About The Founder

Dr. Prabhu Goel

Dr Goel is an active private venture investor. He is actively involved in renewable energy projects - solar and hydro - in Europe and India . He serves on the Boards of four cloud computing companies - FusionOps Inc, QuanticMind, PowWow Mobile, and Punchh. He has served on the Board of Directors of many private companies and two public companies (SYNP and CDNS on NASDAQ). Dr. Goel is an active philanthropist and has supported many organizations with his contributions. One of his favorites is the Foundation for Excellence ( www.ffe.org) which he founded in 1994. FFE has funded over ten thousand students in India - at the high school and college levels. He was a founding member of TIE (The Indus Entrepreneur) www.tie.org - the largest organization of entrepreneurs in the word - with chapters in 42 countries. Show More

Summary

help exceptionally talented but poor students in India become doctors, engineers, and computer scientists. Overview FFE awards scholarships to recent high school students who have overcome the adversity of their family's circumstances to be among the top rankers in national/state level common entrance tests, based on which they have secured admissions to quality engineering and medical colleges.We fund the most talented students and help them pursue the most expensive education in India. The rationale is simple. We fund the most talented students and help them pursue the most expensive education in India. The rationale is simple. FFE's model ensures that the current scholars go on to become future donors.An additional unique aspect of FFE is that every cent of every donation goes to the cholar directly. Show More

Awards & Recognition

• Scholarships awarded- 38166.
• Students assisted-14895.
• Female students-5052.
• Male students-9843.
• Scholarship amount-11.43 Mn (USD).
• States covered- 27.