History in the Making

IF BEGGING IS A PROBLEM…

As per the data tabled in Parliament in March 2019, India has 4.13 lakh beggars. In July 2021, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India refused to ban begging and observed that : "No person would like to beg unless he or she is forced to do so because of poverty. It's a socio-economic problem."

Begging is not only a by-product of extreme poverty but also of social helplessness, the unavailability of work, and a lack of work culture or attitude toward work. On the other hand, it results in vast idle manpower, child trafficking rackets, child beggars, crime, and prostitution. India has failed to solve this problem in long 75 years since independence.

.. BEGGARS CORPORATION IS THE SOLUTION.

Charity breeds poverty and fails to create responsibility. Thousands of welfare schemes/ projects/ programs by the central and state governments and non-governmental organizations (NGO) have failed to solve this problem.

Our solution model has two distinct features:

1. Making beggars confident and capable of being entrepreneurs and handholding them till they become self-sufficient.

2. Converting Donations into Social Investments and Impactful Purchases.

The traditional solutions so far are based on the principles of Sympathy and Charity. The Social Welfare, Social Justice, and Empowerment departments of the central and state governments work on this charity model, and they involve NGOs or non-profit organizations in its implementation. In contrast to it, our For-Profit company model tries to make the Beggars both Creators and Owners of Wealth.

OUR FOUNDER

CHANDRA MISHRA :

Known for his term Employonomics, Chandra has been working on a result-oriented National Employment Policy since 2017. He argues that human resource-based economic planning is the permanent answer to the problems of unemployment and income inequality. He believes that the Beggars Corporation can be an eye-opener for this purpose because, if beggars can be entrepreneurs, nobody can be unemployed.

In 2005, Chandra helped the Government of Odisha launch the High Power State Employment Mission under the chairmanship of Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik and served as its Steering Committee Member. After that, he worked in various states like Karnataka, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, and Delhi on this issue and interacted with top policymakers in the country, including BJP National Organising Secretary Shri BL Santhosh (2021), Bihar Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar (2018), key leader in the then UPA Government Shri Rahul Gandhi (2010), and Gujarat Government under the then Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi (2012).

Starting his career as a journalist, Chandra pioneered Citizen Journalism in 1995 as Editor of a vernacular daily AROMV in Bhubaneswar, which was widely covered by national and international media. Besides empowering readers as journalists, his newspaper selected an ordinary person daily as the People's Editor and reproduced his or her voice on relevant public issues as the People's Editorial of the Day.

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CO-FOUNDER

BADRINATH MISHRA :

One of the forward-looking marketing strategists with 15+ years of productive experience, Badri responds to new ideas with "Why Not" instead of the stereotype "Why". With 15+ years of productive experience in senior positions like Vice President, Business Strategy, Vestige; Assistant Director, Snapdeal; and Head of Procurement, Fabindia, Badri is currently Vice President of the game-changer ONDC (Open Network for Digital Commerce) in Delhi. Along with the Head for Profit, Badri has a Heart for Social Impact, which beats for the poorest and the beggars.
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CONVENER

Dr. Parth Chopra :

Trained to treat diseases, Dr. Parth Chopra also has an inclination to treat the diseases of society. A true Indian serving as a doctor with the Government of Germany, Parth's heart lies in India and its people living at the Bottom of the Pyramid. In April 2023, Parth volunteered to join Beggars' Corporation as a Social Investor and Mentor to the Beggar-Turned-Entrepreneurs. He heads the national and global network of Citizens for Begging Free India as its Convener.
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Investor Director - Outreach

Er. Gayathri Bai Ravindher Singh :

An engineer by education, a devoted mother by emotion, and a social changemaker by passion, Er Gayathribai understands responsibilities better—both personal and social. Coming from a prominent family in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, and being the better half of a banker, Mr. Premnath R, she knows how to balance both Profit and Purpose. Moved by our call "Don't Donate, Invest," she and her banker husband volunteered to invest in Beggars Corporation. A director on our board, she handles the outreach program as Co-Convener of Citizens for Begging Free India.
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Co-founder and Director - Operations

DEVENDRA THAPA :

A trained hotel management professional, Dev worked with leading hotel chains like Radisson Blu in Delhi, NCR, and Ramada Plaza in Varanasi. Dev was the first one to believe in the vision of Beggars Corporation, quit his job, and walk hand in hand through the lanes of Varanasi when people were taking it as a bad joke. Volunteers are the backbone of the Beggars Corporation. Multi-tasking Dev connects with the beggars at the ghats, works with the volunteers, and manages the day-to-day activities of the Beggars Corporation.
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