A conference designed to unite diverse sectors—faith leaders, nonprofits, philanthropists, academics, and grassroots activists— to tackle poverty and its root causes through meaningful partnerships and cross-sector learning. It is a platform for building relationships, sharing innovation, and catalyzing collective action.
Humrahe Khair is an initiative launched by Zahra Hasanaat under the guidance of His Holiness Syedna Taher Fakhruddin, building a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and shared purpose to address poverty and social fragmentation.
Faith leaders, nonprofits, academics, funders, and grassroots organisers gathered at Mazaar-e-Qutbi in Thane for a day of shared conversation, recognition, and new partnerships.
Reflections shared from the table by those who joined us in Thane.
Humrahe Khair envisions an India where justice, dignity, and opportunity transcend boundaries. Our platform will become a springboard for real collaboration—amplifying human stories, sharing dreams, and nurturing innovation to make meaningful social impact, guided by empathy, trust, and open generosity.
Voices from across sectors sharing grounded insights on poverty, equity, and the power of working together.
Hear from faith leaders, nonprofit pioneers, academics, and grassroots organizers on innovative ways to build lives beyond poverty through inclusivity and shared purpose.
A conversation connecting data, lived experience, and cross-sector innovation to build more effective responses to poverty.
Explore how research, grassroots insights, and interfaith partnerships create sustainable solutions across food security, livelihoods, education, and health for vulnerable communities.
Celebrating 4–6 organizations that embody different expressions of unity through service—innovation, collaboration, and inclusive impact.
This cohort honors organizations for distinct facets of harmony—local service, interfaith collaboration, youth leadership, innovation, or lived experience leadership—emphasizing partnership over ranking.
Structured sessions connecting participants across faiths, sectors, and communities to explore concrete partnership opportunities.
Meet potential collaborators through focused sessions designed to help nonprofits, faith leaders, academics, funders, and social entrepreneurs discover shared goals and spark lasting partnerships.
Join us to hear from visionary leaders, researchers, and practitioners driving meaningful change in their communities and sectors.
Former IIT Bombay professor of biomedical engineering with 27 years of service. As President of CSSS, champions secular politics and communal harmony. National Communal Harmony Award recipient (2007), author, and human rights activist conducting nationwide seminars on secularism, peace-building, and interfaith understanding.
Dr. Khan serves on the Board of Sahayta Trust, IMRC's partner organization in Hyderabad, where he brings together community development expertise and interfaith collaboration. His work focuses on creating sustainable social impact through strategic partnerships and evidence-based interventions that address systemic inequality.
Dr. Jain works with the American India Foundation to accelerate social and economic change across India. Through strategic programs in education, livelihoods, and public health, she helps build sustainable pathways out of poverty while fostering partnerships that amplify impact and create lasting transformation in underserved communities.
Mala Mirchandani builds consumer-centric businesses across three countries, combining wellness coaching with social impact. As Co-Founder of ReFinesse, she focuses on holistic development and dignity. A Wellesley graduate with Health Coach certification, she brings cross-sector expertise in education, health, and community empowerment.
Dr. Singh founded Doctors for You to provide critical healthcare services to underserved communities across India. As Officer in Charge at Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Center at Tata Memorial Bihar, he combines clinical excellence with grassroots healthcare delivery, ensuring that quality medical care reaches those who need it most.
Founder of Wisdom Foundation promoting Gandhian nonviolence and humanitarian service. Heads World Institute of Islamic Studies for Dialogue and Gender Justice. Award-winning scholar and author on women's empowerment in Islam. International delegate at interfaith conferences in Qatar, Azerbaijan, and UAE advancing gender justice and peaceful coexistence.
India, like many societies, faces deep fragmentation. Communities work in isolation, sectors operate in silos, and faith traditions rarely collaborate—even as poverty, conflict, and division demand collective genius, not solitary action.
Humrahe Khair is a direct response. It positions collaboration and inclusion as the engines of social change—not optional add-ons, but essential drivers. Fighting poverty remains central: the conference creates a platform for networking, shared innovation, and genuine partnership across food security, health, livelihoods, and education.
Through storytelling, lived experience, and multi-sector collaboration, we cultivate authentic solidarity and actionable partnerships. Sessions prioritize human dignity through empathy-driven dialogue, inviting participants to share their work, dreams, and "what if" ideas for a future built on justice and collective good.
"Let's bridge divides and multiply good—together."
