Kusuma Trust UK Annual Review 2010-2011

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Kusuma Trust UK
Annual Review 2010-2011

Contents

2 Introduction

4 Chair’s Statement

5 Chief Executive’s Report

7 Projects Supported in 2010-2011

26 Grants Awarded in 2010-2011

27 Annual Report and Accounts

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Introduction

Since 2008, Kusuma Trust UK (The Trust) has Our work contributes to a range of outcomes,
supported charitable activity in the areas of including increased and better quality education
education, children at-risk, the internet and open for more young people and an increased number of
space and research. Our work enables children and young people entering and completing university,
young people to realise their full potential and have professional and vocational courses and gaining
a better quality of life. employment.

Vision Children At-Risk
The Trust believes that every child and young person We support interventions that improve the quality of
has the potential to transform and improve their life care for children at-risk, which includes children who
and should have opportunities to grow and develop perform poorly or drop out of school; are abused or
as active and productive citizens in their communities. experience domestic violence; are orphaned or have
behavioural problems.
Mission
Our mission is to facilitate and increase access to Our work contributes to the development of
education and other life opportunities for children appropriate technical and training resources and
and young people, with a focus on the most a cadre of well-trained and qualified persons
economically disadvantaged. The Trust enables responsible for supporting children at-risk.
children and young people to realise their potential
and break the inter-generational cycle of poverty. Internet and Open Space
Our focus is to support open space platforms for
The Trust also supports innovation, new developments knowledge and intellectual resources, and open
in higher education, training and advocacy, all of which access to these. Our work contributes to the adoption
have enormous potential to benefit society. of tools, models, practices and policies that facilitate
universal participation in knowledge domains.
Values
Our core values include being apolitical, secular, Research and Advocacy
efficient, responsible and mutually respectful. The Research with a focus on baseline and outcome
guiding principles for our work are excellence, measures is fully integrated into projects supported
innovation, openness, transparency, focus on results by The Trust. This will be reinforced with qualitative
and outcomes, collaboration, financial responsibility research to understand the impact on beneficiaries,
and communication. including multiplier effects, intended and unintended
outcomes.
Strategic Priorities
Education Where we work
Our focus is to improve education outcomes by We concentrate efforts in three States in India –
supporting interventions for young people in Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh – and we
secondary and tertiary education. We address the also support selected initiatives in Uttarakhand and
major barriers to accessing secondary and tertiary other initiatives with national policy relevance.
education for motivated and high performing young
people from the most economically disadvantaged We target
backgrounds. We target motivated and high performing young
people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds;
teachers and government education officials; frontline
staff working with children at-risk; programmes that
engage parents and are integrated into communities;
and appropriate higher education institutes.

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Enabling children
and young people
to realise their
potential

How we work The Trust also collaborates with, and builds upon,
We work with a range of partners to deliver the work of other donors and philanthropists,
programmes in the four strategic areas. In particular, implementers, government agencies and research
we work very closely with our affiliate, the Kusuma institutions, using evidence to inform our work.
Foundation in India, which supports the delivery
of The Trust’s mission and strategy by managing,
supporting and monitoring our grants.

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Chair’s statement

An exciting year ahead
In any country, the needs of children and young In 2010, we were delighted to welcome Dr Balwant
people should be paramount. Nurturing, encouraging Singh as the new CEO of The Trust. His extensive
and educating a new generation is essential to a knowledge of the sector and recognised leadership
society’s overall development and future prosperity. skills and experience immediately brought immense
It is with this principle in mind that The Trust extends expertise to The Trust and is helping shape its
support to children and young people in India, who future direction. Under Dr Singh’s leadership, The
lack the means or opportunities to complete or Trust set up its London office, recruited a staff
further their education. By supporting them, I believe team, established organisational policies, reviewed
that we help break the inter-generational cycle of existing grants and approved a range of new grants.
poverty, and therefore make a small but significant Balwant also played a central role in strengthening
contribution to the country’s own advancement. the capacity of our affiliate, the Kusuma Foundation
in India, as well as reviewing our support to existing
In 2010-2011, The Trust committed a total of £3.35m partners and beneficiaries.
in grants, 95 per cent of which was directed towards
educational initiatives. Among the projects funded Our CEO led the development of our first strategy,
by The Trust were three scholarship schemes, an hosting a series of consultations in the UK and India
accelerated learning programme, an innovative and drawing on a wide range of research to help
science teaching project and a mid-day meal scheme shape The Trust’s strategy for 2011-2014. The new
which fed 14,000 government school children strategy was approved by the Board in early 2011.
daily in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. The Trust also The emphasis is on measurable outcomes and long-
awarded £2.8m to the Indian Institute of Technology term impact, along with a concentration of our efforts
in Delhi for the establishment of the Kusuma School in a small number of selected States in India.
of Biological Sciences, and funded two internet and
open space initiatives designed to improve and The last twelve months have been a very busy and
expand accessibility to the internet and knowledge productive time for The Trust, where foundations
domains. have been firmly laid in anticipation of an exciting
year ahead. With the strategy now in place, the plan
During the year, I had the opportunity to visit the is to implement it over the coming year along with a
Mobile Science Laboratory project in Hyderabad, commensurate expansion of our grants portfolio.
where I saw first hand how innovative and practical
teaching methods were benefitting school students. I would like to conclude by warmly thanking the
I met the local business leaders who initiated Trustees for the valuable contribution they make and
the programme and was impressed by their the advisers, consultants, CEO and his team for their
dedicated and organised approach to improving hard work and commitment.
the understanding and performance of students.
The teachers, headmasters and students were
enthusiastic about the way in which the project
brought a vital and extra dimension to the teaching
and learning of science. The headmaster told me John G Rhodes
that the school’s science test results had improved Chair
considerably as a result of the project.

Last year, the Founders made an additional and
generous gift of £192m to The Trust, thereby
increasing the amount of funds available to support
projects in the future.

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Chief Executive’s report

Strategic investments for impact
At The Trust, we firmly believe that a grant should The work in the last year has provided a sound basis
only be made where the intended outcomes of to expand our grants portfolio by renewing and
a project have been identified - it is essential to expanding selected projects and increasing our giving
know the potential impact of an investment before to between £4m and £6m annually over the next
committing funds. To this end, we commissioned three years.
a review of our existing projects and initiatives in
December 2010. The review analysed the objectives Our impact
and approaches of the projects funded, including the We seek to influence change and also contribute to
results achieved, and made recommendations for making a difference directly at three levels - individual
widening and deepening impact. and community, organisation, and policy and practice.
We strive to ensure that all our grants make an impact
During the period from November 2010 to March at one or more levels.
2011, we held a series of consultations with a wide
range of stakeholders, including other donors, At the individual and community level, our
academic institutions, NGOs, government agencies project beneficiaries and stakeholders are already
and experts in India and the UK. These consultations, reporting many positive changes. Initial findings
along with a review of trends in the sector and of an evaluation of two scholarship programmes
published and unpublished secondary data, informed highlighted the strong demand for the schemes and
the development of our new strategy for 2011-2014. the value of the coaching, mentoring and personal
development activities provided to the students.
The Trust’s strategy is highly focused, with a strong Two recipients of the Kusuma Young Achievers’
emphasis on research, evaluation and evidence to Award, from remote rural areas of Andhra Pradesh,
inform our grant making. To become a more effective passed the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology
donor, we believe that we must promote open learning Examination, enabling them to study for engineering
and apply learning about what works and what does degrees. A girl from the Kusuma Udayan Shalini
not, from our own projects and those supported by Fellowship, after passing her Class 12 Examination,
others. Across our four strategic priorities, secondary received an academic prize from the Chief Minister of
and higher education will take centre stage (75 per cent the State and embarked on an arts degree at a college
of our annual grant funding), with 10 per cent ring- in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
fenced for research and advocacy, another 10 per cent
for children at-risk and 5 per cent for promoting open At the organisational level, the expansion of the
platforms for sharing technical, intellectual and other Mobile Science Laboratory (MSL) and Mid-Day Meal
knowledge resources. (MDM) projects reflects not only their success, but
also the increasing capacity of the implementing
Our current projects are in the States of Uttarakhand, partners to deliver work that contributes to better
Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. In the education outcomes for students. Secondary school
coming year, we will concentrate our efforts in students in Hyderabad improved their pass rates
the latter three States, targeting the districts of in science (from 69 per cent in 2008 to 82 per cent
Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, Sambalpur in Orissa in 2010) because of the MSL project, which brings
and Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh. Sambalpur and Hardoi science teachers and equipment into schools with no
are among the lowest performing districts based on laboratory facilities and allows students to participate
key education and human development indicators. in experiments. By providing a free and nutritious
We also support selected initiatives at national level meal daily (in Medak, Andhra Pradesh, and Nayagarh,
or initiatives with national policy relevance. From Orissa) not only does the programme encourage
2011 to 2013 we will responsibly phase out work that parents to send their children to school, thereby
is not aligned with our strategy. increasing their exposure to the education system and

