About · Since 2021
Five years of advancing human life through the convergence of computation, biology, and the unwavering conviction that the best science belongs to everyone.
Chapter One · Foundation
Param Hansa Philanthropies: Beyond the Grant
Founded by Dheeraj and Swapna Pandey, PHP is a grant-making foundation bridging computation and life sciences — registered as a 501(c)(3) in the US and a Section 8 non-profit in India.
We fund science, yes. But more than that, we quietly build the conditions for it to flourish — through trusted partnerships and patient, long-term commitment.
We believe the right support, given at the right moment, can change what’s possible.
Vision
Enhancing the quality of human life through the power of science, complemented by innovations in technology.
Mission
To collaborate and support research at the intersection of computing and life sciences — and the ideas that harness the power of natural sciences to create better versions of our society.
Chapter Two · The Problem
Cancer kills one in six people worldwide — rarely from the first diagnosis, but from what follows. Metastasis. Resistance. Relapse.
Yet cancer is just one face of a deeper problem.
Across neurological, metabolic, and infectious disease, the pattern is the same. We diagnose. We treat. We lose. Not always because medicine is absent, but because understanding is incomplete. Our inability to decode the true complexity of biological systems costs lives every single day.
Beneath many of these failures lies a computational gap — the missing bridge between biological complexity and human insight.
This is where PHP works. Funding the science that builds that bridge, so that across human disease, what feels inevitable no longer has to be.
PHP is driven by a clear commitment: the future belongs to disciplines that converge, not compete. Quantum, biology, AI, and computing must work as one to unlock new learning. This is not giving — it is investing in what will define tomorrow.
The arc of these five years
PHP funded the science. Then the people. Then the institutions. Today, those institutions are producing clinical results — and the pipeline keeps building.
One step at a time, one investment at a time.
Our Journey
2021
PHP co-founded as a 501(c)(3) by Dheeraj & Swapna Pandey; $10M committed to UT Austin (JCOC)
2022
FFE scholarships and H2H Foundation's Pediatric congenital heart surgeries begin
2023
PHCCO inaugurated at IISc Bengaluru with $1M; Stanford Bio-X collaboration deepens
2024
IIT Patna workshop + OSAAT partnership in Bihar grow PHCCO network to 2,300+ scientists; UT Austin Center for Computational Medicine launches
2025
$1.5M MITI first-in-human clinical trial at Stanford; 15+ active global partnerships
Leadership
A small team committed to building the conditions for transformative science.
Founders
Co-founder, Param Hansa Philanthropies
Co-founder & CEO, DevRev
A serial entrepreneur and technologist (Nutanix, DevRev). Co-founder of Param Hansa Philanthropies, focused on mobilising philanthropic capital toward computational biology, translational research, and education.
Co-founder, Param Hansa Philanthropies
From banking to philanthropy — Swapna brings financial rigour, cultural empathy, and a deep commitment to healthcare and education. As President of PHP, she leads with the same quiet purpose that makes the work meaningful.
Leadership Team · PHP India
Founding Director, PHP India
Nearly three decades spanning technology, biotech, and finance — including co-managing $2B in equity funds. Amit brings that depth of understanding to PHP, where the questions matter more than the capital behind them.
Director, PHP India
Nearly three decades in public health — from grassroots non-profits to India's largest corporations. Trained at TISS and a Packard-Gates Fellow, Rakesh brings to PHP what data alone cannot: lived understanding of communities’ science must ultimately serve.
Director, PHP India
Twenty-five years building energy infrastructure from the ground up — co-founding SunSource Energy, now backing India's shift to electric mobility. Adarsh brings to PHP the same long-term thinking that turns ideas into impact.
Global Presence
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Tampa, Florida, USA
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Contact us at social@phvalues.org