# THE KARTA INITIATIVE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1173020
- **Other names:** KARTA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 12, 2017
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1173020


## Contact

- **Address:** The Karta Initiative, Wheelwrights, Cuxham, WATLINGTON, Oxfordshire
- **Postcode:** OX49 5NF
- **Phone:** 07917 573000
- **Email:** hello@karta-initiative.org.uk
- **Website:** https://www.karta-initiative.org.uk/index.html



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY WIDENING ACCESS TO WORLD-CLASS HIGHER EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PERSONS FROM FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS IN DEVELOPING AND EMERGING COUNTRIES.?

**Activities:** As a social mobility movement for the &quot;bottom billion&quot;, we aim to transform the life outcomes of impoverished high-potential young people in developing/emerging countries. We widen access to world-class educational and professional opportunity: engaging human, technology and financial capital, to dismantle barriers of exposure, information, infrastructure, skills, finance and social networks.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Canada
- India
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Anup Mysoor** | Chair | March 16, 2026 |
| Arun Kumar |  | Feb. 27, 2026 |
| Priyamvada Sharma |  | March 12, 2026 |
| Sian Elizabeth Hansen |  | Feb. 18, 2026 |
| Stephen Tall |  | Jan. 12, 2022 |
| Vibhav Nuwal |  | June 17, 2022 |