For over half a century, His Holiness Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin along with His Holiness Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin—head of the Dawoodi Bohra Community—established key welfare institutions from the ground up, benefiting hundreds of thousands. He later founded Zahra Hasanaat to carry that legacy forward, building resilience in communities and strengthening the inclusive non-profit sector.
To carry this legacy forward, he founded Zahra Hasanaat, an initiative dedicated to building resilience, strengthening the inclusive non-profit sector, and aligning compassion with sustained impact.
Today, under the guidance of His Holiness Syedna Taher Fakhruddinenvisions Zahra Hasanaat as an effective platform for collaboration, inclusivity, and upliftment—a place where compassion turns into action. Our impact thus far includes
Humrahe Khair 2025 reflects this vision: a space where those values are translated into concrete partnerships, programs, and collective action.
"Dil itnu mhutu howu joye ke sagla samai jai" — may our hearts be so expansive that everyone has a place within them.
Real unity moves beyond statements and slogans. It becomes visible when competition is replaced by cooperation and when communities choose to lift one another up instead of standing apart.
At Zahra Hasanaat, everyone belongs. We actively welcome partners and participants across faith traditions, backgrounds, sectors, and geographies - we work with everyone and serve anyone in need, Zahra Hasanaat has delivered nearly a million meals, helped launch hundreds of small businesses, and trained thousands in vocational skills—connecting relief to self-sufficiency.
Humrahe Khair 2025 is more than a single event. It is an invitation into an ongoing network of people and organisations committed to "competing to help one another" and working together for the common good.
The conference is a space where:
As these relationships deepen, strangers become collaborators, and collaborators become long-term partners. The goal is a vibrant, interconnected community of changemakers who turn shared values into tangible, long-lasting impact.
The Harmony Cohort recognizes 4-6 organizations each year that embody different expressions of "unity through service"—elevating inclusive ideas and fostering collaboration across faiths, sectors, and communities.
The Harmony Cohort is a non-competitive, non-hierarchical recognition program that celebrates organizations working to build lives beyond poverty through collaboration, innovation, and inclusive service. Rather than ranking organizations, we recognize each for a particular facet of harmony—such as local service, innovation, youth leadership, interfaith collaboration, or lived experience leadership. This approach honors the unique contributions each organization makes while fostering a spirit of partnership and mutual learning.
All cohort members receive a comprehensive recognition package:
Organizations are evaluated across four key dimensions:
1. Innovativeness: Creative, context-specific approaches to poverty reduction, including adaptive solutions and locally relevant programming.
2. Effectiveness & Impact: Measurable improvements in people's lives and long-term sustainability through stable funding, community support, or strong local leadership.
3. Collaboration & Interfaith Engagement: Intentional partnerships across faith communities and multi-cultural volunteer involvement that genuinely strengthen programs.
4. Equity & Inclusion: Meaningful participation by beneficiaries in program design and strong reach to marginalized groups across caste, gender, religion, ability, and socioeconomic status.
We seek organizations working across four key focus areas:
"Work and Dignity": Organizations focused on livelihoods, self-employment, microbusiness, skilling, cash support, or economic justice.
"Shared Table": Community kitchens, food programs (niyaaz, langar, meal services), food banks, nutrition education, or farmers' collectives.
"Learning and Healing": Education initiatives, health services, mental health and addiction recovery, disability support, or community clinics.
"Bridges and Belonging": Organizations whose work explicitly crosses faith lines or demonstrates strong inclusion practices across women's leadership, caste-oppressed groups, migrants, disabled people, or religious minorities.
Nominations are open to anyone who knows of an organization doing meaningful work in poverty reduction and community building. You can nominate through the form on this page or contact us directly. We welcome nominations across all sectors—grassroots community groups, registered nonprofits, faith-based organizations, social enterprises, and volunteer-led initiatives. Organizations recognized in the past three years are not eligible, ensuring we continuously widen the circle of honorees.
The ceremony is designed to symbolize unity and collaboration. All honorees come on stage together—there is no first place or ranking. Each organization receives a short individual spotlight with a "Recognized for…" statement highlighting their unique contribution to harmony. Following the recognition, all cohort members participate in a group photograph and receive blessings from senior leadership. The event culminates in a private Harmony Roundtable where cohort members can connect, share ideas, and explore collaborative opportunities.
For partnership inquiries, speaking opportunities, or questions about Humrahe Khair 2025, please reach out to the Zahra Hasanaat team.
The Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin Harmony Cohort recognizes 4–6 organizations each year that embody different expressions of "unity through service." It is intentionally non-competitive and non-hierarchical, designed to elevate inclusive ideas and foster collaboration.