Category: Foundation for Excellence Trust

  • How it all began at the Foundation for Excellence (FFE) Trust

    FFE is the brainchild of Dr. Prabhu and Mrs. Poonam Goel. Dr. Prabhu Goel hails from a humble, middle-class family in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He went to IIT Kanpur for his undergraduate education; and subsequently in 1970, to Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, for graduate studies. Getting an opportunity to study at two of the best…

  • Terrible thing to waste a mind; and criminal to waste a bright mind

    “Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.” – Ben Carson (noted neurosurgeon) Foundation for Excellence India Trust’s (FFE) one-room basic office on Bangalore’s Indiranagar lies in complete contrast to the work that they do and the impact they create. Set up in 1995, FFE helps exceptionally talented but poor students…