About Us
In his mid-forties, Girish started exploring his own capabilities in his personal life; some can call it mid-life crisis. He started hiking. He summited Mount Kilimanjaro in 2016 and raised more than $150,000 to help schools in India build toilets. In 2018, he summited Mount Aconcagua and raised over $ 90,000 to build a maternity hospital in Kisii, a small town in Western Kenya. Girish became so connected to the mountains that he wanted to climb all seven summits, highest mountain in each continent. Covid has not let him realize his goal of climbing all seven summits to date.
When we look at Girish’s current life, he is single with no children. He had the opportunity to reflect on the purpose of his life. One thought that had bugged Girish always is that he had never done anything for India, his mother land. Girish plans to return to India in 2028.
During his financial planning career of 19 years, Girish had the opportunity to observe the financial planning industry closely. He noticed that financial planning does not receive desirable attention from Canadians. People are unlikely to prioritize financial planning until they experience financial crisis.
When he connected with FP Canada, the institution that owns CFP, Certified Financial Planner title, he learnt more realizations about the financial planning industry. For example, the industry is male dominated, there is a scope of diversity, and most importantly; there’s no scholarship set up for CFP certification to date.
Girish decided to bring his two passions; hiking and financial planning together. He created EFP campaign, Everest for Financial Planning. Girish is going to climb Mount Everest in 2022 with two distinct objectives:
Increase Canadians’ Awareness
Scholarship Fund
Raise $750,000 for Tara Agrawal scholarship fund for the CFP certification. The scholarship fund will release 6 scholarships of $5,000 each annually for deserving candidates. To include the diversity and inclusion piece in this campaign, the scholarships will be awarded to:
- 2 women
- 2 immigrants
- 2 general candidates
Scholarship Fund
Raise $750,000 for Tara Agrawal scholarship fund for the CFP certification. The scholarship fund will release 6 scholarships of $5,000 each annually for deserving candidates. To include the diversity and inclusion piece in this campaign, the scholarships will be awarded to:
- 2 women
- 2 immigrants
- 2 general candidates
Approaches
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Give him your wishes and blessings that he returns safely from Mount Everest and be successful in his campaign
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Provide your testimonial on the importance of Financial Planning and inspire Canadians to do financial planning
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Donate generously to the scholarship fund
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Become an Ambassador of the EFP Campaign by committing to raise $25,000 or more for the scholarship fund
Please support the EFP campaign. It will provide you with a sense of community involvement and a unique opportunity to have a direct positive impact on Canadians’ lives. Thank you.
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