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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                   MAY 01, 2026     |  The Indian Eye 20

                Baldrige Foundation Award for Leadership

            Excellence in Nonprofit for Dr. Manu K. Vora

            OUR BUREAU                                                                                            million adults) free eyesight checkups,
                                                                                                                  151 mobile vans for transport of doc-
            Naperville, IL
                                                                                                                  tors and patients, and donated 10,000
                  he Foundation for the Mal-                                                                      Braille Kits for blind children’s edu-
                  colm Baldrige National Quality                                                                  cation. For further information, visit:
            TAward, Inc., Washington, DC                                                                          http://www.blindfoundation.org.
            honored Dr. Manu K. Vora with a                                                                           Foundation Awards for Lead-
            “2026 Baldrige Foundation Award for                                                                   ership  Excellence:  Baldrige  helps
            Leadership Excellence in Nonprofit”.                                                                  thousands of organizations across the
            This award recognizes exceptional                                                                     United States and around the world,
            leadership  in  the  promotion  of  per-                                                              in all sectors of the economy, pur-
            formance excellence across the Unit-                                                                  sue performance excellence which,
            ed States. Dr. Vora is the Founder,                                                                   in turn, makes a positive difference
            Director, and President of the Blind                                                                  in people’s lives. The Foundation
            Foundation for India (BFI), USA                                                                       Awards for Leadership Excellence
            since  1989.  This  is  the  first  time  an  leadership, effective governance, da-  while ensuring the sustainable growth  were established to recognize leaders
            Indo-American Charity Leader has  ta-driven  decision-making,  volunteer  of its mission to  prevent blindness  in Business (Manufacturing, Service,
            been recognized with the Nation’s  engagement, and donor centricity into  and empower the visually impaired in  Small  Business),  Nonprofit,  Govern-
            high honor.                       its operational fabric, BFI has suc-  India. This unwavering focus on per-  ment, Health Care, Education, Cyber-
                Since 1989 under Dr. Vora’s  cessfully navigated over 37 years of  formance excellence and donor satis-  security, and Community, who pro-
            exceptional leadership, BFI has uti-  dedicated service, impacting the lives  faction remains the lifeblood of BFI’s  vide exceptional support to Baldrige
            lized the U. S. Baldrige  Excellence  of over 15 million visually challenged  enduring legacy.        and the Foundation’s mission, helping
            Framework as its strategic North Star,  people  across  India.  The  systemat-  Since 1989, the BFI Team has  to sustain Baldrige  into the  future,
            integrating its core principles directly  ic deployment of Baldrige-aligned  raised over $8 million to support  and promoting the positive impact of
            into the organization’s DNA. By em-  tools has enabled the foundation  to  300,000 free Cataract operations, over  Baldrige on organizational and com-
            bedding concepts such as visionary  achieve peak operational excellence  3 million (1.5 million children and 1.5  munity success.

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