Philanthropy can play an important role in accelerating overseas employment. It can present evidence-based research and case studies to build salience for overseas migration, fund pilots for such things as language and skills training for potential migrants, and collaborate with the government and its ministries. We are scouting for partners, while looking at supporting or incubating an entity that will maintain a long-term commitment to increasing safe and legal skill-based overseas employment.

Another exciting area for philanthropy is building India’s tourism economy. Philanthropy can present evidence of the advantages of high-value tourism and drive consensus among key stakeholders, collaborate with the government and private sector to pilot innovative financing models, support new governance frameworks for advancing tourism, and design key policy reforms that simplify tourism regulations. We are looking at incubating a new action-oriented entity to support these functions.