Employment & Entrepreneurship for PwDs
| S.No | Name of the Organisation
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About the organization | Contact Details |
| 1 | Entrepreneurship
Development Institute of India |
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India was promoted in 1983 by the premium financial institutions of India namely IDBI, IFCI, ICICI and SBI with support of Govt. Of Gujarat. It is a national institute in the field of entrepreneurship training, education, research and institutional building. The institute is declared as the centre of excellence in entrepreneurship by the Ministry of ESD, GoI. | Nikhilesh Desai
https://www.ediindia.org/
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| 3 | Samarthanam | Samarthanam works for the empowerment of persons with disabilities and the underserved through its diverse initiatives focused on providing quality education, accommodation, nutritious food, vocational training and placement based rehabilitation. | Mahantesh
https://samarthanam.org/
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| 4 | NEDAR Foundation | Sensing the acute need and lack of Accessible Inclusive Incubators In 2021 NEDAR Foundation was established as a Section 8 Company, to be the country’s first ‘Virtual Incubator’ to Promote & Support Micro Entrepreneurs with Disabilities to Start- Sustain -Scale their enterprises with the vision for -Economic Empowerment, Social Inclusion & Rehabilitation of Entrepreneurs with Disabilities & recognition of the ‘Invisible Contributors’ at par with other entrepreneurs in the country. | Thilakam Rajendran
https://nedarfoundation.com/
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| 5 | NDFDC | NDFDC functions as an apex institution for funding PwDs to promote economic development activities and self-employment ventures of PWDsthrough the State Channelizing Agencies (SCAs) nominated by the respective State/UT Government(s) and partner Banks (Public Sector Banks & Regional Rural Banks). | Navin Shah, CMD
https://ndfdc.nic.in
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| 6 | VvNT Foundation | VVnT Foundation brings Inclusive Employment Programs for the career upliftment of persons with Disabilities and persons from Economically Weaker Section. At VVNT, our focus is to support Persons with Disabilities as well as people from Economically Weaker Sections with our Market-Aligned Skill Development programs. We offer Advanced IT trainings as well as Internship opportunities to make them Job Ready and subsequently provide Job Assistance to them. VVnT Foundation supports #WeAllFitIn campaign | Praveen Arora Parveen.Arora@vvnt.inhttps://vvnt.in/ |
| 7 | IDEA Saksham | A capacity Building organisation that supports PwDs financially and provides market linkages for selling the products made by PwDs across the country. More than 1000 PwDs have been trained and become entrepreneurs through the work of IDEA SAKSHAM. | Malikarujun Iytha inclusivedivyangjan@gmail.com https://www.saksham.org/ |
| 8 | Saarthee | Saarathee has travelled the path of inclusion since its inception in 2018. It has hired, trained and nurtured people with different disabilities in its business; and delivered business outcomes. | Richa Bansal richa.bansal@saarathee.comhttps://saarthee.com/ |
| 9 | Gift Abled | GiftAbled is committed to fostering an inclusive society by creating an ecosystem of individuals who share our vision. We firmly believe in a world where people with disabilities are afforded equal opportunities in all aspects of life. Our mission is to drive innovation and accelerate inclusion to bring about transformative changes in the lives of People with Disabilities. | Prarthana Kaul prarthana@giftabled.orghttps://giftabled.org |
| 11 | Mitti Cafe | Mitti Cafe runs a chain of cafes that is fully operated by PwDs, committed to the cause of employment and livelihoods for PwDs. Mitti Cafe has opened Alina Alam and Swati Dokania are the co-founders of Mitti Cafe. | Swati Dokania
https://www.mitticafe.org |
| 12 | Concentrix | Concentrix Pvt. Ltd is a Multi National Company that provides IT and administration services to BFSI and Health Sector. Concentrix Pvt. Ltd has employed more than 400 PwDs including Hearing Impaired and Locomotor Disability. | Malvika singal malvika.singal@concentrix.comhttps://www.concentrix.com/
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| 13 | Atypical Advantage | Atypical Advantage is India’s largest Inclusive platform that generates economic livelihood for Persons with Disabilities and supports corporates in their inclusion journey. | Vineet vineet@atypicaladvantage.inhttps://atypicaladvantage.in/ |
| 14 | Zomato | Zomato is India’s leading online ordering and food delivery company with a history of supporting sustainability initiatives. Zomato has hired persons with locomotor disability who are providing food delivery services through NeoMotion bike. | Jaskiran Bedi
https://www.zomato.com/investor-relations/esg-initiatives
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| 15 | Infosys BPM | Infosys BPM, the business process management subsidiary of Infosys, was set up in April 2002. Infosys BPM provides integrated outsourcing and transformation services. It is headquartered in Bengaluru, India. It is one of the leading Indian MNC that has created various posts for PwDs across IT, Adminstration, Finance Sector. | Shelly Kamboj
https://www.infosysbpm.com/ |
| 16 | American India Foundation | The American India Foundation Trust (AIF) is committed to improving the lives of India’s underprivileged, with a special focus on women, children, and youth. The Foundation does this through high-impact interventions in education, health, and livelihoods because poverty is multidimensional. | Kamesh Sanghi
https://aif.org/
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| 17 | Sarthak Educational Trust | Sarthak Educational Trust, a not-for-profit pioneer organization that has been at the forefront of serving Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) since 2008. Through its comprehensive, it has positively impacted the lives of 2.2 million PwDs across India, provided employment to 75,000 PwDs, through 2000+ hiring partners, 25 Centres in 20 states and 100+ funding partners. Sarthak is committed to meet the UN SDG Goals 3,4,8 and 10. | Dr. Jitender Aggarwal
https://sarthakindia.org/
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