Section 8 Non-Profit Company · CIN U88900PN2024NPL233550 · 12A & 80G Registered

Programmes · Milestones · Announcements

Impact & News

The Foundation was incorporated in August 2024. This page records what it does — as it does it, without embellishment.

Where We Are

Foundation Milestones


13 August 2024

Foundation incorporated

The Kusteeveer Khashaba Jadhav Foundation is licensed under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 (Licence No. 159574) — forty years, to the day before, of Khashaba Jadhav's passing on 14 August 1984.

25 November 2024

12A and 80G registration granted

The Income Tax Department grants provisional registration under Section 12A and approval under Section 80G, making eligible donations tax-deductible.

25 April 2025

Listed on NGO Darpan

Registration on NITI Aayog's NGO Darpan portal (MH/2025/0608213), a prerequisite for government grant eligibility and a public marker of good standing.

In Development

Current Priorities


The Goleshwar wrestling academy

Khashaba Jadhav's own unfulfilled ambition, and the Foundation's founding project. Work is at the planning and partnership-building stage; governments, federations and CSR partners are invited to participate.

See the plan →

The Khashaba Jadhav archive

Gathering, digitising and publishing the photographic and documentary record of India's first individual Olympic medallist, at our dedicated legacy site — an open call for family and community material is running now.

Visit the archive →
A note on this page. The Foundation is young, and this page lists only what has actually happened. As programmes launch, they will be reported here with dates and outcomes — not projections.

Gallery

Foundation Events

Photographs from Foundation programmes and events will be published here. Historical photographs of Khashaba Jadhav are held in the legacy archive.

The Story Behind the Foundation

Learn about the life that inspired this mission.

The complete life and legacy of Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav — and the press coverage of his story — is preserved at our dedicated archive.