YOUTH FOR SEVA (YFS)
Avishikta Saha currently serves as the Manager of Corporate Relations at YOUTH FOR SEVA (YFS) since February 2024. Prior to this role, Avishikta was a Senior Executive in CSR collaboration at The Akshaya Patra Foundation from March 2023 to February 2024, and held the position of Business Development Executive at Magic Bus India Foundation in mid-2022. From January 2020 to May 2022, Avishikta was both a Team Leader and Fundraiser at Fairtales Fundraising, and started the career as a Teacher at Nava Nalanda in 2019. Academic qualifications include a Madhyamik degree from Nava Nalanda, a Higher Secondary degree in Humanities from Carmel Convent School, a Bachelor’s degree in History HONS from Netaji Subhash Open University, and ongoing studies for a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from Indira Gandhi National Open University.
YOUTH FOR SEVA (YFS)
Youth for Seva (YFS), founded in April 2007, is a nation-wide volunteering movement that inspires youth to volunteer, and provides them with meaningful opportunities to serve the community. The goal of YFS is to support schools, destitute shelters, government hospitals and other organizations in the social sector through volunteers who can help them mitigate some of their shortcomings and challenges. Volunteering is made easy and customized to the individual’s interests, time availability and skill sets. YFS aims to create positive change agents in the society, through the culture of volunteering. Vision: Self-reliant communities powered by selfless individuals. Mission: To facilitate a movement of volunteering. To empower and enable individuals to become positive change agents. To enable institutions to effectively engage community to deliver services. To promote sustainable lifestyles.