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We, at Anaika, truly believe that liberty for a woman comes from the ability to make financial decisions for her life..

Anaika Foundation is a non-profit organization that aims to empower women by providing them with the required financial knowledge needed to handle their personal finances. Anaika was founded in April 2023.

Anaika’s mission is to promote financial literacy in women, across all socio-economic strata and age groups, and to enable them to be a part of the financial decision-making in their families, thereby making a positive impact on them individually and enriching the society at large.

Anaika’s vision is to make positive changes to individual’s life through financial stability and inclusion. Our ultimate goal is to bring about a revolution of financially smart and confident women.

At Anaika, we conduct various workshops from time to time on basic personal finance topics, like saving versus investing, investment products available in an Indian context, why should/shouldn’t one take insurance, starting retirement planning at an early stage, utilizing the tax savings schemes effectively et al. We provide a platform for women to connect, so that they can share their personal finance queries and concerns and take better informed and independent financial decisions that impact them and their families. We also provide financial counselling to women and help them through their personal finance journeys.

A woman who understands money has the power to create a better
future for herself and her loved ones

Meet the team

Sugandhi Garg

Sugandhi Garg, the Founder and Director of Anaika Foundation, is an MBA (Finance) and has over 23 years of experience in corporate and structured finance. She has been a personal finance enthusiast from her teenage years and is an avid investor and trader. She is also an NISM certified Investment Advisor and Investment, Retirement & Tax and Risk & Estate specialist, certified by the Financial Planning Standards Board (USA). She is also pursuing her certification to be a licensed Financial Planner (CFP).

Before founding Anaika, Sugandhi worked as Head of Products at Vichara Technologies India (Pvt) Ltd for 19 years. As head of products, she was responsible for product management and delivery of full suite of Vichara’s products – across residential, commercial, corporate, & whole loans and securitization spaces. She has in-depth knowledge and experience in global structured finance asset classes and is a specialist in mortgage and asset-backed securities (RMBS, CMBS, CLO, Whole Loans), derivatives, cashflow waterfall modelling, fixed income research, and deterministic & stochastic analytics. Prior to working at Vichara, Sugandhi has also worked in different functions of corporate finance in companies like Cadila Pharmaceuticals, Telia International Carrier (Sweden) and Vedaris – an Energy Trading and Risk Management Platform. Sugandhi is a sports and fitness enthusiast and has run over 30 half marathons across the country.

Palak Agarwal

Palak Agarwal holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management and Tourism. As an empathetic and approachable individual, she brings a unique blend of skills and experiences to the table, making her the perfect liaison between our organization and the women we serve. She holds the welfare of the underprivileged close to her heart, and her unwavering dedication is a driving force behind our efforts to empower women. Along with her position at Anaika, Palak is a Founding Director of Tanisi Enterprises, demonstrating her strong leadership qualities as well as her self-starter nature. In her free time, she is an avid traveller, having visited numerous countries.

Vienna Aggarwal

Vienna Aggarwal is the creative lead for Anaika and handles the social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. She is responsible for content and graphics creation. Vienna helps facilitate the workshops that Anaika conducts and manages all follow-up and impact documentation as well. Vienna is the second member of the Anaika team. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s (Hons.) degree in Economics, with a specification in Mathematics, from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University. Apart from her studies and her work with Anaika, Vienna is a voracious reader and an avid fan of football and F1, and blogs about the same.