The Human Milk Bank Amaara was started in Delhi in 2016 by the Breast Milk Foundation (BMF), which is a non-profit organization that focuses on providing donor milk to high-risk infants. BMF was co-founded by Dr. Raghuram Mallaiah, Director, Neonatology, Fortis La Femme and co-founder Amaara, and Dr. Ankit Srivastava co-founder Amaara in 2015 with the aim to establish human milk banks across India to provide breast milk for the most vulnerable babies.