Corporate CSR Partnership
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“When you buy a ticket, you assume safety is taken care of — but in aviation, safety is not a promise printed on a boarding pass; it is a system that must be protected, questioned, audited, and earned every single day.”
Safety Matters Foundation is actively raising corporate CSR funding for Safer Skies India — a costed, three-year, twelve-workstream programme to scale India’s only independent aviation safety institution. Schedule VII (ix) eligible. INR 11.50 crore over three years.
The aviation moment
India is the world’s third-largest domestic aviation market. The cognitive and operational load on the active flight-deck workforce is rising; the empirical evidence base on Indian pilot performance, in Indian operating conditions, has not kept pace. The country has world-class regulators and operators — what it lacks is an independent, public-interest aviation safety institution at scale. That gap is what Safety Matters Foundation was built to fill.
What we have built since 2018
- 500+articles published on the mindFly Blog
- 46+episodes of the mindFly Katha podcast
- 3National Safety Culture Surveys (2020, 2022, 2024)
- 530respondents in the 2024 pilot-fatigue survey
- 1active Public Interest Litigation in the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India (Air India Flight 171 crash investigation)
- 4+international forums as invited speakers (ISASI, FSF, EATS Berlin, WATS Orlando)
- 2peer-reviewed publications — The Aeronautical Journal (Cambridge University Press) and the Indian Journal of Aerospace Medicine (IJASM_15_2026)
- RASEIndia’s only non-governmental anonymous aviation safety reporting portal
The programme: Safer Skies India
Safer Skies India is structured as twelve interlocking workstreams — nine core modules and three flagships — to be delivered over three years at a total budget of INR 11.50 crore. Approximately 75–80% of the programme is people and infrastructure, embedded inside the workstreams.
Three Flagships
F1Project Chakshu Yan
Cognitive safety, attention, and decision-making research in flight crew under Indian operating conditions. Retina tracking + functional NIRS + machine-learning classification, instrumented in full-flight simulators. To be partnered with a university research lab.
F2Skyward Dreams
Women-in-aviation broadcast and mentorship flagship. Single anchor production house, milestone-based payments, national mentor network of serving female aviators.
F3Yatra Sarathi + Travel with Dignity
Multilingual passenger education portal with regional-language editors, MoUs with airport operators, airlines, CISF, the DigiYatra Foundation, and the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Paired with a policy and advocacy strand and an annual Passenger-Service Disruption Report.
Nine Core Modules
- M1 — 4th National Safety Culture Survey (2026)
- M2 — mindFly Academy: LMS, free CPL/ATPL courses, DGCA Question Bank, Hindi localisation, Civil-Military CRM curriculum
- M3 — RASE Anonymous Reporting Portal upgrade and operation
- M4 — Civil-Military CRM & Human Factors with Indian Navy and Indian Air Force (MoU-based)
- M5 — mindFly Research Fellowships: three stipended one-year fellows per year
- M6 — Accident Re-investigation & Legal Transparency: Senior Counsel retainer at the Hon’ble Supreme Court (AI 171 PIL)
- M7 — mindFly Blog & Podcast Expansion with Hindi translation
- M8 — Governance, Compliance & Institutional Build
- M9 — Monitoring, Evaluation & Public Reporting
Why this is CSR-eligible
The Foundation’s aviation safety research, anonymous reporting infrastructure, and human-factors work fall squarely within Schedule VII Category (ix). The Foundation is registered as a Section 8 Company (CIN U85300HR2021NPL096553) with 12A and 80G approvals (validity TY 2026–27 to 2028–29) and CSR-1 registration CSR00110553 (issued 29 April 2026). Full statutory documentation is published on our Support Us page.
Partnership tiers
Four tiers, all Schedule VII (ix) compliant. Tiers can be applied to the programme as a whole, to a single flagship, or to a specific module. All tiers include 80G receipts, Form 10BE certification, and a written impact report. Per the Foundation’s Donor Recognition policy, no single donor will exceed 40% of the Foundation’s annual income.
Title Partner
INR 4 cr
3 years
- Capped at 40% of programme per donor policy
- Naming rights and co-branded publications
- Reserved board observer seat
- Bespoke executive briefings
- Lead recognition across all SMF channels
Strategic Partner
INR 2 cr
3 years
- Co-branding of one flagship (F1, F2, or F3)
- Quarterly executive briefings
- Named recognition in the Safety Culture Survey report
- Speaking slot at SMF annual safety dialogue
- Annual partner-branded impact report
Programme Partner
INR 50 L
Module-based
- Funds one specific module end-to-end
- Examples: M1 Survey ~40 L, M2 Academy ~65 L
- Logo and recognition on programme deliverables
- Quarterly impact briefing
- 80G receipts and Form 10BE certification
Supporter
INR 10 L
Annual
- Listed Supporter on website and Annual Report
- Annual impact briefing
- 80G receipts and Form 10BE certification
- Quarterly newsletter
- Mention across SMF social channels
Read the proposal
The detailed CSR proposal is available as a one-page executive brief, a full performance report, and an operating & team plan companion. All three are open downloads — no email gate.
Talk to us
For a thirty-minute introductory conversation, a tailored partnership proposal, or to request the pitch deck (sent on request), please write to us.
Safety Matters Foundation is a Section 8 Company under the Companies Act, 2013, incorporated on 23 July 2021 (CIN: U85300HR2021NPL096553), with PAN ABGCS5064A, GSTIN 06ABGCS5064A1ZM (Haryana), 12A registration ABGCS5064AE20261, 80G approval ABGCS5064AF20261 (validity TY 2026–27 to 2028–29), and CSR-1 registration CSR00110553 (issued 29 April 2026 by ROC Haryana, SRN AC3250773). Final registration under 12A/80G will be sought before expiry of the provisional period in accordance with Rule 18I.