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to peer socialisation, but it also improves the active About us
participation of the children in classroom lessons. An We are not complacent and want to ensure that we
evaluation of the MDM project reported significant become even more effective as a grant-maker and as
improvements in classroom attendance and retention a catalyst for change, and that our ways of working
rates for girls in government schools. are rigorous, innovative and effective. We continue
to strengthen how we communicate the progress
The roll-out of the Saarathi training, with the full of our work and we will also share the results of
endorsement of the Juvenile Justice Department of our research and evaluations. Our regular updates
the government of Andhra Pradesh of 1,500 frontline are available on our website, which also provides
government social workers (the first to come in comprehensive information about our past and
contact with children at-risk) with the counselling current grants.
skills, legal knowledge and confidence to initiate early
intervention shows our impact on policy decisions During the year we also recruited a small staff team in
and good practice. The scaling up of the project, in our London office. The team includes Julian Beckedahl
collaboration with the government, the Tata Institute (Operations Manager), Suzanne Davies (Finance
of Social Sciences and UNICEF, is an outcome of the Manager) and Tania Karunaratne (Administrator).
support The Trust provided to develop the training They have worked diligently to create a sound
and reflects its relevance to current national policy, operational, administrative and financial base for the
in particular the government’s Integrated Child projects we support.
Protection Scheme.
We remain very grateful for the guidance and direction
Partners and collaboration provided by the Founders and Trustees, the strategic
Whilst we support projects through funding and support of our advisers and consultants, and most
technical support, building the capacity of children, importantly the tremendous work done by our partner
young people, educators and organisations remains organisations to translate our mission into reality.
central to our aim of ensuring the sustainability of our
work and the outcomes achieved. To this end, our
affiliate, Kusuma Foundation, recruited a new Country
Leader and staff team and moved its office from
Hyderabad to Delhi in order to strengthen links with
key government departments and other organisations
in the sector.
Dr Balwant Singh
The Trust will continue to collaborate with and build Chief Executive
upon the work of other donors, philanthropists and
implementers (including government agencies),
using evidence to inform our work. We will use a
robust research-based approach to demonstrate
credibility and results, which can contribute to The
Trust becoming a hub of expertise among small and
medium-size donors.

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Projects supported in 2010-2011

Total grant amount committed
in 2010-2011

£3,350,496
Total grant amount paid
in 2010-2011

£2,107,735
Total number of projects
supported in 2010-2011

14
Total number of new grants
awarded in 2010-2011

9
Progress in 2011
Since April, The Trust has committed an additional £2.01 million for six education projects, including the renewal of three scholarship
programmes, the Mobile Science Laboratory (MSL) project and the Udaan and Pehchaan programmes. We have also funded the
construction of new Mid-Day Meal Kitchen along with the provision of mid-day meals to 100,000 children in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
to improve attendance and learning in schools.

The Trust has also completed research into the state of secondary education in Sambalpur, Orissa and Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh to
identify areas of focus for new grants in 2011-2012. Research has been commissioned to assess the impact of the MSL project on
students’ performance in science and the impact of the Saarathi training on the provision of support to children at-risk.

The project descriptions in the next section include grants from one or more Kusuma-related entities where The Trust provided
funding and/or grant oversight.

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Education

Kusuma Ratna Fellowship Programme
Partner: Sambalpur Integrated Development Institute – Sambalpur, Orissa
Period: 1 April 2010 – 31 March 2011
Amount: £40,456

The Kusuma Ratna* Fellowship operates in one of the Cohort One’s Progress – March 2011
most undeveloped regions of Orissa and is meeting • 67 out of 100 students took the Class 12
a real need. It supports 200 bright secondary school examination and passed
students from disadvantaged and underprivileged • 32 out of 100 students enrolled in higher
backgrounds, enabling them to complete Classes 11 education courses, as shown below
and 12 of secondary school and gain entry into higher
education and professional courses. Type of Course Number of
Students Enrolled
Eligibility is based on a minimum score of 60 per cent Bachelors of Arts / Science / 6
in the Class 10 examination and an annual family Commerce
income of not more than £1,100. The selection Bachelor of Technology 8
process is robust and transparent and involves a
Certified Teachers’ Education 3
group of eminent academics and heads of local
institutions. Applicants must complete a written test Information and Science 2
Technology
and interview, and home visits are also carried out to
assess their families’ circumstances. Industrial Training Institutes 9
Diploma

The programme provides a stipend and academic Nursing 3
support to two cohorts of 100 students. The first Physiotherapy Technology 1
cohort was inducted in 2009 and the second cohort TOTAL 32
in 2010. Each student is supported to develop an
individual plan of action which includes academic Cohort Two’s Progress – March 2011
goals and goals for personal development and life • 82 out of 100 students took the Class 12
skills. A key feature of the programme is a group examination and passed
of highly motivated and committed mentors who • 18 out of 100 students enrolled in higher
provide mentoring to the students, to help develop education courses, as shown below
self-confidence and improve academic performance.
* Ratna means gem Type of Course Number of
Students Enrolled
Bachelors of Arts / Science / 5
Commerce
Bachelor of Medicine 1
Bachelor of Technology 7
Certified Teachers’ Education 3
Higher Diploma 1
Industrial Training Institute 1
Diploma
TOTAL 18

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“They are hopeful
that their daughter
will one day become a
successful engineer.”

CASE STUDY

An aspiring engineer
Prachisree is a bright and focused young woman Prachisree was grateful to receive the scholarship’s
of 16 who comes from Khunti, a small village 20 stipend because it removed the financial burden
kilometres away from Sambalpur. If not for the on her family, which was a huge relief to her
Kusuma Ratna Fellowship Programme, she says parents. They are hopeful that their daughter will
that her father’s low income would have forced one day become a successful engineer and be
her to work on their small piece of land or get able to take care of the whole family: a sentiment
married at a young age. echoed by Prachisree.

She became a recipient of the scholarship in 2009, She successfully passed the Orissa Joint Entrance
when she passed her Class 10 examination with 92 Examination and aspires to becoming a fully
per cent. The scholarship has helped her complete qualified engineer; thus fulfilling her and her
her Class 12 examination, where she scored 85 per parents’ dreams.
cent in science. She attributes her success to the
regular seminars, personal development classes
and continuous mentoring support.

