Bnp Paribas India Foundation

We are based in the BNP Paribas House, which is located at 1 North Avenue in Maker Maxity. That’s right in the middle of Bandra Kurla Complex, or BKC as everyone calls it. If you’ve ever been to this part of Mumbai, you know it’s full of huge buildings and lots of people rushing around in formal clothes. Our foundation is the part that tries to look outside all that business and see where we can actually be useful. It’s a bit of a contrast being in such a fancy area while we talk about social projects and helping out in different parts of India. We spend our days in meetings, talking to different partners, and looking at reports to see if the projects we’re funding are actually doing what they’re supposed to do. It’s a lot of desk work and phone calls. Even though we’re in a big corporate building, the people here are just regular folks trying to make these programs work. It can be a bit stressful when deadlines are close or when a project isn't going as planned, but we just push through it. We aren't trying to sound like we have all the answers. We just work from our office in Bandra East and try to make sure the resources we have are going to the right places. It’s busy and noisy outside with the BKC traffic, but inside we’re just focused on the task at hand.