{"id":33340,"date":"2023-07-11T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/staff-member\/vidya-shah\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T16:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T15:21:07","slug":"vidya-shah","status":"publish","type":"staff_member","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/staff-member\/vidya-shah\/","title":{"rendered":"Vidya Shah (India)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"staff-member-header-banner-block\">\n\t<div class=\"columns is-mobile is-multiline\">\n\t\t<div class=\"column is-7-tablet is-12-mobile is-6-desktop\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"outer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-title\">The Team<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"title notranslate\" translate=\"no\">Vidya Shah (India)<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-location\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-regular fa-location-dot\"><\/i> <p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-socials\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-tablet\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/07\/Vidya-pic-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg.webp')\" data-small=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vidya-pic-scaled-1-640x427.jpg\" data-medium=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vidya-pic-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-large=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vidya-pic-scaled-1-1920x1280.jpg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"column is-5-tablet is-hidden-mobile is-6-desktop\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/07\/Vidya-pic-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg.webp')\" data-small=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vidya-pic-scaled-1-640x427.jpg\" data-medium=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vidya-pic-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-large=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vidya-pic-scaled-1-1920x1280.jpg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Vidya Shah is the Executive Chairperson at EdelGive Foundation, the philanthropic initiative of Edelweiss Group\u00a0 \u2013 a leading Indian diversified financial services group.<\/p>\n<p>Vidya left behind her successful career in investment banking to start EdelGive Foundation, and over the last 13 years, has steered the growth of Edelweiss\u2019 social investments to develop EdelGive into a strategic philanthropic organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Having witnessed the potential of small to mid-sized, grassroots NGOs to better address India\u2019s development concerns, Vidya has channelled EdelGive\u2019s structure of giving to include both financial and non-financial support to over 150 organisations, scaling their budgets, impact, and reach exponentially.<\/p>\n<p>She has developed a unique model for EdelGive\u2019s NGO partners, which places them at the centre of grant-making,\u00a0 not only providing initial grants to these organisations but also managing funding from other institutional and corporate partners. Through this approach, over the years, EdelGive has emerged as a go-to partner of choice for Indian and foreign funders wanting to engage with the Indian development ecosystem. Consequently, today,\u00a0 EdelGive functions as a Philanthropic Fund Manager and Advisor for both grant-makers and credible NGOs.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being a non-executive director at Edelweiss, Vidya also serves on the boards of various prominent\u00a0 CSOs such as Akshaya Patra Foundation, Agastya International Foundation, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy at Ashoka University, Olympic Gold Quest, Mann\u00a0 Deshi Foundation, and the Indian School of Public Policy. She is also a member of the Governing Board of the\u00a0 Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur. Additionally, Vidya is also on the board of several international organisations, including WINGS and Empower Families for Innovative Philanthropy. Most recently, she has joined the Asia Gender Network, a group of members curated by AVPN, committed to changing the future for Asian women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>She has been recognised as India\u2019s Top 100 Women in Finance by Association of International Wealth\u00a0 Management of India (AIWMI) 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Vidya earned an MBA degree from IIM-Ahmedabad and spent the first 11 years of her career in the field of investment banking with companies like ICICI, Peregrine and NM Rothschild. 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