About us
Twelve years in the same villages.
Schooling, healthcare and livelihoods for families in 120 villages of Darbhanga, Bihar.
Our story
It started with an evening class.
In 2014 Mr. Faishal retired after 18 years of teaching in government schools in Darbhanga. He had watched too many bright children leave school by Class 8. So he opened an evening class in a rented room in Benipur, with forty children and one blackboard.
Mothers who came to collect their children began asking about work, and about the nearest doctor. The health camps started in 2016 and the women's groups in 2017. The tree-planting programme started in 2019, when those groups asked for paid work near home.
Today Radiant works in 120 villages with 60 field staff and more than 300 volunteers. It still runs on the same idea: stay in one place, listen, and count what lasts.
- 48,000+
- People reached since 2014
- 120
- Villages across 8 blocks
- 86%
- Of spending goes to programmes
- 11
- Years of audited accounts
Vision
A village where every child finishes school, every family can see a doctor, and every woman earns her own income.
Mission
To work alongside rural communities in Darbhanga, Bihar on education, health, livelihoods and the environment, and to report the results openly.
What we hold to
Four principles.
Local people, local leadership
Nine out of ten field staff live in the villages they serve. Programmes are planned with the gram panchayat, not for it.
Measure what lasts
We count children who pass Class 10, not enrolment forms. We count trees still alive after three years, not saplings on planting day.
Open books
Audited accounts, annual reports and registrations are published every year. Any donor can ask how their money was spent.
Stay for the long term
We have not left a village since 2014. Change in schooling, health and income takes years, and we plan for that.
Milestones
From one room to 120 villages.
2014
Registered as a trust. Opened the first learning centre in Benipur with 40 children.
2016
Held the first village health camp with four volunteer doctors.
2017
Formed the first women's self-help group and started tailoring training.
2019
Launched the tree-planting programme, run by women's groups.
2021
Received CSR-1 registration. First corporate partnership.
2024
Reached 100 villages and opened the 30th learning centre.
2026
2,400 children enrolled and 140 health camps held to date.
People
Trustees and team.
- F
Mr. Faishal
Founder & Managing Trustee
Taught for 18 years in government schools in Darbhanga before founding Radiant in 2014.
- AK
Dr. Arvind Khanna
Trustee, Health
Physician with 25 years at a Patna hospital. Leads the volunteer doctor network.
- FS
Farah Siddiqui
Programme Director
Previously ran rural livelihoods projects in Bihar and Jharkhand for a national NGO.
- RT
Rajesh Tomar
Head of Field Operations
Grew up in Benipur. Manages 60 field staff across 120 villages.
- NB
Neha Bansal
Finance & Compliance
Chartered accountant. Handles audits, donation receipts and statutory filings.
- IQ
Imran Qureshi
Partnerships & CSR
Works with companies and foundations to design and report on funded projects.
Your gift keeps a child in school, a clinic open, a tree growing.
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