1. What is the aim of Catalyst for Social Action? What led you to start the organization?
A couple of years ago, my daughter and son-in-law, Shibani and Vipul Jain adopted a girl child. The adoption process and the child’s arrival in our family was life changing for everyone. It changed our attitude towards adoption as we realised, there is nothing to fear. It also made us think about the problems that exist in adopting a child. We got to know that there are thousands of orphan children in need for parents, and likewise couples who find it too difficult to adopt a child. It’s when we founded the Catalyst for Social Action, to bring them together and help facilitate adoption of a child. We also help child welfare centres and related organisations uplift their facilities and infrastructure and offer training wherever possible to improve the living standards of these children.

Bharati Das Gupta