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Education projects continued

Kusuma Udayan Shalini Fellowship Programme
Partner: Udayan Care – Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Amount: £81,006

Young girls from the remote and mountainous programme offers exposure visits to corporations,
districts of Uttarakhand have little opportunity or to give them a better understanding of the skills
encouragement to continue their education beyond required for work in various industries.
secondary school. The Udayan Shalini Fellowship
aims to address this gap, by working to transform 410
meritorious girls into ‘Shalinis’ (or Dignified Women)
by helping them complete their senior secondary
education and move on to higher education. The
88% of the 210 Cohort One students enrolled
in higher education courses

programme enables girls to finish Class 12 and enrol
in higher education courses, supporting them through
to graduation.
61% of the 100 Cohort Two students
scored 60 per cent and above in the
Class 12 examination

To be accepted, applicants must obtain 60 per cent
and above in their Class 10 or 12 examinations and
all scholarship recipients receive a stipend, as well
87% of the 410 students who were enrolled in
the programme since its inception have
completed Class 12
as mentoring and career guidance. 210 girls were
inducted into the first cohort in 2008, 100 into the
second cohort in 2009 and 100 into the third cohort
in 2010. There are currently 325 Shalini students,
53% of the 410 students have enrolled in
engineering, pharmacy, polytechnic and
other undergraduate courses
as some have successfully completed their degree
courses, while others have dropped out due to
marriage or family circumstances. 37 students have completed degree courses in
Computer Application, Technology, Office
Management and Mechanical and Civil Engineering
The students participate in social awareness
campaigns at residential camps to enhance their
understanding of socio-political issues and to develop
a sense of individual and community responsibility.
They also take part in workshops focused on self-
motivation and communication skills. The study of
English is strongly promoted, as it is viewed as an
essential tool for further education.

Mentoring is an important part of the programme
and each Shalini student is allocated a mentor who
provides academic and personal development
support. For the best performing students, the

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CASE STUDY

A teacher in
the making
Shivangi lives in Mussoorie, a hill station
on the Shivalik ranges of the Himalayas, 32
kilometres from the state capital, Dehradun.
Her father works as a labourer and her mother
is a seamstress. Together they earn around £42
a month. After completing her Class 10 year,
Shivangi planned to abandon her education
and find work to help her parents.

Shivangi was accepted into the Kusuma Udayan
Shalini Fellowship Programme in 2009. The
workshops and seminars helped her look
beyond the boundaries of her village and
with hard work and determination, she secured
72 per cent in her Class 12 examination,
received two distinctions and came top of her
school. She wants to become a science teacher,
and is confident that with the scholarship and
mentoring support, she will be able to achieve
her dreams:

“I was scared of science, but somehow I
managed to pass my Class 10 and also get
good marks. After enrolling with the Shalini
Programme, my mentor helped and guided me
with my science subjects. He has taught me to
be focused and mindful of what I am doing.
I want to serve my village when I become
successful. I want to help children like me.”

In 2011, Shivangi received the Innovation in
Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)
higher education scholarship from the Ministry
of Science & Technology, which provides
£1,130 per annum for five years to complete
her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Science.
She has passed the Uttarakhand Pre-Medical
Test 2011 Examination for the Bachelors’s
“I want to serve my degree in Nursing.

village when I become
Shivangi is grateful to her parents, her mentor
and the Shalini Fellowship for giving her the
encouragement and support at the time when

successful. I want to
she needed it the most.

help children like me.”
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Kusuma Young Achievers’ Award
Partner: Pragathi Seva Samithi – Warangal, Andhra Pradesh
Period: 1 June 2010 – 31 May 2011
Amount: £139,871

In the rural outskirts of the Warangal District, there Chartered Accountancy and integrated Masters’
are few chances for young people to achieve their Courses in prestigious institutions such as Hyderabad
life goals. The Kusuma Young Achievers’ Award, Central University.
however, is a scholarship programme that is
making educational opportunities accessible and A second cohort of 200 students was inducted in
achievable for these young people, by providing 2009 to receive support for Classes 11 and 12. These
1,200 meritorious students from economically students have completed their Class 12 examination.
disadvantaged backgrounds the means with which
to continue their education.

The programme enables students who have finished
secondary school to complete Classes 11 and 12; and
for students who have completed senior secondary
80% of the remaining 406 Cohort One
students have enrolled into professional
and higher education courses
school to pursue higher education and professional
courses. Eligibility for senior secondary support is
based on students obtaining 60 per cent and above in
their Class 10 examination, and for higher education
30% of the 200 Cohort Two students
scored 75 per cent and above in the
Class 12 examination
support students must score 70 per cent and above in
their Class 12 examination.

All students receive a stipend, tutorial support and
480 students from both cohorts passed
the Engineering Agriculture & Medical
Common Entrance Test 2010
career guidance. To improve the success of entry
into higher education courses for high performing
students, the partner works closely with colleges and
universities to secure reductions in admission fees.
2 students gained admission into the Indian
Institute of Technology in Roorkee and Kharagpur
– a prestigious national institution renowned for its
Sixteen institutions have provided generous discounts four-year Bachelor of Technology courses
for these students.

In 2008, a very ambitious intake target was set and
1,000 young people were selected for the Award. 406
of them achieved 70 per cent and above in the Class
12 examination, enabling them to continue receiving
support for their higher education. The majority of
these students are enrolled in professional courses,
which include Engineering, Bachelor in Pharmacy,

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CASE STUDY

An engineering miracle
Angoth comes from Madipallythanda, a remote
village 30 kilometres from Warangal. His parents
struggle to make ends meet, working as agricultural
labourers and earning no more than £28 a month.
His parents forced him to leave high school and
work in a factory, as they could not afford to
finance his education and wanted him to earn
money for the family.

After learning about the Kusuma Young Achievers’ cent in his Class 12 examination and passed the
Award, Angoth studied hard and scored 80 Engineering, Agriculture, Medicine & Common
per cent in his Class 10 examination and was Entrance Test, with a rank in the top 12 per
accepted into the scholarship in 2008. He joined cent. In 2011, he was accepted into the Kakatiya
Srichaitanya Junior College in Vijayawada and University Engineering College at Warangal.
saved his stipend for two years to use it for college
fees, local transport and books. He scored 94 per Angoth’s active participation in the scholarship
programme helped him achieve these excellent
results. He is thankful to Pragathi Seva Samithi for

“My mentors provided me their support and belief in him:

“Pragathi Seva Samithi organised workshops,
with all the information seminars and college visits, which helped me
shape and realise my dream. My mentors provided

and support I needed to
me with all the information and support I needed
to achieve this result”.

achieve this result.”

Outcomes of all three Scholarship programmes

Scholarship Class 12 Pass Results Class 12 Exam Scores Higher Education Pass Results
Kusuma Ratna Fellowship – 97% passed 39% scored 60% and above 96% passed entrance exams
All Cohorts
Kusuma Udayan Shalini 87% passed 40% scored 60% and above 53% enrolled into higher
Fellowship – All Cohorts education courses
Kusuma Young Achievers’ 86% passed 77% scored 60% and above 79% of both cohorts passed
Award – All Cohorts the Engineering Agriculture
& Medical Common Entrance
Test 2010

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Overcoming barriers
to secondary and
tertiary education

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Mobile Science Laboratory
Partner: Project 511 Hyderabad Round Table 8 Charitable Trust
& MV Foundation Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Period: 1 October 2010 – 30 September 2011
Amount: £45,510

Science education is crucial to developing a The project increases students’ interest and
technologically trained workforce in an industrial enthusiasm in science subjects and improves their
and developing India, and contributes immensely to performance by enhancing their conceptual and
a child’s curiosity and future education prospects. practical understanding of the topics taught. They are
The Mobile Science Laboratory (MSL) project aims to also encouraged to participate in science exhibitions,
improve the knowledge and academic performance which provide opportunities to showcase their
of students in science from Classes 6-10 in middle scientific talents and learn from one other.
and secondary schools. It focuses on government
schools that lack science facilities and infrastructure, The programme has already contributed to
by training science teachers and organising practical significantly improved results in science examinations.
science experiments in classrooms.
Comparative performance in science
In collaboration with the Rajiv Vidya Mission, a subjects under the MSL Programme
government programme run through the State
Education Department to improve enrolment and 100
teaching, it involves 40 schools and 16,000 students
in the Hyderabad District. The project has developed
a practical training manual and conducted effective 80

training workshops for teachers.

