Sshrishti Trust

Promotes education and digital literacy for underprivileged children & women and empowers women by offering vocational training

  • Gold Certified 2023
  • FCRA
  • 80G
  • 12A
  • CSR-1
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About

  • Headquarters

    New Delhi, Delhi

  • Since

    2003

Sshrishti provides formal schooling to underprivileged children, especially those of migrant labourers living in slums, with a special emphasis on the Read more education of the girl-child. It offers flexible admission plans to cater to the needs of migrant labourers. It aims to prepare the children to attend mainstream schools once their primary school is over so that they can be admitted to class VI of government schools. It also conducts community mobilization and outreach activities to secure greater participation from women and girls. Sshrishti also works to bridge the digital divide by running computer centres in rural areas, empowering rural children to compete with their more affluent urban peers. It also helps women develop skills through craft training and vocational guidance so that women are self-reliant and can participate in the economy through opening marketing portals such as the following: online marketing platforms, corporate events, retail partnerships, public events, fairs, and exhibitions. The program aims to help women in terms of employability and economic self-sufficiency. It also runs Mahila Panchayat which is aimed at generating awareness regarding women's rights, providing a platform to voice out any abuse of rights, facilitating redressal through counselling and legal procedures, and mobilizing men and women towards communal vigilance and proactive action.


Issue

The underprivileged people of the country remain uneducated and unattended to, facing inequity in all spheres. Women and children are not able to realise their dreams due to poverty and inequality.


Action

SShrishti aims to bring quality education to the poor and underserved, strive for equality and development by attempting to plug the developmental gaps existing in urban and rural India.

Demographies Served

Impact

Has impacted 1500 underprivileged children daily, offering quality education for the early years, bridge-learning facilities and nutrition in the form of daily midday meals in the states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh. Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Punjab.

Vision & Mission

We are on a mission to create an educated and empowered India with special emphasis on technology-aided education to order to provide quality education and bridge the learning gaps among the children in rural and underserved communities to ensure their holistic development. The mission also has a strong focus on upskilling the youth and women of our country in order to foster social equity, economic self-sufficiency and inclusive development.

Donor History

1. KPMG
2. Solutia Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.
3. Sri Sri Rural Devi
4. High Street Fashion
5. Edelgive

Programs

  • Ssrishti Jagriti

    It is Sshrishti’s women’s empowerment programme that works to provide vocational training and skill-development opportunities to women from marginalized communities, ensuring a means of self-sufficiency and a sustained income.

    The program works to foster awareness through community mobilization and participation. Currently, Sshrishti runs centres where it trains women in tailoring and hand-crafting at Bhatti Mines, Sanjay Colony, New Delhi.

  • Digital Literacy Programme

    Works to enhance the employability of youth from marginalized communities. Ssrishti offers training in basic computer applications like MS Office, training in job-oriented courses like Tally and DTP, uses digital technology to foster awareness and supplement school education, and encourages creative skills in using computer applications.

  • Health & Nutrition

    Basic healthcare is offered to all students; in the morning, milk and fruits are served and later lunch is provided. In addition, students' health is monitored regularly. The community outreach initiative also addresses the issues of health and hygiene in the community.

  • Internet Saathi

    A project supported by Google and Tata Trust that is aimed to make women living in rural areas in three districts of Uttarakhand, internet literate, and to enable them to use it to enhance their livelihood.

  • Education

    Incorporates creativity, play, and alternative methods into teaching to provide children with a well-rounded education. Thus, it also incorporates technology to enhance learning and provides the children in its primary school with tablets that are pre-loaded with educational software.

    It also offers supplementary learning and remedial classes. Additionally, Ssrishti provides life-skill education to develop students into individuals who are aware of both their rights and duties.

  • Sshrishti’s Mahila Panchayat

    It is a women’s empowerment initiative, in partnership with the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), that provides a platform for the Oudh community residing at Bhatti Mines on the fringes of Delhi.

    The ‘Mahila Panchayat’ conducts periodic workshops for rights awareness and has weekly meetings to hear grievances. In addition, the organisation provides guidance and facilitates familial or legal redressal in case of rights violations.

  • Sshrishti Learning Centre

    State

    Sshrishti Learning Centres was initiated in 2003 with the idea of providing children from poor migrant communities with formal education from Class Nursery-V in centres potentially furnished with various flexible learning systems in order to encourage creativity enabling children to express themselves and achieve their potential. Classrooms are aided with technology: with tablets providing appropriate resources to enable children to engage with the 21st century digital world. The students also enjoy a nutritious midday meal, games and sports and field trips.

