Ingrid Srinath, CEO of CRY

13:48 | Kamla Bhatt | May 4th, 2007 2:54pm |

There are two sides to every coin. So, there is the India Story that celebrates the new and emerging India with an annual GDP of almost 10 percent that has strong IT and technology sector, and has millions of dollars coming through FDI and VC and PE investments etc. Then there is the other India, where a sizeable portion of the population has no access to many basic needs. And a good chunk of that sizeable population consists of children, who don’t have a voice in this new and emerging India. However, there are organizations that are helping bridge the gap and give children a better tomorrow. One such organization is CRY.

CRY is a non-profit organization that works for the rights of children in India. India is home to over 400 million children and not all of them have access to free education and other basic needs.

Earlier this week, Vikram Gandhi and Meera Gandhi hosted the first annual gala dinner for CRY in Manhattan. Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, was the keynote speaker.

I caught up with Ingrid Srinath, CEO of CRY right before the dinner event to find out more about CRY. Not surprisingly, CRY has got a lot of support from the U.S., especially from the Indian-American communities in the Bay Area and Seattle.

Ingrid is based in Mumbai.

Tags: India, Vikram Gandhi, Meera Gandhi, Fareed Zakaria, Ingrid Srinath

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