MSL teachers visit schools using mobile science vans, 60

that carry equipment for interactive experiments
as well as teaching aids in the form of charts,
laptops and projectors. The teaching methodology 40

encourages students to participate fully in lessons,
making the learning experience practical and
enjoyable. 20

0
City Model T D Singh Govt. Boys
High School Govt. High High School
School

% of students passing science
before MSL (2009-10)
% of students passing science
after MSL (2010-11)

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“I have gained a
CASE STUDY
lot of knowledge
Excelling in science through ‘learning
Anusha comes from a deprived socio-economic
background and her parents work hard to meet by doing’ methods.”
the basic needs of their children. Her father is
an auto driver and earns around £56 per month.
Her mother is a tailor, and she contributes to
the family’s income by repairing her neighbours’ Anusha is grateful to the MSL project because it
clothes, earning around £25 every month. has enhanced her understanding of science and
has improved her observation skills, analytical
Anusha studied at the Government High School, thinking and subject knowledge, giving her the
Mahabubia, at Abids, Hyderabad, which is one confidence to conduct experiments.
of the 20 pilot schools visited by an MSL van on
a regular basis. In her Class 10 examination, she “I felt that science was a hard subject to
scored 90 per cent overall, with 80 per cent in understand, but when the MSL van came to our
science subjects, and came first in her school. school, and the MSL teachers explained science
Based on this performance, she was able to enrol subjects in simple ways, I felt science was very easy
in a senior secondary college, with a 50 per cent and also interesting. I have benefitted from the
reduction in fees; thereby reducing the financial MSL programme, because I have gained a lot of
burden on her parents. knowledge through ‘learning by doing’ methods”.

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Udaan and Pehchaan Bridge Schools
Partner: Sarvodaya Ashram – Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh
Period: 1 June 2009 – 30 June 2011 & 1 January – 30 June 2011
Amounts: £111,115

A bridge school gives a child a lifeline – a second Udaan girls’ progress
chance to complete their education and improve their 91 per cent of the 306 Udaan girls have successfully
future livelihood prospects. enrolled into government and private schools in
Hardoi District. The results for the last three years
Udaan and Pehchaan* are two residential learning are shown below.
programmes that give girls who have dropped out of
school or not attended school at all a chance to start 2009 2010 2011
again, study hard and catch up with their peers. They
Percentage of 85% 91% 97%
educate 409 girls, within a 1 and 2 year time frame
students enrolled of 103 of 129 of 74
respectively so that they are proficient enough to be
re-integrated into the formal school system.
Pehchaan examination results
Udaan enables 306 young girls at the primary school All 51 Pehchaan girls studying in Classes 6-8 passed
level to enrol in middle school and Pehchaan enables the Class 8 examination. Their marks are shown
103 older girls to complete middle school to enrol below.
in secondary school. Entry into the programmes
is on the basis of a needs assessment conducted Grade Achieved in Class 8 Exam Numbers of Girls
in six blocks of Hardoi District. The government
A+ grade 5
syllabus is followed and the curriculum uses a series
of workbooks, which guide students to achieving A grade 7
the necessary competencies through stories and B grade 17
interactive questions. C grade 15
D grade 7
Both Udaan and Pehchaan adopt a holistic approach
TOTAL 51
to learning, through physical activity, creativity, dance,
music, art and crafts and other methods designed to
get children deeply involved in their own learning. At Sarvodaya Ashram, The Trust funded the
The environment is positive, participatory and renovation of six classrooms, including the creation
stimulating. The teachers are extremely committed of a library and science laboratory, and study visits for
and enthusiastic about their work and receive special the Udaan and Pehchaan students. In March 2011,
training in innovative teaching methodologies. the renovation work commenced, and 169 students
and 17 staff from both programmes participated in
Parents and community members are oriented on the a study visit to Lucknow, which included trips to the
value of the girls’ education and the negative impact museum, planetarium and zoological garden.
of early marriage on their livelihood prospects. * Udaan means to fly and Pehchaan means identity
Sarvodaya Ashram is strongly networked with local
agencies and the model has been recognised by the
government, other donors and communities.

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Kusuma School of Biological Sciences
Partner: Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Period: 1 January 2011 – 31 December 2013
Amount: £2,800,000

The Trust has funded the establishment of the
Kusuma School of Biological Sciences at the Indian
Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD).

This School will create new teaching and research
programmes at under-graduate and post-graduate
levels in biology, with an emphasis on infectious
diseases and non-communicable disorders. It will
be administered by the IITD and be guided by an
Advisory Board which will set out broad guidelines for
the School’s activities.

The first disbursement of £1,400,000 was made
in March 2011 to enable the School to procure
specialised laboratory and research equipment,
recruit new faculty members, develop the curriculum
and commence a student outreach programme.

The School aims to house state-of-the-art
experimental and computer facilities to support
the development of research into human pathogen
genomes, and pioneer specific aspects of biological
research.

The long-term goal is for the School to become a
world-renowned centre for research and for the study
into major diseases and their causes.

Encouraging new
thinking to solve
existing challenges
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Kusuma Mid-Day Meal Support Project
Partner: The Akshaya Patra Foundation – Orissa and Andhra Pradesh
Period: 1 November 2010 – 31 October 2011
Amount: £100,401

Feeding thousands of impoverished children in The food is prepared in a central kitchen to maintain
schools so that they attend school and are able to standards of hygiene and quality. Training on cooking
concentrate on learning in classrooms is a major skills is provided to staff who prepare the meals and
challenge but one that produces very positive results. parent-teacher meetings are held to improve meal
composition and food choice. Monthly monitoring
Adopting a public-private partnership approach, takes place to record the total number of children fed
the Kusuma Mid-Day Meal project works with and the feeding days in each school.
the government to provide quality meals daily to
underprivileged children studying in government One of the project’s key objectives is to shift the
schools in Nayagarh, Orissa and Medak, Andhra management of the programme from school
Pradesh. From November 2010 to March 2011, over Headmasters to local Self Help Groups comprised
800,000 meals were distributed to 14,000 children of women. In Nayagarh alone, 445 Self Help Group
in 120 schools. The Trust has been supporting this members have been trained in quality management,
project since November 2009. purchasing and monitoring.

The provision of a free, nutritious, cooked mid-day The ORG Centre for Social Research (The Neilsen
meal motivates parents to send their children to Company) completed an Impact Assessment Report
school, thereby improving classroom enrolment, on the project in December 2010 which showed that,
retention and participation. It also prevents hunger over three years, enrolment and attendance levels
and malnutrition, which impede a child’s ability to increased in both districts.
74
concentrate and learn. An indirect benefit of the
72
project is socialisation as children are encouraged 70
to enjoy a meal together as equals, irrespective of 68
gender or caste. 66
64
62
60
Attendance levels Classes 1-7 Enrolment levels Classes 6-8
58
% of total students from 38 schools Student numbers from 13 schools2009
2007 2008

74 1450
72 1400
70
68 1350
66 1300
64 1250
62
60 1200
58 1150
2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009

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1400
1350
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Children At-Risk

Saarathi
Partner: Tata Institute of Social Sciences – Mumbai, Maharashtra
Period: 1 November 2009 – 30 April 2010
Amount: £19,131 (from Kusuma Gibraltar Charitable Trust)

Children at-risk need help but, more importantly, Over 70 senior members of child welfare organisations,
they require the protection of the law. To ensure that as well as government functionaries, participated in
legal rights are made available to vulnerable children, three consultations to test the manual. From January
those who first come into contact with them must to April 2010, 150 senior staff from child development
be professionally trained and fully conversant with agencies and universities, from 20 States, attended four
relevant legislation. ‘Training of the Trainer’ programmes in Delhi, Mumbai,
Hyderabad and Guwahati.
Saarathi* is a training manual developed by the Tata
Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) with the support The positive impact of Saarathi has led UNICEF and
of The Trust. The manual’s aim is to improve the the Juvenile Justice Department of the government
counselling skills and understanding of legal issues of Andhra Pradesh to request a roll-out of the training
for 150 frontline personnel working with vulnerable to 1,500 frontline government social welfare workers.
children. It equips these workers with the skills to deal With funding from The Trust, Sadhana, as the lead
effectively with vulnerable children, and the knowledge agency, in collaboration with UNICEF, the Juvenile Justice
and confidence to initiate early intervention. Department and TISS scaled up the project in 2011.
*Saarathi means Charioteer or Guide

