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Advancing the Mission
Topics: Philanthropy-Giving ImpactEducation-Curriculum and CoursesEducation-Financial AidEntrepreneurship-Social EntrepreneurshipEnvironment-Environmental Sustainability
Advancing the Mission
Topics: Philanthropy-Giving ImpactEducation-Curriculum and CoursesEducation-Financial AidEntrepreneurship-Social EntrepreneurshipEnvironment-Environmental Sustainability
Advancing the Mission
Above: Senior Lecturer Eleanor Laurans discusses a case with students during a Short Intensive Programs session. Photo by Hensley Carrasco
Growing up in India as the children of government workers, Azeez Gupta (MBA 2019) and Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) had an innate sense of the inequalities and problems facing their country and an optimism to want to do something about them. Together, the siblings cofounded the edtech venture Rocket Learning to improve literacy, a move spurred on by their experiences in the MBA Program and by the financial assistance they received from HBS that enabled them to attend the School and repay their loans after graduation. Their story, featured in this section, is one example of how gifts to the HBS Fund advance the School's mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. Other examples include a professor's exploration of a tech giant's new revenue market for an existing product, and the opportunity HBS gives to students to learn about, and make an impact on, businesses in emerging markets such as Morocco.
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a range of School priorities, from enhancements in the MBA Program to faculty research that shapes management practice to seed funding that establishes and sustains new initiatives. These gifts make it possible for the School to educate leaders and generate ideas that have the power to change the world.
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