drishti foundation trust-profile

An NGO Registered Under The Bombay Trusts Act,1950

Registration No.- E-20073

Women Empowerment Programs, Community ,Health Programs, Empowerment of Differently Abled Persons, Child Rights Program, Environment Protection Programs.

A PROFILE DOCUMENT

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Name of the Organization:

DRISHTI FOUNDATION TRUST

Contact Person : DINESH KR. GAUTAM

Address: CG-2,Aarohi Appartment,Near New York Tower,Thaltej,Ahmedabad-380054

Telephone:

0091 – 9873522666 | 0091 - 9687522666 0091 – 79 - 26840044

E-mail Address:

[email protected] | www.drishtifoundation.org

Legal Status:

Registered under The Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950, Vide Registration No.E-20073 Dated : 28-09-2012

12AA of Income Tax Act.

Registered Under Section 12AA of The Income Tax Act, 1962 Vide Registration No: DIT (E) AHD/12AA/DFT/919/2013-14 Dated: 28/03/2014

Section 80G (5) of The Income Tax Act

Registered Under Section 80G (5) of The Income Tax Act, 1961 Vide Registration No.DIT (E)/AHD/80G (5)/DFT/627/2013-14 Dated: 28/03/2014

PAN Card No.

AABTD7580K

Organizational Structure

1. Mr.DINESH KR. GAUTAM ( MANAGING TRUSTEE ) 2. Mrs. SUJATA RANI ( SECRETARY) 3. Ms.PURVI GUPTA ( TREASURE ) 4. SWAMI ANANTBODH CHAITANYA ( TRUSTEE )

Bank Name

IDBI BANK LIMITED

IFSC Code

IBKL0000067

MICR Code

380259003

Account No.

00671 – 04000 – 162234

Branch Address

23 - 25, RUDRA SQUARE, NR JUDGES BUNGLOW, BODAKDEV, AHMEDABAD-380015

http://ifsc.bankifsccode.com/IBKL0000067

http://micr.bankifsccode.com/380259003


Our Honorary Board of Trustees


Our Honorary Board of Advisors:

S.

No. Honorary

Advisor Name Profession Qualification Experience / Brief-particulars

1 Dr. R.K. Jain IAS – Retd. M.Sc., Ph.D. Has served in the Indian Administrative Services, Rajasthan Cadre, in the capacity of Deputy Collector of Baran, Vice Chairman – BIDA (Bhiwadi Industrial Development Authority), Rajasthan Election Commissioner, Secretary RPSC, &, Divisional Commissioner – Jodhpur Range, &, other top administrative jobs.

2 Dr. Sundaram Babu

Renowned Social Activist

M.A, Ph.D. Mr. Babu is qualified in Defense & Political Studies with specialization in Peace building & Conflict Transformation. Has worked as Development Researcher & Consultant with various National & International organizations/projects.

3 Dr. Preet Arora Honorary Writer & Professor

M.A., Ph.D. Dr. Preet is a bright talent who is not only an accomplished academician but also a literary genius who regularly contributes through her articles based upon political, history, education, poetic topics, in various national & international Newspapers. She also has more than 3 books to her credits. In past, she has won various national & international awards like the honorary Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award and many more.

4 Dr. Anju Kajal Acclaimed Educationist

M.A., Ph.D. Is a renowned Social Activist and Educationist actively working on women empowerment and resource mobilization.

5 Sh. Mohammad Mubashiruddin Rehman Khurram

Senior Journalist & Social Activist

M.A. Is working as Senior Journalist with a famous Urdu Newspaper, 'The Siasat Daily'. Mr. Khurram throughout his career has travelled far to countries like U.S.A, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria & nation-wide in India to attend & cover conferences related to human rights.

6 Sh. Swami Anantbodh Chaitnya

Acclaimed Educationist & Social Activist

M.A., Ph.D. Shri Anantbodh Chaitanya an ascetic Brahmchari in Shri Govind Math convention who represent the luminary lineage of great-enlightened saints & yogis who renounce their homes at an early age in the search of supreme truth giving up all worldly ties and aspirations. His selfless contribution to the society has been commendable & he continues to be more than a motivation and a guiding light for those who’re willing to give back to the society.