Kusuma Seva
Partner: Vikash Vidyalaya Foundation – Sambalpur, Orissa
Period: 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2013
Amount: £21,127 as a corpus fund (from Kusuma Gibraltar Charitable Trust)

A stable home is a cornerstone in a child’s upbringing. home provides them with basic support for their
It can make an enormous difference to a child’s physical, mental and intellectual development.
development and growth. In the rural setting of
Sambalpur, a small orphanage is striving to do just that. Two young couples with their own children live in
the orphanage as wardens providing protection as
Kusuma Seva* provides food, shelter, education and well as a family environment. Children are enrolled
medical care to 20 orphaned and semi-orphaned in the local government school and are taught music
children at a residential Vikash Vidyalaya Foundation and yoga at the home. The outdoor areas provide
home in Sambalpur. The children come from highly ample space where the children can play.
marginalised socio-economic backgrounds and the * Seva means service

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Internet and Open Space

Accessibility and Access to Knowledge
Partner: The Centre for Internet and Society – Bangalore, Karnataka
Period: 1 June 2010 – 31 May 2011
Amount: £120,000

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) campaigns hitting online articles and blog entries. Its leading
for people with disabilities, to give them a voice news items appear on the websites of The Hindu, The
and to bring awareness to their plight. CIS’s Times of India, Wall Street Journal, Asia Times Online
objective is to ensure that disabled people are able and IBN Live.
to access and use the Internet and other public
electronic infrastructure, by reforming copyright
Accolade
law and articulating and implementing electronic
On World Disability Day on 3 December 2010,
accessibility standards.
the Government of India awarded Nirmita
Narasimha from CIS the National Award for
In addition to facilitating policy discussions, lectures
Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.
and workshops, CIS lobbies the Indian Government
This was a great honour and duly reflects the
for legislative reform. Its work generates extensive
importance and impact of CIS’s work.
media coverage and produces informative and hard-

Building Open Sharing Resources
Partner: iCommons – USA
Amount: £308,471

The open sharing of resources across the world is the provided an opportunity to exchange best practice ideas,
core component of iCommons’ mission. discuss issues and develop collaborations for programme
initiatives for low-cost open source video production tools
iCommons’ primary objective is to promote tools and and content.
practices that enable open sharing communities to
collaborate globally, by encouraging authors and iCommons has joined with The Open Biological and
creators of rich content to make their material freely Biomedical Ontologies and the Genomic Standards
available for non-commercial use. It also identifies, Consortium collaboratives to address issues relating to
supports and promotes open sharing practices such as open sharing of scientific data. Together, they work to
open source software and open access publishing. develop guidelines to ensure that research data is legally
available for sharing with other researchers and the public.
Following the success of the Open Video Seminars in Rio
and Bangalore, an Open Video Conference took place In April 2011, the project moved from the USA to the UK
in October 2010 in New York City, which was attended to conduct research at the University of Oxford, and to
by over 1,000 participants and 160 presenters. It create new networking and funding opportunities.

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Research and Advocacy

Kusuma Young Researcher’s Award
Partner: Kusuma Foundation – Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Amount: £8,445

Research is one of The Trust’s strategic priorities papers from researchers and scholars are assessed by
and this research award contributes to a better an international panel of distinguished academics.
understanding of the challenges The Trust aims
to address. In 2010, 31 applications were received, 21 of which
were shortlisted and the four best papers were
The Kusuma Young Researcher’s Award is a national reviewed and ranked by the international panel. The
competition, which recognises academic research winner and runner up were announced in May 2011
in the areas of social work, child development and an award ceremony will take place in Delhi in
and education. The competition is open to Indian December 2011. The winner receives £2,800 and the
citizens under 40 and especially those in the fields runner-up receives £1,400.
of social sciences and humanities. Shortlisted

Winner Runner Up
Dr. Chandrani Dasgupta Javaid Rashid
Research paper: Research paper:
‘Resilience and ‘Torture and
vulnerability of children imprisonment: a study
living in Kashmir: a study of incarcerated children
of mental health amidst in Kashmir’
political violence’
The study focused on 45
The paper’s hypothesis children who had faced
asserts that children living in the high violence torture or had been detained or imprisoned
area of Bandipore were more vulnerable and by security forces. It aimed at understanding
less resilient compared to children living in the the risk and vulnerability to which children
low violence area of Uri. It also revealed that half in conflict zones are exposed. Forty-three
of the children interviewed in Bandipore had case studies were analysed to gain insight
suffered physical injuries as compared to one on the direct impact of torture and violence
third in Uri. The impact of political violence was on children’s lives. The study recommends
extensive, including: disrupted school hours; strategies to reform the juvenile justice system
sub-standard teaching; an under-skilled workforce in the context of armed conflict.
generated by poor quality education and a lack of
employment opportunities for graduates.

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They stand apart as
change makers and leaders
in their community
iPartner India
Partner: iPartner India - UK
Amount: £150,000

An intermediary can make all the difference to iPartner liaises with the Asian Business Association,
ensure that grants have maximum impact. This is India Chamber of Commerce and the UK India
where iPartner India plays a vital role. It sources Business Council, and it seeks support from banks
donor support from individuals, families, advisers, including Coutts, Standard Chartered, Barclays and
companies, trusts and foundations for inspiring HSBC. It also works with major charities such as
charitable projects within India. the Bhopal Medical Appeal, Dream a Dream, the
Ashoka Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates
iPartner has expanded its donor-project platform to Foundation.
include 42 organisations across 16 States. Its projects
cover a broad range of areas including: children; The Trust’s grant enables iPartner India to establish a
education; health; livelihoods and climate change. sound foundation for its work in raising funds from a
It also strives to incubate and accelerate innovative variety of sources for projects in India.
ideas that challenge age-old social inequities.

CASE STUDY

Women on Wheels – Driving change forward
Savita is 18 years Sixty other women like Savita have dramatically
old and lives with altered their life circumstances by taking up
her parents and the bold option of driving as a career. Azad is
two siblings in a planning to train 100 women this year, taking
one-room shanty them through a journey that is not just about
dwelling in Delhi. learning how to drive, but also about building
Her father no longer self-confidence and knowing how to assert
works and her their rights.
mother earns less
that £30 a month to These women come from families with monthly
meet the family’s needs. But Savita resolved to incomes of £40-£70. With these newly acquired
change their predicament. ‘livelihoods with dignity’, they have already
begun to transform life conditions for themselves
Using her own initiative, she enrolled as a trainee and their families. They stand apart as change
with the Azad Foundation, supported by iPartner, makers and leaders in their community. With
to become a professional chauffeur under the this unique initiative, Azad ensures a safer Delhi
“Women on Wheels” programme. She is now a for women and girls, as women drivers offer a
chauffeur, earning £120 per month. Her father and secure and reliable alternative for many working
brother, inspired by Savita’s efforts, have taken women, senior citizens and parents of children
jobs to help their family find a new home. with disabilities.

