About

Swatantra Gupta is a highly skilled fundraising manager with over 15 years of experience in the field. She is currently serving as the Sr. Vice President of Sustainable Development & Resources at Smile Foundation, where she plays a strategic role in strengthening and integrating B2B, B2C, and Communications verticals. Swatantra is an innovative visionary who is focused on fund-raising management across multiple fundraising channels, including private sector, public sector, foundations, and institutions. She is skilled in utilizing a "leading from the front" management style for accomplishing grant funding and providing transparent application processes as per foundation's strategic objectives to increase fundraising from members and publicize awareness. Swatantra is a creative, open-minded, enthusiastic, organized, and hands-on individual who has demonstrated communication skills and the ability to develop strong relations and synergy across business lines to drive positive change. She has a prominent career marked with a consistent record of top work performance and achievements. Swatantra is a strategic partner in 'Change the Game Academy' India chapter, a multi-country capacity-building program on local fundraising and activating support. Swatantra's key achievements include directing high-value corporations, organizing and overseeing large fundraising events, developing partnerships with television and radio, and building links with Alliance Francaise, Times of India, and the Commonwealth. She has also played a key role as a core member of a consortium of civil societies, facilitating in the development of the Approach Paper on 'Adolescents' for the 12th Five Year Plan of Planning Commission of India. Swatantra's past experience includes working as a Consultant at Indraprastha Public Affairs Centre, where she assisted in capacity building workshops and training on 'Lobby & Advocacy' and used fundraising initiatives and analyzed research on potential IPAC donors in the development sector. She has also worked as a Business Development Manager at Khushii NGO. Swatantra holds an MSc in Practising Sustainable Development from Royal Holloway, University of London, and a B.A Program in Economics, Philosophy, English, and Hindi from Ramjas College, University of Delhi. She also attended J.B. Academy. Swatantra has expertise in Spring, Research Scientist, SQL, Search, Java, Spring Boot, Frontend, Javascript, Data Scientist, MySQL, MSSQL, and Software Engineering.