Shabir Hussain
Shabir is a veteran in fundraising and has been associated with the industry for over 15 years. He is currently working as a Director- Fundraising and Communication for Parinaam Foundation.
His core competency lies in raising funds from corporates, individuals, and events.
In his corporate journey, Shabir has the privilege to work with many reputed organisations:
1) ICCO cooperation as Fundraising Officer- South Asia for 1 year
2)Oxfam India -Zonal Head (South India) for 3 years
3) GiveIndia - Manager- PRG for 2 years
4)The Pioneer Organisation- Team Leader for 2.5 years
He also has the experience of running a start-up for close to 9 years. He founded and was the Managing director at Fundatastic in 2013 and had a team of approximately 50 people across three states viz Pune, Bangalore and Maharashtra.
Shabir is an Electronics and Communication Engineer and has a vision and will, to contribute back to the society in form of bridging the gap among different socio-economic strata across the country and improving the living standards of those who are not at the very bright side in the social spectrum curve.
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