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Grants Awarded in 2010-2011
Nine new grants were committed in
2010-2011, totaling £3.35 million

Sambalpur Integrated
Development Institute £40,485 April 2010 – March 2011
Udayan Care £81,064 April 2010 – March 2011
Pragathi Seva Samithi £139,971 June 2010 – May 2011
Project 511 (Hyderabad
Round Table 8 Charitable
Trust and MV Foundation) £45,510 October 2010 – September 2011
Sarvodaya Ashram £14,807 January – June 2011
The Akshaya Patra
Foundation £100,401 November 2010 – October 2011
Indian Institute of
Technology Delhi £2,800,000 January 2011 – December 2013
Centre for Internet
and Society £120,000 June 2010 – May 2011
Kusuma Foundation £8,451 April 2010 – March 2011

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Kusuma Trust UK
Annual Report and Accounts 2010-2011

Trustee Report for the year invest in assets denominated in a range of global currencies
including sterling in order to provide protection against a fall
to 31 March 2011 in global purchasing power resulting from a fall in value of
any individual currency or currency bloc.
The Trustees, who are also the directors of the company,
present their Report together with the Financial Statements To protect the economic value of the endowment, the
of the charity for the year 31 March 2011. The Financial investment objective set by the directors is to achieve a real
Statements have been prepared in accordance with the rate of return of at least 3% in excess of the weighted average
current statutory requirements, the Companies Act 2006 and rate of inflation of a currency basket consisting of 35% USD,
the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and 25% EUR, 10% GBP, 10% Yen and 20% emerging markets.
Reporting by Charities 2005.
Investment Returns:
Structure, Governance and Management Period Nominal Real
The Kusuma Trust UK was established by a Memorandum Return % Return %
of Association dated 13 November 2008, which established (GBP) (GBP)
the objects and powers of the charitable company and is
For the Financial Year 4.90 3.01
governed under its Articles of Association, and it is registered
with the Charity Commission under number 1126983. Since Inception – As 5th January 2010 9.89 2.66
and discussed below
The charity is governed by a Board of Trustees, which meets
quarterly. Under the Articles of Association, there must be At inception of the three portfolios on 5th January 2010, the
at least three Trustees at all times and, currently, there are Founders anticipated transferring all the portfolios to the
five following the appointment of Anurag Dikshit on 1st July Trust although the final transfers were not effected until 20
2011 as director and Trustee. Responsibility for the induction December 2010. As a result the directors look at the returns
of any new Trustee, which involves awareness of the history both on a financial year basis and since inception.
and approach of the charity and an understanding of a
Trustee’s duties, lies with the Trustees. New Trustees receive Investments held at 31 March 2011 had a market value of
copies of the previous year’s accounts and full details of the £245,366,884 and were acquired in accordance with the
charity’s current programme and objectives. The Board is powers of the directors.
responsible for making governance decisions on the strategic
and financial direction of the charity. Day to day management The investment policy is set by the directors and in doing
of the charity is delegated to the Chief Executive and a staff so the directors have regard to various factors including the
team comprised of an Operations Manager, Finance Manager income requirements, the Trust’s expenditure projections,
and Administrator who work from the Trust’s office at 67 the Trust’s risk profile and their investment managers’ view of
Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 3JN. market prospects in the medium term. The investment policy
is reviewed with the investment managers as the Trust’s
The company is limited by guarantee and does not have a circumstances evolve and no less frequently than annually.
share capital. Consequently there are no disclosable interests
in share capital. In the event of the company being wound Investment performance and the managers’ strategies
up, each member has guaranteed to contribute such amount are monitored regularly by the directors, including via
as may be required (not exceeding £10). presentations by the investment managers and periodic
directors’ meetings.
Investments
Rothschild Private Management Limited, Goldman Sachs Risk Management
International and JP Morgan International Bank Limited are The directors, with the aid of their investment managers,
the charity’s investment managers whose brief is to manage maintain a regular view over the major strategic, investment
multi currency investment portfolios for the charity on a and operational risks that the charity faces in order
discretionary basis. Notwithstanding that the accounting that, wherever possible, such risks can be identified and
currency of reference is the Pound sterling the objective is to accordingly steps taken to lessen these risks. Risk and

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risk management is periodically reviewed to ensure that Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities
procedures meet the needs of the Trust and comply with The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors’
best practice. Report and the financial statements in accordance with
applicable law and regulations.
Objectives and Activities
The main objective of the Trust is to facilitate and increase Company law requires the directors to prepare the financial
access to education and other life opportunities for children statements for each financial year. Under that law the
and young people in India, through the provision of grants. directors have elected to prepare the financial statements
The directors meet periodically to consider what distributions in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted
can be made from the Trust’s distribution reserve with the Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards
intention that distributions are primarily funded from the and applicable law). Under company law the directors must
total returns derived from the portfolios over and above not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied
global inflation. that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the
company and of the profit or loss of the company for that
Achievements and Performance period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors
The Trust made donations to various charitable organisations are required to:
in 2010-2011. The details of the £1,900,296 awarded are
detailed below and in Note 6 of the accounts. A total of • Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them
£2,107,735 (2010: £160,780) was paid during the year. There consistently;
is a further £66,759 (2010: £282,740) committed to be paid • Make judgments and accounting estimates that are
as at the year-end. reasonable and prudent;
• Prepare the financial statements on the going concern
The directors, having regard to the public benefit guidance basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the
published by the Charity Commission in accordance with company will continue in business.
section 4 of the Charities Act 2006, consider that the purpose
and activities of the charity satisfy the requirements of the The directors are responsible for keeping adequate
public benefit test set out in section 3 of the same act. accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain
the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable
Financial Review accuracy at any time the financial position of the company
At the year end the total Fund was valued at £259,828,124 and enable them to ensure that the financial statements
(2010: £63,494,792). comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also
responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and
It is the aim of the directors to maintain a balance between hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and
investments for capital growth and income generation and to detection of fraud and other irregularities.
maintain cash funds sufficient to fund anticipated charitable
donations over the coming year. By order of the Board
J G Rhodes (Director)
Plans for Future Periods 25 August 2011
The Trust plans to begin implementation of its new 2011-
2014 strategy in the coming year and the four strategic
priorities are education, children at-risk, internet and open
space, and research and advocacy.

The Trust will support interventions that increase secondary
and tertiary education opportunities for young people
and improve the quality of care for children at-risk. It will
also support open space platforms that facilitate universal
participation in knowledge domains and research, with a
focus on baseline and outcome measures, to fully understand
the impact on beneficiaries.

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Independent Auditors’ Report to Opinion on financial statements
In our opinion the financial statements:
the Members of Kusuma Trust UK
• give a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s
We have audited the financial statements of Kusuma Trust affairs as at 31 March 2011 and of its incoming resources
UK for the year ended 31 March 2011 which comprise the and application of resources, including its income and
Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash expenditure, for the year then ended;
Flow Statement, the Accounting Policies and the related • have been properly prepared in accordance with United
notes. The financial reporting framework that has been Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
applied in their preparation is applicable law and United • have been prepared in accordance with the Companies
Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Act 2006; and
Accepted Accounting Practice).
Opinion on other matters prescribed by the
This report is made solely to the company’s members, Companies Act 2006
as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the In our opinion the information given in the Trustees’
Companies Act 2006, Our audit work has been undertaken so Annual Report for the financial year for which the financial
that we might state to the charity’s members those matters statements are prepared is consistent with the financial
we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for statements
no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we
do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Matters on which we are required to report
the charity and the charity’s members as a body, for our audit by exception
work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters
where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you
Respective responsibilities of trustees if, in our opinion:
and auditors
As explained more fully in the Trustees’ Responsibilities • adequate accounting records have not been kept or
Statement on page 27, the trustees’ (who are also the returns adequate for our audit have not been
directors of the company for the purposes of company law) • received from branches not visited by us: or
are responsible for preparing the financial statements and for • the financial statements are not in agreement with the
being satisfied that the financial statements give a true and accounting records and returns: or
fair view. • certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by
law are not made: or
Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the • we have not received all the information and explanations
financial statements in accordance with applicable law and we require for our audit.
International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those
standards require us to comply with Auditing Practices Joanna Boatfield (Senior statutory auditor)
Board’s Ethical Standards for Auditors. For and on behalf of Dixon Wilson, Statutory Auditor
22 Chancery Lane, London WC2A ILS
Scope of the audit of the financial statements 25 August 2011
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to
give reasonable assurance that the financial statements
are free from material misstatement whether caused by
fraud or error. This includes an assessment of: whether
the accounting policies are appropriate to the charitable
company’s circumstances and have been consistently applied
and adequately disclosed; the reasonableness of significant
accounting estimates made by the trustees; and the overall
presentation of the financial statements.

