VIVEK GUPTA THE FOUNDER OF ARAV FOUNDATION Arav Foundation, an Indian non-governmental organization, work for education to slum children, women empowerment, health, environmental education, etc. They created this NGO because they want to help the helpless children and youths in India to have a good life in their future. They also want to reduce poverty in their families and their communities. These aims should primarily be accomplished through education. NGOs are contributing at all stages of the research cycle, fostering the relevance and effectiveness of the research, priority setting, and knowledge translation to action. They have a key role in stewardship (promoting and advocating for relevant global health research), resource mobilization for research, the generation, utilization and management of knowledge, and capacity development. Yet, typically, the involvement of NGOs in research is downstream from knowledge production and it usually takes the form o