Who We Are & What We Do

Happy Triangle Foundation was founded in August 2016 to create a space for educational growth and thinking together. The foundation works in three key areas: Education, Health, and Community Development.

It began with workshops on critical thinking, gender, and climate change, and also included skills workshops with women and health awareness programs. Our goal is to facilitate spaces for new thought in economically and socially vulnerable children and women.

Our motto: Let's Think Together.

The name: 'Happy' is inspired by Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index, and 'Triangle' symbolises ‘delta’, a (Greek) symbol representing change. The name stands for ‘joyful change’ and refers to a Buddhist state of happiness that is joyful and tranquil rather than extreme.

Our Mission

To create and contribute to the creation of a discrimination-free society.

Our Vision

To make community nourishment (physical and mental) accessible to all, irrelevant of any discrimination, especially with a priority for underserved communities.

Our Values

Compassion

We believe community support starts with care for each individual.

Collaboration

We believe our unity and ‘thinking together’ can make our society progress.

Anti Discrimination

We believe an evolved society holds no place for the multi-dimensional discriminations of caste, gender, religion, and similar factors.

Respect

We believe respecting nature and all sentient beings is foundational to create a concious and positive change.

Integrity

We believe it is essential to act ethically and meaningfully with each undertaking.

Meet the Team

Rekha Sharma

Co-Founder & Editor

Rekha has 21 years of experience as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army and continues her passion of public service with HTF. She has degrees in commerce, education, and nursing and an MA in commerce. She writes on health for the magazine and leads women's welfare programs.

Raj Kumar Sharma

Co-Founder

Also known as Pandit Ji, Mr. Sharma is an astrologer, a field he has been practicing since the age of 8. His experience of overcoming internal displacement due to conflict in the north steers him to social service, and he supports HTF with financing and management.

Palak Rashma Sharma

Co-Founder, Editor, Artist

Palak’s interest in Buddhist philosophy and Bhutan’s economics guided her to create education and social support programs. She has a BA (Liberal Arts) and MA focused in economics, from Symbiosis and Johns Hopkins University. Her social service journey began at 19, when she was a volunteer at Andheri Slums, where HTF is serving even today. She has experience in foreign policy think tanks, the World Bank, and Barefoot College, with field experience in Rajasthan and the slums of Mumbai. She uses this experience to design the magazines' storytelling and manage project goals.