  • Crn

    The CRN project in Uttarakhand aims at making digital education accessible to local children and youth. It also addresses their aspirations by providing opportunities for bridge-learning, building proficiency in digital literacy, coding, accounting and Spoken English and relevant life-skills. To boost digital literacy skills in the rural areas of Uttarakhand, 5 community resource centres are operational across Almora and Nainital. For building innovative skills in school children, 3 government schools are engaged in covering 750 students.

Impact Metrics

  • #Children Understanding Foundational Literacy and Numeracy

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 550
    • 2020-21 500
    • 2021-22 300
  • #Children in Stem Learning

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 550
    • 2020-21 500
    • 2021-22 300
  • #Chinldren Impacted With Nutrition

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 550
    • 2020-21 500
    • 2021-22 300
  • Digital Literacy

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1000
    • 2020-21 1200
    • 2021-22 1400
  • #People Impacted With Job-Based Skill Development

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1000
    • 2020-21 1200
    • 2021-22 1300
  • #People Impacted With English Speaking Skills

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1000
    • 2020-21 1200
    • 2021-22 1300
  • #Children Understanding Foundational Literacy and Numeracy

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 550
    • 2020-21 500
    • 2021-22 300
  • #Children in Stem Learning

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 550
    • 2020-21 500
    • 2021-22 300

Theory of Change

We are on a mission to create an educated and empowered India with special emphasis on technology-aided education to order to provide quality education and bridge the learning gaps among the children in rural and underserved communities to ensure their holistic development. The mission also has a strong focus on upskilling the youth and women of our country in order to foster social equity, economic self-sufficiency and inclusive development.

Milestones & Track Record

Our core mission is to provide education that fosters social equity, inclusive development, and effective economic and public participation through pedagogies based on experiential learning.
Sshrishti has envisioned an inclusive programme of women’s empowerment that addresses concerns of gender equity by fostering skill-building and capacity-development amongst women from some of the country’s poorest neighbourhoods
Through its initiatives in digital literacy, Sshrishti aims to provide training in coding, computer applications and accounting to those on the outside of India’s digital revolution who miss out on the associated dividends that it brings in terms of employability, communications and functionality

Leadership Team

  • Sanghamitra Bose

    Founder Trustee & CEO

  • Vinti Agarwal

    Advisory Board Member

  • Amit Vaidya

    Advisory Board Member

  • Ms. Sanghamitra Bose

    CEO

  • Dr. S M Sohrab Alam

    Director of Operations

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    51-100

  • Strength of Governing Body

    7

  • Diversity Metrics

    55% women

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    No

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    Yes

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    No

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Organisation Structure

Organisation Structure

Yes

Awards & Recognitions

-We have been accredited by Charities Aid Foundation, Credibility Alliance and GuideStar India.

-Sshrishti was adjudged as the best NGO in North India (small category) by Rockefeller Foundation & Resource Alliance in 2009.

-The organisation also featured in the top 4 at the India NGO Awards 2013-14 (Edelgive Foundation, Resource Alliance & Rockefeller Foundation).

-In 2018, Gray Matters Capital (India), an independent agency for measuring learning outcomes, graded Sshrishti’s academic performance much higher than that of government schools pan-India.

-In 2019, Sshrishti’s founder and CEO, Ms. Sanghamitra Bose was felicitated with India Ahead's 'Education Ahead Award for Excellence in the field of Education 2019' towards providing quality education with overall development of underprivileged children.

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAFTS5739P

  • Registration ID

    10978/IV

  • VO ID / Darpan ID

    DL/2009/0015890

  • 12A

    AAFTS5739PE20030

  • 80G

    AAFTS5739PF20210

  • FCRA

    231660881

  • CSR Registration Number

    CSR00004666

Location

  • Headquarters

    Flat No. 203, 1st Floor, Kabir Apartment (Opp. Nirulas) Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, 76/9 Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070

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Other Details

  • Type & Sub Type

    Non-profit
    Trust

Financial Details

 Income / Expenses
  • 2018-19

    Income
    Rs.39,819,948
    Expenses
    Rs.39,819,948
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.17,602,697
    Program Expenses
    Rs.22,217,251
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  • 2019-20

    Income
    Rs.36,112,814
    Expenses
    Rs.31,237,106
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.5,310,308
    Program Expenses
    Rs.25,926,798
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  • 2020-21

    Income
    Rs.16,635,656
    Expenses
    Rs.13,582,674
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.3,667,322
    Program Expenses
    Rs.9,915,352
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  • 2021-22

    Income
    Rs.17,875,541
    Expenses
    Rs.16,775,344
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.4,529,343
    Program Expenses
    Rs.12,246,001
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