We have a comprehensive program and give grants towards projects, events, promotions, publications, research & fellowship, registration fee & travel, scholarship, gifts and other general requirements.
Our motto is quite simple really. No individual or institutional efforts for preserving, promoting and protecting our indigenous knowledge systems should suffer for want of funds. If we are unable to make a meaningful contribution to a particular cause, we try and make sure that at least some part of the funds needed is provided as a seed contribution, for the grantee to then showcase our contribution and raise the money required from other donors. We have noticed that an imprimatur of our involvement often acts as the necessary credibility check and facilitates the grantees in raising money from others.
Broadly speaking the expenditure incurred by us can be classified into four categories.
Expenditure incurred on :
1) Salaries, retainers, fellowships, technology, equipment, travel, subscriptions and other general expenses for carrying on our primary objective of research, courses, publications, events etc.
2) Special projects undertaken by our Centers and Platforms,
3) Grant schemes we announce from time to time
4) Grants given based on third party proposals we receive from time to time.
In this report we only deal with items 2, 3 and 4. We are classifying this expenditure under the head Indica Renaissance Fund with an eventual goal to establish a separate structure for the same. The statement below is not to be construed as the annual accounts of our registered entities in India and the US and is only meant for showcasing some of the causes we support from time to time.
The Annual Report for the year 20-21 is given below :
S No | Particulars | Nature of the Grant | Amount (Rs.) | Remarks |
1 | Apastamba grhyasutra Commentary | Project | 40,000 | Editing Work by Vishvas Vasuki |
2 | Become CSR Ready Grant Scheme | Project | 2,00,000 | International Chandramauli Charitable Trust |
3 | Kutty Kahani ebook- | Project | 2,00,000 | Shankarananda Kalakshetra |
5 | Source Book on Vrikshayirveda: | Project | 1,05,000 | Centre for Indic Knowledge Systems (CIKS) |
6 | Network of Indian Cultural Enterprises (NICE) | Project | 16,78,684 | Setup Grant |
7 | Vaidika Bharati Global Foundation | Project | 6,00,000 | Mohit Bharadwaj towards establishing Veda Pathshala & organizing Vakhyartha sadas |
8 | Ayurveda Film | Films | 10,25,246 | Film by Raadha Kalpa Dance Company |
9 | International Yoga Day | Films | 4,06,447 | Film by Raadha Kalpa Dance Company |
10 | India’s Gift to the World & Demystifying the Aghora | Films | 6,00,000 | Grants to Documentary films by Prachyam. Disbursed 1,20,000 |
11 | Pururava | Films | 1,00,000 | Film by Sarasrija Theatres |
12 | India Facts | Publishing | 11,13,577 | Towards the cost of a digital magazine edited by Prof Ramesh Rao |
13 | Notion Press | Publishing | 11,50,000 | Grant to 250 Authors |
14 | Tattvaloka | Publishing | 1,00,000 | Grant for ‘Gems of Shankara’- Book by Prof. V Krishnamurthy |
15 | MyInd Book Publications | Publishing | 10,000 | Yearbook |
16 | Samata Books | Publishing | 75,000 | Republication of Adishankaracharya’s commentaries |
17 | Youtubers | Publishing | 6,00,000 | Grants given to 10 Content Creators |
18 | Zoom | Publishing | 4,77,506 | Subsrciptions given to Scholars & Institutions |
19 | Live Stream | Publishing | 1,21,120 | Subscriptions given to Sages |
20 | www.Masterclass.com | Scholarship | 77,750 | Gift of 10 Writing Master Class Subsricptions |
21 | The Himalayan Writing Retreat | Scholarship | 13,65,150 | Registration Grants to 99 Authors for attending Writing Workshops |
22 | Tenali Exams | Scholarship | 5,00,000 | Annual Scholarship to 49 students of Shastras |
23 | Hindu University of America | Scholarship | 75,000 | Scholarship to 5 students for Orientation to Hindu Studies Course |
24 | All India Oriental Conference – Centenary Celebrations | Events | 1,00,000 | Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University |
25 | Ashtavadhanam Program | Events | 30,000 | Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth |
26 | Dnyanvruda Foundation | Events | 50,000 | Covid Relief to Vedapandits |
27 | Adi Sankara Digvijaya Yatra 2021 | Events | 2,00,000 | Saptarishi Charitable Trust |
28 | National Integration, Rural Development & Youth Welfare Seminar at Pondicherry- 2021 | Events | 25,000 | Swami Vivekananda Rural Community college |
29 | Aparkarma Anthyesti Vichara Gosthi | Events | 25,000 | Sri Krishna Kalyanamanthap Hubli |
30 | Chennai Lit Fest | Events | 50,000 | Indoi Analytics for Bharat |
31 | Kala Drishti | Events | 50,000 | Talk Series at 11th Naada Bindu Festival (NBF) |
32 | Samskrita Bharati Telangana | Events | 10,000 | Samskrit Teaching Camps |
33 | Late. Shivaramachari | Covid Relief | 1,85,000 | Studio Rent paid to Khadi Gramodyog Maha Vidyalaya |
34 | Dnyanvruda Foundation | Covid Relief | 50,000 | Covid Relief to Vedapandits |
35 | Nimmetikam | Promotion | 1,00,000 | Towards meeting the campaign costs |
36 | Hindu Charter Trust | Promotion | 2,00,000 | To promote awareness on establishing shadow temple trusts |
37 | Books | Promotion | 11,51,850 | Books by various authors sent to influencers/reviewers |
38 | Shaktitiva Foundation | General | 3,75,000 | Neha Srivastav for Outreach,Advocacy & Research |
39 | SRV Associations, USA | General | 6,00,000 | Annual Grant for teaching Vedanta |
40 | S.N.Balagangadhara | Research | 12,00,000 | Legacy Partnership Grant |
41 | Michel Danino | Research | 12,00,000 | Legacy Partnership Grant. Disbursed 2,00,000 |