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Uday Foundation is a New Delhi nonprofit focused on health, humanitarian support, dignity, and relief for homeless and vulnerable people.

Last updated August 31, 2026

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Overview

Uday Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in New Delhi, India. Its work is centered on humanitarian support for people experiencing homelessness and other forms of vulnerability, with an emphasis on health, dignity, and practical assistance. The foundation provides in-kind support such as clothing, blankets, dry rations, and dignity kits, and is also associated with disaster-relief activities. The organization was founded by Rahul Verma and his wife, Tulika Verma. It was named after their son, who was born with multiple congenital defects. This family experience appears to have informed the foundation's focus on health-related hardship, social support, and humane treatment of people facing difficult circumstances. The available reference material does not establish a precise founding year, legal structure beyond its nonprofit status, staffing scale, funding model, or geographic footprint outside India. Uday Foundation's public-facing identity is that of a service and humanitarian organization rather than a commercial consumer brand. Its activities are oriented toward direct assistance and community support instead of the sale of products. The foundation's support model includes distributing essential goods to homeless people and assisting people affected by disasters. The phrase “dignity kits” reflects an approach that extends beyond emergency subsistence to personal care and basic human dignity. The foundation received the NGO Leadership & Excellence Awards in 2015 from ABP News, according to the available reference material. No independently documented financial figures, revenue data, public-market information, or major institutional ownership have been identified. The organization maintains the website www.udayfoundation.org as its principal listed online presence. Further details about current programs, governance, beneficiaries, locations, and recent activity should be verified against the foundation's own current publications.

History

Uday Foundation is a New Delhi-based nonprofit organization founded by Rahul Verma and his wife, Tulika Verma. The organization takes its name from their son, who was born with multiple congenital defects. The available reference material links the foundation's origins to the family's experience with serious health challenges and to a broader commitment to service and humanitarian assistance. The foundation's work is directed toward people facing poverty, homelessness, health-related hardship, and the consequences of disasters. Its assistance has included the distribution of clothing, blankets, dry rations, and dignity kits. These activities place the organization within the relief and social-support sector, with a practical emphasis on providing necessities directly to people who may not have reliable access to shelter, food, clothing, or personal-care items. Uday Foundation's public profile has also included advocacy relating to health and food issues. Rahul Verma's humanitarian work and opposition to junk food were discussed in reporting by The New York Times in the context of rising diabetes concerns in India. The available material does not provide enough information to determine the precise scope, duration, or formal status of any associated advocacy campaign. In 2015, the foundation received the NGO Leadership & Excellence Awards from ABP News, according to the cited reference material. This recognition is a documented milestone in the organization's public history, although details about the award category, selection process, and associated program were not provided. The foundation remains presented as an operating nonprofit with a website serving as its main public contact point. Publicly available reference material does not establish a precise founding year, annual budget, employee count, donor base, detailed program geography, or current leadership structure beyond the identification of Rahul and Tulika Verma as founders. Accordingly, those aspects require confirmation from official filings or current Uday Foundation communications.

  • 2015

    NGO Leadership & Excellence Awards

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    Uday Foundation received the NGO Leadership & Excellence Awards from ABP News, according to the available reference material.

Products and positioning

A humanitarian nonprofit focused on practical support, health, and dignity for homeless and disaster-affected people in India.

  • Nonprofit humanitarian services

    Humanitarian support services

    Uday Foundation provides practical assistance to homeless and vulnerable people through in-kind distributions and related support. Reported forms of assistance include clothing, blankets, dry rations, and dignity kits. The service is not a commercial product line; it represents the foundation's direct-relief model.

  • Emergency relief

    Disaster-relief assistance

    The foundation is described as supporting disaster-relief efforts alongside its work with homeless people. The available sources do not identify particular disasters, response dates, locations, beneficiary numbers, or the full range of relief supplies and services involved.

Recent events

  • 2015

    Uday Foundation received the NGO Leadership & Excellence Awards[1]

    Other

    Uday Foundation was reported to have received the NGO Leadership & Excellence Awards from ABP News in recognition of its nonprofit work.

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