and enrich the learning of both markets. The Foundation under her able guidance has received numerous national and international accolades.
1. Prestigious Global Award organized by the Global Sindhi Council for her contribution to the field of healthcare, social welfare, and education from C Vidyasagar Rao, Governor, Maharashtra at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai.
2. Felicitated with a " Samman Patra" for the work being done in Satara, to help children with Cerebral Palsy.
3. She was presented with the " Muktai Award" for her outstanding work in the fields of Healthcare and Education at the esteemed hands of the Ex. President of India Shrimati Pratibhatai Patil.
4. She has been felicitated by Corporate Tycoons, Surya Datta Group of Institutes, and Rotary Club ET Now CSR awards for outstanding work to society.
5. ABLF (Asian Business Leadership Forum) was awarded for excellence in Philanthropy in Dubai on 6th November.
6. Indo European Business Forum - Award for Excellence in CSR at the London parliament on 19th November.
7. B G Deshmukh award for CSR initiatives of the year by MCCIA on 5th December 2019.
8. The National President (FICCI FLO DELHI) Mrs. Harjinder Kaur Talwar 2019- 2020 has awarded her and the Chapter for working towards Sustainable Development Goals for Women along with other Chapter Chairs.
9. Pride of Pune award for the contribution to the society Jan 2020
10. Punyadham Humanitarian Award for Excellence in CSR March 2020
11. Presidents Award from the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) in London awarded for her philanthropic work to the society. November 2020
12. Mukul Madhav Foundation was awarded the CSR Times Award in the Silver Category for Covid Support to the Society in December 2020
13. Lokmat recognized Mrs. Chhabria as a Women Achiever in January 2021
14. Social Entrepreneurship Award from Business World India in April 2021