India lifted 400 million people out of poverty in a decade – but the gap between its richest and poorest states remains vast. In this AVPN panel, Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman, Ajay Piramal and Amit Chandra, in conversation with Padmaja Joshi, discuss Sangam – a new philanthropic collaborative aiming to reach 70 million people across Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
They unpack what two decades of on-ground work in Rajasthan and Bihar have taught them: why philanthropy must work with government, not around it; why the goal is to become irrelevant; and why real change survives elections.