About BKIF

When women are fully involved, the benefits can be seen immediately: families are healthier; they are better fed; their income, savings, and reinvestment go up. And what is true of families is true of communities and, eventually, of whole countries.

~ Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General, United Nations

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Our Origin: Expertise Meets Purpose 

Insight Meets Inspiration

BankersKlub India Foundation (BKIF), a Section 8 company, was born from a simple yet powerful realization: while India has built a world-class digital payment infrastructure through UPI+Aadhar linkages and created access to banking through Jan Dhan accounts, millions of Indians remain digitally present but financially invisible.

Passion Meets Commitment

Founded by a group of passionate professionals, Barnali Das, Rajat Chopra, Dilip Bharati, and Manideep Bora, BKIF is the social impact arm of BankersKlub, a fintech platform, designed and built for former bankers. It’s committed to a transformative mission of impacting one million underserved women and youth across India in the next five years.

Our Vision

Our Vision

The BankersKlub India Foundation envisions a financially resilient India where underserved women and youth are not just included in the financial system, but actively participate in it. 

While India has achieved remarkable progress in financial access—with over 500 million bank accounts and a robust digital infrastructure powered by UPI and Aadhaar—the true gap lies in usage, confidence, and participation. 

Our vision is to bridge this gap by enabling individuals, especially women from underserved communities, to build consistent savings habits, develop financial confidence, and transition from passive account holders to active participants in India’s capital markets. 

We aim to create a generation of financially empowered individuals—home economists and emerging entrepreneurs—who are equipped to capture opportunities and contribute to India’s economic growth.

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Impacting underserved women and youth across India within the first five years of its journey.  

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Our Mission

Our Mission

Our mission is to impact 1 million underserved women and youth across India within the first five years by bridging the gap between intent, habit, and financial action. 

We focus on moving beyond financial access to enabling real participation—through structured learning, trusted mentorship, and simple, measurable financial goals.

The Multiplier Effect: Why BKIF Invests in Women and Youth 

The Founders of BIF believe that the blueprint for financial resilience wasn't created in a boardroom. Therefore, it operates on a fundamental economic truth - when you empower a woman, you do not just change a balance sheet; you change the trajectory of an entire lineage. Our strategy is built on the global principle—articulated by leaders like Kofi Annan—that women reinvest up to 90% of their income back into their families. That is why, our mission is to primarily focus on women so that we can activate a multiplier effect that delivers social returns across three critical dimensions

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From 'Dormant Accounts' to 'Home Economists' 

India has solved the problem of access, but not the problem of agency. A Jan Dhan account is merely a tool; a "Home Economist" is a force. 

The BIF Shift: Through AiLaxmi’s free, voice-first guidance, we move women beyond simple government transfers.

The Impact: When a woman manages her own savings and investments, she gains the decision-making power to prioritize family healthcare, nutrition, and long-term resilience, effectively insulating her household from the cycle of predatory debt. 

The BKIF Promise 

If you educate a man, you educate an individual. If you educate a woman, you educate a nation.

~ James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, a Ghanaian Educator and Missionary 

At BankersKlub India Foundation, we are building a more inclusive, disciplined, and prosperous India. We provide the tools; our beneficiaries provide the grit; and together, we build a legacy of financial stature for the generations to follow. We aren't just teaching a million people to save; we are equipping a million "Chief Financial Officers" for India’s emerging households. 


Our Team

Our Legacy in motion

Growing impact, and compassion-driven community transformation.

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Manideep Bora

Co-Founder

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Barnali Das

Co-Founder

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Rajat Chopra

Co- Founder

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Dilip Bharatee

Co-Founder

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Your support helps us to reach out to more women, provide financial access, and opportunity to sustainable livelihood 

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Donate Today

Support the Majuli Mahila Bank Initiative

Your support helps us to reach out to more women, provide financial access, and opportunity to sustainable livelihood 

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Donate Today

Support the Majuli Mahila Bank Initiative

Your support helps us to reach out to more women, provide financial access, and opportunity to sustainable livelihood