WLF is a Public Trust registered under Indian Trusts Act 1882 (registration no. 74/2016) on 16th June 2016 at Secunderabad, India.
The Foundation has three eminent personalities as it’s founding Trustees, Sri Udayashankar Chaturvedula (Chairperson), Sri Sreekumar Nhalur (Trustee) and Sri Someshwer Rao (Trustee). Sri Udayashankar is a highly revered professional in rural development, water resources management and livelihoods sector in India with about 40 years of experience. Sri Sreekumar is an energy policy expert whose contribution to electricity regulations, reforms and practices are appreciated widely. Someshwer Rao is a Finance sector professional with a long association with development sector in India.
The registered office of the Trust is located at:
12-13-451, Street no.1
Tarnaka, Secunderabad – 500017
Telangana, India.
Ph: +91 27014467, e-mail: [email protected]
WLF has got registration with Income Tax Department under Section 12AA and 80G of Income Tax Act. Following are the PAN, Bank account (local fund), 12AA and 80G registration details:
PAN: AAATW4026G
TAN: HYDW01203G, Darpan ID: AP/2016/0105994
CSR registration with Min. of Corp. Affairs, GoI: CSR00015842, dt. 5.10.2021
80G registration: AAATW4026GF20216, valid till 30.08.2026
12AA registration: AAATW4026GE2016801, valid till 30.08.2026
FCRA registration: 368140132, dated 08.01.2024, valid for 05 years
Bank details (local): SB Account no. 33260100007631, IFSC: BARB0TARNAK
Tarnaka Branch, Street no.1, Tarnaka, Secunderabad-17
WLF maintains separate FC bank account with SBI, New Delhi and FC utilization accounts for different projects.
WLF is committed to its vision of achieving ‘water-secured society’ that makes a positive difference to the life and livelihoods of poor and marginalized in India. WLF establishes unique identity by strictly adhering to its core values of ‘transparency in operations’, ‘commitment to its vision’, ‘gender sensitive in all its actions’ and ‘quality of work’.
WLF has developed and adopted a bouquet of operational policies such as Gender policy, Conflict of Interest Policy, Finance Manual, Programme guidelines and HRD&M manual. All these policies and guidelines together form the “Team Manual” of WLF and guide all its operations.
As articulated in the objectives of the organization, WLF is ‘open’ to relate and network with various civil society actors, institutions as well as individuals from the society. It welcomes public and various civil society members to visit and explore different aspects of its work.
Individual and institutional donations to WLF are of immense value for advancing its work. Donations to WLF are exempt from Income Tax as per the provisions of Section 80G of IT Act. Please contact the Chief Functionary of the Trust at +91 40 27014467 (or) write to [email protected] to offer donations.
The Foundation has three eminent personalities as it’s founding Trustees, Sri Udayashankar Chaturvedula (Chairperson), Sri Sreekumar Nhalur (Trustee) and Sri Someshwer Rao (Trustee). Sri Udayashankar is a highly revered professional in rural development, water resources management and livelihoods sector in India with about 40 years of experience. Sri Sreekumar is an energy policy expert whose contribution to electricity regulations, reforms and practices are appreciated widely. Someshwer Rao is a Finance sector professional with a long association with development sector in India.
The registered office of the Trust is located at:
12-13-451, Street no.1
Tarnaka, Secunderabad – 500017
Telangana, India.
Ph: +91 27014467, e-mail: [email protected]
WLF has got registration with Income Tax Department under Section 12AA and 80G of Income Tax Act. Following are the PAN, Bank account (local fund), 12AA and 80G registration details:
PAN: AAATW4026G
TAN: HYDW01203G, Darpan ID: AP/2016/0105994
CSR registration with Min. of Corp. Affairs, GoI: CSR00015842, dt. 5.10.2021
80G registration: AAATW4026GF20216, valid till 30.08.2026
12AA registration: AAATW4026GE2016801, valid till 30.08.2026
FCRA registration: 368140132, dated 08.01.2024, valid for 05 years
Bank details (local): SB Account no. 33260100007631, IFSC: BARB0TARNAK
Tarnaka Branch, Street no.1, Tarnaka, Secunderabad-17
WLF maintains separate FC bank account with SBI, New Delhi and FC utilization accounts for different projects.
WLF is committed to its vision of achieving ‘water-secured society’ that makes a positive difference to the life and livelihoods of poor and marginalized in India. WLF establishes unique identity by strictly adhering to its core values of ‘transparency in operations’, ‘commitment to its vision’, ‘gender sensitive in all its actions’ and ‘quality of work’.
WLF has developed and adopted a bouquet of operational policies such as Gender policy, Conflict of Interest Policy, Finance Manual, Programme guidelines and HRD&M manual. All these policies and guidelines together form the “Team Manual” of WLF and guide all its operations.
As articulated in the objectives of the organization, WLF is ‘open’ to relate and network with various civil society actors, institutions as well as individuals from the society. It welcomes public and various civil society members to visit and explore different aspects of its work.
Individual and institutional donations to WLF are of immense value for advancing its work. Donations to WLF are exempt from Income Tax as per the provisions of Section 80G of IT Act. Please contact the Chief Functionary of the Trust at +91 40 27014467 (or) write to [email protected] to offer donations.
