About The Founder

Dr. Kiran Modi Dr. Kiran Modi

Dr. Kiran Modi is the Founder, Managing Trustee of Udayan Care. She founded Udayan Care, in Delhi, India, in 1994, with the vision of ‘Making Young Lives Shine’, which runs group homes for orphaned and at-risk children, amongst many of its projects. With a doctorate in American Literature from IIT, Delhi, Dr. Modi is a person of varied experiences in diverse fields, such as child protection, media, health and children’s theatre. Besides running programmes for Alternative Care of ‘Out of Home Care’ children, education and Livelihood programmes for disadvantaged girls and youth, she is keenly interested in raising standards of care in Alternative Care, and has been organising trainings and research, and publishing papers on Child & Youth Care. She is Founder Editor of an international bi-annual journal on Alternative Care: ‘Institutionalised Children: Explorations and Beyond’ (ICEB). Besid Show More

Summary

Udayan is a Sanskrit word meaning 'Eternal Sunrise'. Udayan Care aims to bring sunshine into the lives of underserved sections of society that require intervention. Registered in 1994 as a Public Charitable Trust, Udayan Care works to empower vulnerable children, women and youth, in 34 cities across 15 states of India.

Starting with the establishment of just one small family home (Ghar) for orphaned and abandoned children in Sant Nagar, Delhi in 1996, Udayan Care has spread its work for disadvantaged groups during the last 28 years by establishing more family homes, helping girls' education, providing vocational training etc. To date, Udayan Care has nurtured over 25,000 young minds. This has been made possible only through the support of like-minded people, donors and partnrs who believed in Udayan Care's work and mission. Show More

Awards & Recognition

• organisations that monitor and accredit non-governmental organisations for transparent and credible performance. Udayan Care has also received ISO 9001:2008 for Accountability, Credibility and Transparency in Systems & Procedures for Programme Implementat.