Vidya Shah

Vidya Shah is the Chairperson and CEO of EdelGive Foundation, an organisation set up by Edelweiss Group, with the aim of funding and building the capacities of India’s not-for-profit sector.

With over three decades of rich industry experience, she has established EdelGive as a platform for strategic philanthropy. Under her stewardship, EdelGive has been instrumental in growing over 150 organisations, scaling their budgets, impact and reach exponentially.

She also serves on the board of various prominent Civil Society Organisations such as Agastya International Foundation, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy at Ashoka University, Mann Deshi Foundation and the Indian School of Public Policy.

She spent the first 11 years of her career in the field of investment banking with companies like ICICI, Peregrine and NM Rothschild.

Vidya holds an MBA degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.