friends and Partners
"Without their support, I would never be able to do what we have done. So a big thanks to all of them for their help and support! If you or a company you know is interested in supporting our endeavors, please fill out the contact form and my team and I will get back to you as soon as we can. Thank you!"-Natasha Jain CEO Muskaan
Dr. Vasant Raval
Dr Raval has been helping me since the very beginning. He has turned an idea into something tangible and I will be forever grateful to him. He is one of those selfless professors who truly embodies what it means to redefine education. In addition to his multiple publications, Dr Raval and his wife have published a book on balancing work and life. The lessons he has taught me cannot be tested on paper but they are important messages that will stay with me forever. He is by far one of the most impressive mentors Creighton University could ever have and we are blessed to have such a dedicated and thoughtful member of the community.
https://business.creighton.edu/faculty-directory-profile/754/vasant-raval
https://business.creighton.edu/faculty-directory-profile/754/vasant-raval
Indian Dental Association
The IDA has been doing incredible work to help change the perceptions surrounding oral hygiene in India. I am blessed to say that we have partnered with such an impactful organization. We donate 15,000-25,000 brushes with paste as well as coloring books and other oral hygiene materials twice a year to their dental camps (Children's Day) where they teach children and their families proper oral care habits.
https://ida.org.in/
https://ida.org.in/
CURA CLinic Creighton Medical School
We donated 1000 brushes and paste to the student led CURA medical students traveling to India to help the communities there. A huge thank you to Breanne Parets for being patient and understanding as we navigated our first project. The Creighton School of Medicine is incredibly lucky to have such an inspiring leader at their school. She will be an amazing doctor and will definitely set an example to those around her!
UPS (shipping and printing)
We have partnered with a UPS store in Aurora Colorado. They are helping us with printing everything from coloring books for children to business cards and flyers promoting better oral hygiene practices.
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Creighton Dental School
Dean Latta is one of the most incredible individuals I have met and is extremely selfless and passionate about global change. He truly embodies what it means to be a social entrepreneur. Because of him, Winston Yapp, and Patricia M Beacom, Muskaan has been able to make great strides. We definitely could not have done any of this without their support.
Andrew Arora is the Senior Managing Consultant, Digital Change, at IBM. He sits on the committee of the UT Austin school of business. Andrew is passionate about making a change in the community around him and using his talents to the best of his ability to serve the community locally and internationally. Andrew has helped Muskaan from the beginning, with social networking as well as business advising on how to thrive in such a dynamic field. He came here when he was just 16 to attend the UT Austin from London. Since then his network has expanded incredibly. Andrew truly is the definition of a self-made man who started from the bottom up. He will never cease to be an inspirational figure in my life.
Regis Jesuit High School
Regis Jesuit high school is one of our greatest supporters and they are raising money through their Cadre program. I had the privilege of attending RJHS. I can definitely say that my time at Regis Jesuit has truly shaped me into the person I am today, and I am deeply grateful to my parents and the RJ community for giving me a strong foundation. Every graduate from RJ goes out into the world with a passion of wanting to go beyond their simple day to day careers. RJ taught me to look for the MORE in my vocation and that is why I started Muskaan. Doing service projects at RJ my junior and senior year, really taught me that volunteering is an inaccurate word to even describe my experiences there. Now I use the word, friendship. Working with the Indian Dental Association, helping children through the CURA Creighton Medical clinic, have all been humbling experiences for me, where I have grown to become friends with children and dentists oceans away. Giving back to the community on a local and a global scale is something that we all should be called to do. What I am doing right now pales in comparison to what the rest of the RJ network has done for the world, but I hope to make my high school proud following the examples of my classmates, teachers, and the rest of the dedicated community that RJ has blessed me with.
Dr R.S. Gambhir
Dr. Gambhir is also an example of someone who is truly a leader for social change. He has many articles published on the need for a new dental policy in India and has been an advocate. He takes the time to talk with me about issues in India that the mainstream media does not tell me and has truly given me invaluable advice on how to move Muskaan forward.
Father Jeff Harrison
Father Harrison has been my mentor since high school and his help and guidance is invaluable to me. He can see straight through me and his advice has never failed me. Father Harrison has taught me the importance of being levelheaded, confidence and also compassionate. He has taught me how to be assertive yet kind. With his help I am able to be resilient. The road of getting Muskaan to where it needed to be has been difficult but he has helped me up whenever I want to give up.
Ashwin Naidu
Besides his impressive accomplishment of being a TED Fellow, Ashwin is a dedicated environmentalist who is the President of Fishing Cat Conservancy. You can watch his TED talk online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahD6A6o-gws. I can talk about his many academic achievements but I know that he would not want me to do that because he is one of the most humble people I have ever spoken to. Although he is brilliant, he never flaunts about what he has accomplished. Mr. Naidu pushed me to think of an environmentally friendly way to continue my mission. So we have to think about getting biodegradable brushes or implementing a recycling program to encourage proper disposal of plastic to not harm the environment.
GANGADHAR PATIL
Gangadhir Patil has helped me immensely with navigating social networking. Mr Patil taught me about the importance of not being withdrawn from the community that I am donating to. I am guilty of not being able to be close to the children we are giving toothbrushes to; but I know that to be able to better serve, I need to really immerse myself in the field. Mr. Patil challenged me to go beyond just the role of product management I have now and actively dig deeper into the communities I want to help. Mr Patil is the perfect example of someone who has really exemplified this lesson to me. Like I mentioned before he is the CEO of 101reporters https://101reporters.com/. His company focuses on helping grassroots journalists to publish stories in mainstream brands. He recognized the discrepancies in mainstream media because no rural stories or issues are represented. So he did something about it. In fact, he said he started working when he was 20, my age. This really inspired me because he gave me a boost of confidence. Even though I am considerably younger than a lot of nonprofits working on a global scale, my work and my mission are still extremely valid.
Smile Train India
After COVID, shipping became tough to manage so she found a different way to continue her passion for service. In dental school her D1 year, she started collaborating with Smile Train India and together created a joint project called "Sketches for a Smile". It took months, lots of meetings and documentation, but it January of this year the hard work paid off from both ends. Smile Train is the world's largest nonprofit organization that supports safe and quality cleft care for children enabling them with the opportunity to live full and healthy lives. She hopes to use her passion for craniofacial anatomy and sketching to help fund these life changing surgeries. Her RedBubble can be found below: https://www.redbubble.com/people/nvjain/shop