In addition, we read all the financial and non-financial
information in the Trustee Report to identify any material
inconsistencies with the audited financial statements. If we
become aware of any apparent material misstatements or
inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.

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Statement of Financial Activities
(Including an Income & Expenditure Account and a Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)
For the Period
19 November
2008 to 31
For the Year to 31 March 2011 March 2010
Unrestricted Endowment
Funds Funds Total Total
Note £ £ £ £
Incoming resources: from generated funds
Voluntary Income
Gifts 2 – 172,901,183 172,901,183 10,474,805
Cash added by Mr A Dikshit – 20,000,000 20,000,000 50,000,000
Cash added by Ms S Pujari – – – 30,000
Investment Income
Investment Income – listed investments 3 1,614,922 – 1,614,922 197,067
Bank Interest receivable 3 13,740 – 13,740 3,188
Total incoming resources 1,628,662 192,901,183 194,529,845 60,705,060
Resources expended
Cost of Generating Funds 4 – 526,939 526,939 186,493
Charitable Activities Expenditure
Donations 5 1,900,296 – 1,900,296 443,520
Support Costs 7 308,165 – 308,165 37,058
Governance Costs 8 51,555 – 51,555 46,721
Total resources expended 2,260,016 526,939 2,786,955 713,792
Net income/expenditure for the year before transfers (631,354) 192,374,244 191,742,890 59,991,268
Transfers between Funds 631,354 (631,354) – –
Net incoming resources for the year before
net recognised gains and losses 191,742,890 191,742,890 59,991,268
Other recognised gains and losses
Realised and Unrealised Gains on investment assets 10 4,590,442 4,590,442 3,503,524
Net movement in Funds 196,333,332 196,333,332 63,494,792
Funds brought forward at 1 April 63,494,792 63,494,792 –
Total Funds carried forward at 31 March 259,828,124 259,828,124 63,494,792

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Balance Sheet
For the year to 31 March 2011
2011 2010
Note £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 9 5,001 –
Investments (at Market Value) 10 245,366,884 59,325,508

Current assets
Debtors 11 599,600 –
Cash at bank in hand 12 14,097,928 4,475,287
260,069,413 63,800,795
Creditors – amounts falling due within one year 13 (241,289) (189,633)
Net current assets 259,828,124 63,611,162
Creditors – amounts falling due after one year 14 – (116,370)
Total assets less liabilities 259,828,124 63,494,792
Represented by:-
Expendable Endowment Fund 15 259,828,124 63,494,792
The Notes on pages 32 to 36 to form part of these Accounts
Approved by the Directors:
J G Rhodes
25 Augusst 2011

Cash Flow Statement
For the year to 31 March 2011
For the Period
For the Year to 19 November 2008
31 March 2011 to 31 March 2010
£ £
Net (Outgoing)/Incoming resources for the year 191,742,890 59,991,268

Less investment income earned (1,628,662) (200,255)
Add back investment management charges 526,939 186,493
Add back depreciation 1,863 –
(Increase) in debtors (599,600) –
Increase in creditors within one year 51,656 189,633
(Decrease)/increase in creditors due after more than one year (116,370) 116,370

Net Cash (outflow)/inflow from operating activities defined by FRS1 189,978,716 60,283,509

Returns on Investments
Investment income received 1,628,662 200,255
Investment management charges paid (526,939) (186,493)

Capital Expenditure and Financial Instruments
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (6,864) –
Purchase of fixed assets and other investments (77,266,244) (104,807,670)
Investments added from gift (171,406,383) (9,732,171)
Sale of fixed assets and other investments 67,221,693 58,717,857
Increase in Cash for the year 9,622,641 4,475,287
Increase in cash
Cash at bank and in hand 31 March 2011 4,475,287 –
Movement during year 9,622,641 4,475,287
Cash at bank and in hand at 31 March 2011 14,097,928 4,475,287

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Notes to the Accounts The cost of tangible fixed assets is their purchase costs, together
For the year to 31 March 2011 with any incidental expenses of acquisition.

1 Accounting Policies Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost of tangible
fixed assets on a straight line basis over the expected useful
1.1 Accounting Convention economic lives of the assets concerned. The principal useful
The Financial Statements are prepared under the historical economic lives used for this purpose are:
cost convention as modified by the inclusion of investments
at market value. In preparing the Financial Statements the Furniture and fittings 4 years
Charity follows best practice as laid down in the Statement of Office and computer equipment 4 years
Recommended Practice ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’
(SORP 2005) issued in March 2005 and applicable UK Accounting 1.5 Fixed Asset Investments
Standards and the Companies Act 2006. Investments are included on the Balance Sheet at their market
value at the end of the financial period. Listed investments
1.2 Investment Income are stated at the mid price on the London Stock Exchange
Investment income is accounted for in the period in which the for the country of listing and the bid prices provided by the
charity is entitled to receipt, except that interest is accrued in Fund Managers for unit trust holdings. Gains and losses on
the period to which it relates. investment assets are credited, or debited, to the Statement of
Financial Activities in the year in which they arise.
The Charity is a registered Charity and therefore is not liable
for income tax or corporation tax on income derived from its 1.6 Foreign Currencies
charitable activities, as it falls within the various exemptions Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency
available to registered charities. are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at
the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies
1.3 Resources Expended are recorded at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability transaction. Exchange differences are taken to the statement of
is incurred. financial activities.

Costs of generating funds comprise the Investment Manager’s 1.7 Operating Leases
costs associated with the management of the investment Costs in respect of operating leases are charged on a straight line
portfolio in accordance with the strategy set by the Trustees. basis over the term of the lease.

Charitable expenditure in the form of donations payable is 1.8 Pension Costs
accounted for as and when approved by the Trustees and when Kusuma makes payments to a defined contribution personal
all substantive conditions attached to the grants are met. pension plan for senior employees. The payments are charged
to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which
Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting they relate.
the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity
and include the audit fees and legal costs linked to strategic 1.9 Irrecoverable value added tax
management of the charity. Irrecoverable VAT is included as part of the expenditure to which
it relates.
1.4 Tangible Fixed Assets
All of the tangible fixed assets are help for charitable use.

2 Gifts – Transferred to Kusuma Trust UK For the Period
For the Year to 19 November 2008 to
31 March 2011 31 March 2010
£ £
Crinita Trust – Cash – 742,634
Crinita Trust – Investments – 9,732,171
Snowflake – Cash 1,230,794 –
Snowflake – Debtors adopted 346,743 –
Snowflake – Creditor adopted (82,737) –
Snowflake – Investment Assets 171,406,383 –
172,901,183 10,474,805

Kusuma Trust UK

3 Investment Income 2011 2010
£ £
UK Equities 22,200 –
Overseas Equities – 21,664
UK Fixed Interest 36,051 4,127
Overseas Fixed Interest Securities 783,957 128,314
UK Exchanged Traded Funds 118,717 –
Overseas Exchanged Traded Funds 577,262 63,983
Overseas Unlisted Funds 2,205 4,037
Realised gain (loss) on currency held 74,530 (25,058)
1,614,922 197,067
Interest Received
Interest on cash held by Investment Managers 4,275 3,188
Interest on cash held in Distribution Reserves 9,465 –
13,740 3,188

4 Cost of Generating Funds 2011 2010
£ £
Investment management fees 526,397 184,335
Bank charges 542 2,158
526,939 186,493

