Monthly Archives: February 2015

Peter Csizmadia-Honigh (International Wine Consultant)

“Learning a trade gives you technical skills and equips you with vocational discipline. Having a mentor can be a true inspiration. CSSG combines these ingredients in their approach to giving underprivileged Indian kids a life-changing opportunity and that is why I was proud to support their fund-raising efforts.”

Jatin Mallick and Julia Carmen Desa (Chef Proprietors Tres )

“CSSG enables individuals and groups working together, to create and invest in projects that benefit the public.”

Shaloo Sharma (Head – Pallavanjali India)

“Creative Services Support Group has showcased that it is one Non Profit Organisation that makes good of its Statement of encouraging a new vision on the role of the creative sectors; the role they play in regenerating cities, the value of arts, and global opportunities among them with an emphasis on India.”

Nandita Das – Actor, (Director and Social Activist)

“CSSG has a wonderful ethos that holds a lot of promise: to provide opportunities to underprivileged young men and woman post eighteen carries a lot of responsibility and hard work.”

Laurie Gear – (Chef Patron, Artichoke Restaurant, Amersham – UK)

“We were first approached by Anand Kapoor and the CSSG Group back in 2012 to come to India and cook as a guest chef as part of a fundraising event hosting by one of India prestigious and highly respected Hotel groups. Having done our preliminary research prior to leaving we already had a strong understanding…

Hemant Sagar (Designer and Founder of Lecoanet Hemant)

“I have known about CSSG since its inception when I was just a supporter at their first fund raiser. My interests were tweaked post this first event and I reached out to find out more. Since then I have gained a better knowledge of their work and efforts towards changing mind sets and how they…

Emmanuel Balayer (CEO Emmanuel Balayer Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd)

“It gives me immense pleasure to support CSSG. Its goals and initiatives are very close to my heart. It is clear, having worked in the luxury sector for many years now, that there is a real shortage of talent that can be made up from the young men and woman CSSG supports.”

Nira Kehar (Chef and Patron at Chez Nini)

“I first met Anand last year and learnt about his efforts to create a community with CSSG.  The honesty and the genuine emotion towards making a difference in someone’s life, and the creative direction that came along with that process, was too overwhelming to not be a part off !”

Renu Modi (Owner and founder of Gallery Espace)

“CSSG has my full support in all its endeavors. I was impressed by Anand”s passion and love for arts. May your vision to support arts in such a dynamic way take great heights!”

Dr Simone Bamford – (MBBS(Hons) FRACGP – AUSTRALIA)

“From what I have seen of the work of CSSG, it is making a material difference to the lives of young underprivileged men and women in India, one individual at a time. I was lucky enough to be able to meet one of the recipients of CSSG’s assistance. The young man has been given the…