<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Population Foundation of India, popularly known as PFI, is a national level NGO established in 1970 by a group of socially committed industrialists, led by late Mr. JRD Tata and Mr. Bharat Ram. Mr. Hari Shankar Singhania, a leading industrialist is the present Chairperson of the Governing Board. Initially the Foundation was named Family Planning Foundation and focused on supporting Family Planning initiatives with an aim of population stabilization and improving quality of lives of people. However in the light of evolving ideas and understanding of population stabilization and its interrelations with socio-economic and gender equity factors, the Foundation broadened its perspective and spectrum of activities on population and sustainable development. An appropriate indication of this is the change of name in 1993 from Family Planning Foundation to Population Foundation of India. Being a pioneer organization for funding and promoting population related activities in the country, the Foundation endeavors to address the critical issues of population, health and sustainable development for better quality of life by increased access to services, capacity building at various levels and promoting advocacy programs.</span></p>