International Buddhist Foundation

The International Buddhist Foundation is run from 160/10 in Nanda Nagar. We are located at Sharad Namdeorao Bhalekar’s residence. It is not a traditional office building. We basically just use a couple of rooms to keep everything running. There is no big sign outside, so you have to know the house number to find us. Nanda Nagar is a lived-in neighborhood, and being here makes the foundation feel like a part of the local life. We don’t have a big staff or a fancy reception area. It is mostly just a few of us handling the mail, answering the phone, and keeping the records in order. The rooms are quite full of books and various documents we’ve collected. It’s a bit of a squeeze sometimes when we have visitors. We don’t follow a very strict schedule like they do in big cities. We start when we get there and finish when the work is done. It’s a quiet place, suited for the kind of work we do. We often spend the afternoons just sitting and talking about what needs to be done next. There is no corporate polish here. Everything is a bit worn and lived-in. We handle the cleaning and the tea-making ourselves. It is a very direct and simple way to manage a foundation, and it works well for us in this quiet corner of the city. We just stay focused on our daily routine and the visitors we get.