7 Ms. Namrata Gaur

Advocate & Social Activist

M.A., LL.B. Is a Law Practitioner and has been actively working in the field of providing Legal Counseling to the needy women besides campaigning for equal rights to women. Her efforts have resulted into turning around lives of many families & women for good

8 Sh. Acharya Moksharaj

Educationist & Social Worker

M.A., Ph.D. Renowned social activist & philanthropist actively working for the upliftment of underprivileged sections of the society besides running very vocal campaign for banning of liquor in many states.

9 Dr. Satish Gupta Doctor & Surgeon

M.B.B.S., M.S. Has worked with various Healthcare institutions in Govt. sector as Doctor/Surgeon for over 15 years. Throughout his career, Mr. Gupta has been associated with various social projects/initiatives on health services.

10 Moulana Syed Athar Hussain Dehlavi

Acclaimed Philanthropist

B.A., M.A. Mr. Dehlavi As chairman of the Anjuman Minhaj-e-Rasool, an Islamic organization working for peace and secularism, has been working at the grassroots level to restore communal amity. He's been well recognized for his Social Work & well respected among the Political & Social diaspora.


PROFILE

Name of the Organization : DRISHTI FOUNDATION TRUST Acronym : A Trust for Education and Social Development Chief Functionary : Sh. Dinesh Kr. Gautam Legal status of the : Organization

Registered under Registered under The Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950in the year 2012, Vide Registration No. E-20073 Dated- 28, Sept, 2012

Registered Under Section 12AA of The Income Tax Act, 1962 Vide Registration No: DIT (E) AHD/12AA/DFT/919/2013-14 Dated: 28/03/2014

Registered Under Section 80G (5) of The Income Tax Act, 1961 Vide Registration No.DIT (E)/AHD/80G (5)/DFT/627/2013-14 Dated: 28/03/2014

Institution of the Organization : Nonpolitical, Non-religious, Non-Profit, Development

Agency working for poor and oppressed.

Our Mission: Providing quality of education, Awareness and health care in the spirit

of the society, especially the poor, the disadvantaged and the disenfranchised irrespective of caste and creed.

Our Vision: To identify and work with the impoverished, weaker and vulnerable

sections of the society to find solutions to the challenges threatening their lives with the ultimate aim of establishing an aware, responsible and developed society based upon equality, fraternity and social justice, ensuring sustainable and holistic development with emphasis on human rights, and a culture of social service through creating synergy and building strategic partnership with the Government, NGOs (non-government organizations), SHGs (self help groups), CBOs (community based organizations) and various national and international organizations by planning appropriate downstream and upstream interventions.


Our Objectives:

1. Education, research and training:

i. To promote education, especially girl education.

ii. To conduct educational, environmental and sociological studies.

iii. To promote use of Information & Communication Technology

(ICT) for socio-economic development of the community.

iv. To organize training and refresher programs for the volunteers

and officials of different Non Government Organizations to

strengthen the development skills of trainees through IEC

(information, education and communication) which they can use

in the development sector.

v. To disseminate information and knowledge, to edit, publish, and

print literature and documents, maintain libraries, and to organize

seminars/ conference/ meetings etc.

vi. To promote participation of youth (unemployed as well as

students) in income generation activities.

vii. To establish educational, professional and vocational institutions

like Engineering, Medical, Pharmacy and Agricultural Colleges that

would strengthen the developmental process.

viii. To organize lectures, seminars and workshops to help or

strengthen the character building process.


2. Health:

i. To spread awareness about STD and HIV/AIDS and work for the

welfare of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs).

ii. To work in the field of reproductive and child health, Cancer like

Breast, Skin, Blodder, Leprosy, Diabetics, bone Diseases, Heart,

Eye treatment services etc.

iii. To create awareness about communicable and vector-borne

disease control measures through better hygiene and sanitation.

iv. To narrow the difference between the health status of people on

the basis of their religion, region, caste, class and gender.