5 Charitable Donations Awarded 2011 2010
£ £
Education 1,771,851 87,148
Children at Risk – 6,500
Internet and OpenSpaces 120,000 199,872
Research 8,445 150,000
Total 1,900,296 443,520
Number of grants awarded 2011 2010
Education 7 1
Children at Risk – 1
Internet and Open Space 2 1
Research 1 1
10 4
All the donations were awarded to organisations
2011 2011 2010
£ £ £
The donations awarded were as follows: Awarded Committed Awarded
Education
Akshaya Patra Foundation (Mid Day Meal Programme) 50,201 50,200 87,148
Pragathi Seva Samithi (Kusuma Young Achievers Award) 139,871 – –
Udayan Care (Kusuma Udayan Shalini Fellowships) 81,006 – –
Sambalpur Integrated Development Institute (Kusuma Ratna Fellowships) 40,456 – –
MV Foundation Project 511 (Mobile Science Labs) 45,510 – –
Sarvodaya Ashram (Udaan and Pehchaan) 14,807 – –
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (Kusuma School of Biological Sciences) 1,400,000 1,400,000 –
1,771,851 1,450,200 87,148
Children at Risk Awarded Committed Awarded
Dr Reddy’s Foundation – – 6,500
– – 6,500
Internet & Open Space Awarded Committed Awarded
iCommons Limited – – 199,872
Centre for Internet & Society 120,000 – –
120,000 – 199,872

Kusuma Trust UK

5 Charitable Donations Awarded (continued) 2011 2011 2010
£ £ £
Research Awarded Committed Awarded
Kusuma Young Researcher Award 8,445 – –
iPartner India – – 150,000
8,445 – 150,000
Total 1,900,296 1,450,200 443,520

6 Charitable Donations Awarded but Not Yet Paid 2011 2010
£ £
Liability at 1 April 2010 282,740 –
Grants Awarded 1,900,296 443,520
Grants Paid (2,107,735) (160,780)
Exchange rate adjustment for awards in previous years (8,542) –
Liability at 31 March 2011 66,759 282,740
Of which
Falling within one year 66,759 166,370
Falling over one year – 116,370
Liability at 31 March 2011 66,759 282,740

7 Support Costs 2011 2010
£ £
Gross Salaries 97,148 –
Social security costs 11,277 –
Other pension costs 4,313 –
Other employment related costs 1,443 –
Total payroll and related costs 114,181 –
Operations support 112,046 37,058
Property expenses 59,583 –
Communications 11,201 –
Office expenses 9,291 –
Depreciation 1,863 –
308,165 37,058
Support costs reflect the management structure of the organisation. Operations support costs includes the costs of recruitment,
advisers, consultants and travel.
The number (headcount) of persons employed by Kusuma at the 31 March 2011 was 4 (2010: 0)
The number of employees whose salaries were above £60,000 was 2011 2010
Number Number
£110,001 to £120,000 1 0
During the year Kusuma made contributions of £4,312 (2010:£0) to the personal pension plan of this employee.
The trustees are not employed by Kusuma and did not receive any emoluments in respect of their services.
Travel and subsistence expenses of £614 (2010: £2,585) were reimbursed to one trustee during the year.

8 Governance Costs 2011 2010
£ £
Legal & professional fees 45,554 40,846
Audit fees 6,001 5,875
51,555 46,721

Kusuma Trust UK

9 Tangible Fixed Assets Furniture and Office and Computer
Fittings Equipment Total
£ £ £
Cost
As at 1 April 2010 – – –
Additions 245 6,619 6,864
As at 31 March 2011 245 6,619 6,864
Depreciation
As at 1 April 2010 – – –
Charge for the year 61 1,802 1,863
As at 31 March 2011 61 1,802 1,863
Net book value
As at 31 March 2011 184 4,817 5,001
As at 1 April 2010 – – –

10 Fixed Assets Investments 2011 2010
£ £
Market value at 1 April 2010 59,325,508 –
Investments added at Market value on 20 December 2010 & 30 January 2010 171,406,383 9,732,171
Purchases at cost 77,266,244 104,807,670
Sales proceeds (67,221,693) (58,717,857)
Net realised and unrealised gains 4,590,442 3,503,524
Investments at market value on 31 March 2011 245,366,884 59,325,508
Investments at book value at 31 March 2011 237,478,672 55,737,892
Investments at market value comprised
UK investments listed on a recognised stock exchange 50,961,976 20,090,900
Non UK investments listed on a recognised stock exchange 174,914,311 39,221,077
Non UK unlisted securities 19,490,597 13,531
245,366,884 59,325,508
Total funds held by Investment Managers
Cash held by investment managers (note 12) 5,592,958 4,031,095
Accrued Investment Income (note 11) 583,505 –
Investments at market value 245,366,884 59,325,508
251,543,347 63,356,603
As explained in the Trustee Annual Report on page 27, the investment managers are briefed to manage multi currency investment
portfolios on a discretionary basis.
The following analysis gives the profile of the fixed asset investments and cash held within the portfolio at 31 March 2011
By asset allocation Rothschild Goldman Sachs JP Morgan Weighted Average
Cash, Deposits and Money % % % %
Market Funds 8% 2% 11% 7%
Fixed Income 39% 42% 34% 38%
Equities 38% 49% 39% 42%
Hedge Funds 11% 7% 11% 10%
Commodities 4% 0% 5% 3%
100% 100% 100% 100%

By currency/region * % % % %
United States 27% 33% 29% 30%
Europe excluding UK 26% 29% 25% 26%
Japanese Yen 5% 6% 10% 7%
Pounds Sterling 12% 10% 9% 11%
Emerging Markets 22% 22% 27% 24%
Global 8% 0% 0% 2%
100% 100% 100% 100%
* = Reporting Currency Risk: Although the investment portfolios are spread over a range of global currencies, the base/accounting currency is the Pound sterling.
Consequently, the Trust is exposed to risk that the sterling Pound exchange range relative to other foreign currencies may change in a manner that has an adverse
effect on the value of assets or liabilities denominated in foreign currencies reported in Pound sterling.

Kusuma Trust UK

11 Debtors 2011 2010
£ £
Prepayments and other debtors 16,095 –
Accrued investment income 583,505 –
599,600 –

12 Cash at bank and in hand 2011 2010
£ £
Cash & distribution reserves 8,504,970 444,192
Cash held by investment managers 5,592,958 4,031,095
14,097,928 4,475,287

13 Creditors – amounts falling due within one year 2011 2010
£ £
Grants payable 66,759 166,370
Accruals and creditors 174,530 23,263
241,289 189,633

14 Creditors – amounts falling due after one year 2011 2010
£ £
Grants payable in one to two years – 116,370
– 116,370

15 Prior Year Adjustment
The Trustees have reviewed the nature of the funds received in 2009/10 and restated the position at 31/3/2010 to show the
net assets at that date as Expendable Endowment Funds. In the opinion of the Trustees and the Founders, this treatment best
reflects the nature of the grants and donations received.
16 Operation Leases 2011 2010
£ £
Kusuma has annual commitments at the period end under operation leases expiring as follows:
Property
Less than one year 69,519 –
Equipment
Grants
Between 2 to 5 years 700,000 –
1,520,835 –

17 Related Party Transactions
During the period, Mr A Dikshit (director) donated £20,000,000 and investment portfolios held via his investment company
Snowflake Holdings Limited with a value of £172,901,183 (2010: £50,000,000 and the Crinita Trust with a value of £10,474,805)
to the charity and Ms S Pujari (director) donated £nil (2010: £30,000).

Kusuma Trust UK

Trustees

John G Rhodes Chair
Dr Soma Pujari Co-Founder
Anurag Dikshit Co-Founder
Andrew J Hutton
Prashant Jain

Staff

Dr Balwant Singh Chief Executive
Julian Beckedahl Operations Manager
Suzanne Davies Finance Manager
Tania Karunaratne Administrator

Advisers

David Carrington
Jean Paul Faguet
Bina Rani
General Surat Sandhu
Hazel Slavin

Photography
Sam Strickland

Design
Steve Paveley Design

© Kusuma Trust UK 2011

Kusuma Trust UK
Mezzanine Level
48-49 St James’s Street
London SW1A IJT

Tel: 020 7569 1920
Email: info@kusumatrust.org
www.kusumatrust.org

A company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (number 6753811) and a registered charity (number 1126983)

Kusuma Trust UK Annual Review 2010-2011

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