On his quest to break barriers, Dr. Jitender Aggarwal founded Sarthak Educational Trust for people with disabilities in July 2008, with the aim of making lives of persons with disabilities Sarthak (successful), enabling them to become Masters of their own Destiny and finding its own success in theirs. It wasn’t an over-night thought, but a combination of personal loss and empathy towards fellow people with disabilities. As in his wife, Dr. Suman Aggarwal’s words- “With Adversity comes an opportunity”, and our founder made sure to mold it in the best way possible.
Since last 15 years, Sarthak is committedly working for the people with disabilities, their families and communities to create sustainable change and make an inclusive India with equal dignity & respect for Divyangjans. Today we can say that Sarthak is a young yet successful NGO working towards mainstreaming Persons with disability. Having an inclusive workforce , Sarthak team understands what it takes to ensure that no one is left behind. Programs and services have been designed to ensure that a large group of youth with disabilities is able to access quality skill education and training opportunities.
With its Interventions, Sarthak has trained and placed more than 60,000+ and 35,000+ PwDs. respectively In addition, 3500+ and 625 children with disability have been also rehabilitated through its ‘Early Intervention’ and ‘Inclusive Education’ initiatives, Empowered 1 million people in various ways and aims to create sustainable employment opportunities for 0.1 million young people with disabilities.