3. Development:

i. To promote social welfare activities with special emphasis on

women empowerment.

ii. To work for the betterment of weaker sections viz. SC/ST, women,

children, senior citizens, and disabled etc. with a vision of social

justice.

iii. To speed up the process of rural development and strengthen the

agricultural, horticultural and animal husbandry sector.

iv. To eliminate child labour, child trafficking, and child abuse and

focus on the education and resettlement of these deprived

children.


v. To form self-help groups and cooperatives and run income

generation activities by linking them with banks through micro-

credit.

vi. To Establish Old Age homes, Crèches, Orphan Houses, Rural and

Urban Development activities, etc.

vii. To grant aid/or assistance, financial or otherwise, to colleges,

Hospitals, Dispensaries and Aushadhalayas or other institutions or

establishments. Treatment of patients belonging to the poorer

sections of the Society?

viii. To give Scholarship and other help or assistance either financial or

otherwise to poor, needy and deserving students for obtaining

education or allied fields and for going abroad for advanced

studies.

ix. To do all other acts deeds and things as may be necessary and

conductive for the attainment of the said objects.

4. To work for environmental awareness, sustainable development and

participative management of local natural resources for village level

development.

5. To fight against social wrongs like discrimination and harassment based

on gender, caste and class.

6. To create awareness among people about functions and powers of PRIs

(Panchayati Raj Institutions) and increase people’s participation in

democratic institutions.

7. To create awareness about disaster management and Emergency relief.


8. To fight against corruption and make people aware about their legal

and consumer and Human rights.

9. To collaborate with corporate houses to fulfill their social

responsibilities.

10. Policy formulation and implementation:

i. To work with the government and other NGOs at the policy

formulation level.

ii. To affirmatively coordinate with the State and Central

Government in implementation of developmental schemes.

Target Community:

Children

Women

Youth

Agriculture workers and other socially-economically oppressed groups

Areas of Work:

Educational Promotional Initiatives among children and under privileged

Nutrition and Health promotion activities among Women and Children in rural areas

Skill development and livelihood programs

Sustainable Agricultural development programs.

Research Activities of Health and Education in all the areas. Strategy of the Organization: Facilitate the community participation in assessing their situation from social economic and political perspectives; develop appropriate strategies, which ensure community participation in capacity building, liaison with useful institutions and networking with likeminded organizations.


Major Activities of the Organization: a. Women Empowerment Programs:

Collectivized women into 70 self-help groups on self-respect, equal opportunities and economic vulnerability

Promoted leadership among the women by various capacity building programs

Organizing the women into pressure groups by net working all the village level self-help groups at district level as Community Based Organizations and facilitating the CBOs towards the emerging social economical and political issues

Organizing seminars, workshops for women for improved alliances to collectivize women on the issues of discrimination, equal opportunities, and human rights.

Organized women into self help groups initiated Micro-finance programs for women

Established finance and technical resource linkages with Self Help Groups

Promoted the concept of mutual help and trust among the stakeholders for collective economic growth of the community members on cooperative principles

Conducted skill development programs for women and established women entrepreneurships for poor and vulnerable women

Identified animal rearing as one of the important income generation program and promoted goat rearing, milking animals and lamb rearing among women

b. Community Health Program:

Implemented Reproductive Child Health program in 16 villages for improved health and nutrition status of women in reproductive age group, and infants and children under 5 years of age

Awareness camps were conducted for improved personal hygiene and environment sanitation

Awareness camps were conducted on water borne diseases and promoted safe drinking water concepts

Traditional Birth Attendants are capacitated on Reproductive Child Health issues and promoted safe delivery practices

Promoted 100% immunization and worked in collaboration with government health service systems

Awareness camps and capacity building programs were conducted on strategies in controlling Infant mortality and maternal mortality

Various medical camps were organized for poor and elder people

Awareness programs on HIV/AIDS has conducted separately for youth, women and men


c. Empowerment of differently abled Persons:

Community Based Rehabilitation programs initiated for differently abled persons

Conducted medical camps for the community members

Working for the livelihoods, education and human rights issues of differently abled persons

Conducted various capacity building activities in leadership, concept of sangha and other development concepts

Promotion of self-confidence and self-reliance through social, medical, vocational, Educational and economical inputs

e. Child rights program:

Conducted awareness programs for general population on the issues of children

Conducted awareness programs for hoteliers, small shop owners on the issues of children

Conducted orientation programs to the police and school teachers on children rights

Identified children in working conditions admitted them in to the bridge schools operated by the education department of Government

e. Environment Protection Programs:

Women were trained on environment issues, their role in protecting the environment

School children were trained on environment issues and formed school level environment clubs

Promotion of kitchen garden concept in the rural areas f. Watershed Management program:

Formation of small and marginal farmers groups

Conducting trainings to CBOs, NGOs on micro watershed programs

Capacity building of CBOs, SHGs on micro planning, formation of user groups, gender issues with respect to water

Capacity building on Soil conversation, water conservation, vegetation development, opportunistic employments


Our Associations & Affiliations:

OUR PROUD AFFILIATIONS

NASSCOM FOUNDATION

Drishti Foundation is proud to be associated with NASSCOM Foundation – a vibrant organization which acts as a front for the thriving Indian IT Industry, which increasingly provides readymade support & much desired networking with the top-notch companies. Further to benefit the needy public at large, the foundation provides Computer Systems & other support to certain approved NGOs in trying to benefit the underprivileged.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

A multi-national NGO dedicated towards the improvement of Human Rights & dignity for all across the world. It has its presence & members in over 150 countries of the world & are world renowned for its more than 50 years of ground breaking achievement for the benefit of Humanity as a whole.

GIVE INDIA

Give India is a non-profit organization dedicated to work for the causes ranging from child welfare and education to disability, poverty and women’s empowerment to & likewise. Give India is a donation platform that supports the cause of few NGOs that have been scrutinized by them for transparency & credibility.

AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE

The American Biographical Institute (ABI) is a vanity biographical reference directory publisher based in North Carolina, USA which has been publishing biographies since 1967. It is one of the world’s leading biographical reference publishers and authorities on global contemporary achievement.

THE MAX FOUNDATION

MAX Indian Foundation is a India non-profit organization, dedicated to improving the lives of people caring for life

inspires us to serve in the area of healthcare and health awareness with a special focus on underprivileged children. Children are the future and by improving their lives, we are investing in a better and brighter life for the community at large.

MISSION INDIA FOUNDATION (USA)

Mission India Foundation (MIF) is a US-based registered not-for-profit organization. It’s a non-religious organization working in the field of education and healthcare, particularly Maternal and Child Health (MCH) in India which aims to empower the children, women and youth with knowledge through library projects; provide healthcare in rural areas and work on civic engagement. With many accolades & awards to its credits, Mission India continues to benefit thousands of children & youth whose lives it touches on day to day basis.


NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNAL HARMONY (MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS – GOVT. OF INDIA)

National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) was set up as an autonomous organization under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, and registered on the 19th February, 1992 with the main objective of providing assistance for the physical and psychological rehabilitation of the child victims of communal, caste, ethnic or terrorist violence, with special reference to their care, education and training besides promoting communal harmony, fraternity and national integration. The Home Minister is ex-officio chairman of the Governing Council of the Foundation.

UGAM CHAND PUSHPLATA MOHANAUT FOUNDATION

UCPMF based out of Jaipur, Rajasthan, is an NGO based upon Jain beliefs, having thousands of supporter bases. They are mainly engaged in fight against female feticide, upliftment of rights to females in the society, fight against poverty, and education of poor & needy & lots of other charity work to benefit the overall society at large. The UCPMF is now increasingly looking to expand its operation base by giving help & funding to various other NGOs working for such similar causes.

STOP T.B. PARTNERSHIP

Headquartered at Geneva, Switzerland; Stop TB is a widely acclaimed organization which is recognized as a unique international body with its credibility based upon broad range of medical, social and financial expertise places it strongly for fight in its mission to defeat TB. Stop TB works through nearly 1000 partners which act as a collective force that is transforming the fight against TB in more than 100 countries.

PETA (People For Ethical Treatment Of Animals)

PETA founded in 1980 is an international nonprofit charitable organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, with affiliates worldwide. It is the largest animal rights organization in the world, with more than 3 million members and supporters. PETA is doing a hugely commendable work to protect the animal rights, through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.

INDIALOGUE FOUNDATION

Indialogue is an action and research-oriented dialogue and peace foundation, was founded in New Delhi in 2005, the imagination and fortune of a group of Turkish and Indian people to promote and to encourage local, national, international, inter civilizational, intercultural, interfaith, inter communal and interethnic dialogue; Love, tolerance, understanding, reconciliation, harmony, co-existence, tranquility, peace & other more human values which are of great duty to the humanity at large. Indialogue Foundation continues to promote its cause through various industries, NGOs, & Govt. based partnerships.

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