EKansh Trust
352, Boulevard Towers, Sadhu Vaswani Chowk, Camp, Pune 411001
Phone: 9503715015 / 9130199023 Email: info@ekansh.org / ekansh.india@gmail.com
Timings 10.30 - 5, Monday - Friday
Empaneled by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Welfare & Empowerment, Government of India as Access Auditor for Public Places and Government Buildings under the Accessible India Campaign 2016.
We have touched and impacted hundreds of thousands of mindsets over the years. We believe that a mind once expanded by an idea will not go back to its original dimensions. Our workshops and outreach programs hope to ensure that our future is more inclusive and accessible for all.
Please visit Our Work page for more information.
YOUniversal Design (c) 2024
Workshops for students and faculty in Architecture & Civil Engineering
EKansh Trust began in 2009 with a competition in Barrier Free Architecture Design for students of Architecture in Pune. This contest ended with an award ceremony and a two day conference engaging eminent speakers from within and outside the Disability community from the field of advocacy for Inclusion and Accessibility.
There were many people who began their journey then and are well known names today in the space of advocacy for the rights of Persons with Disabilities. Some students, professors and professionals found their calling that day and have continued to shine their light on the need for Inclusion.
As an NGO working towards empowering PwD, and empanelled by the GoI for access audits with Anita Iyer Narayan as our Access auditor and D&I expert, we realise how important accessible built spaces are to ensure that basic human rights of PwD are not impacted. Recreation, Social Interaction, Travel, Transportation, Education, Employment, Medical and Legal care, etc., are all impacted by lack of proper built infrastructure. Surprisingly, Universal Design is still not a big part of the built structure design courses delivered, in some cases it is an elective. From 2009 onwards EKansh Trust has conducted several conferences, workshops and contests to bring the importance of accessible and inclusive design to the forefront.
We hope you will join us in this journey towards a SUGAMYA BHARAT - ACCESSIBLE INDIA
Candidates* with Disabilities looking for Jobs, please complete this form and submit:
https://forms.gle/pKUVpy83t6jaEBTu8
Employers** looking for candidates, please complete this form and submit:
https://forms.gle/daoC4eSbfRkp4Pe66
*We do not guarantee perfect matches between employers and candidates.
We simply forward relevant resumes to the companies and request them to connect directly with the candidates.
**We do not charge candidates any fee because they are our beneficiaries.
**We request employers to respect the service they receive, and make a contribution to EKansh Trust. We also have bills, fees and salaries to pay. Thank you for understanding.
VISION & MISSION
EKansh Trust works to Empower People with Disabilities [PwD]. Equal access must be ensured for People with Disabilities [PwD] to play, social interaction, education, employment, entertainment, recreation, legal and medical aid, etc. - which are all basic human rights we take for granted.
We believe that we must begin at the beginning - Prevention, Detection, Early Intervention, Basic and higher education AND THEN Skilling, Training and Placement.
An empowered and confident Person is the result of an aware and encouraging society. That is our focus.
Join us in our journey to an Inclusive World.
Empowering People with Disabilities
From 2007...
Basic training and placement drives for PwD
Access Audits of Government buildings
Beginner’s course - Indian Sign Language
Sensitization: professionals, executives, students, etc.
Awareness Outreach in slums & rural areas
Inclusive Education - Advocacy & Workshops
Courses in Disability Awareness & Inclusion
Our Colouring and Story books
Pune’s first Inclusive Park
Adaptive Clothing Design for PwD.
Free documentation support & consultation [UDID, etc.]
Disaster relief - ration / necessities [Floods / Covid]
Our long history of work is recorded on Facebook. Please visit our page and browse at leisure.
Pune: For help with online application for Unique Disability ID - UDID / Swavalambhan card or other online documentation related to ID and government / municipal schemes or facilities please contact us on 8530402850 / 9130199023
This service is free. Please do not pay our team any fee directly, except if there are incidental expenses. If you want to make a donation, kindly use our QR code or transfer online to 9503715015 and inform us via email or message.
Our logo was designed by CHANGING SKY run by Gargi Gupta, and inspired by a drawing given to us by Shaloo Sharma of Evoluer, done by her art student Gunjan Saxena. Our domain name is sponsored by Dinesh Pandey.
There are several friends who have contributed their time, expertise, effort and space, and even funds, over the years to our work. We are eternally grateful. If we begin to list them, we will surely be unable to avoid omissions. So, here is a big and sincere
THANK YOU.
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Note: EKansh Trust is a not for profit charitable trust and operates only on Donations. We are empanelled by the GoI for access audits and accessibility training of Government buildings and public spaces. We continue to support other NGOs, Schools, Students, etc. in work related to empowerment of PwD. Our beneficiaries are Persons with Disabilities. CSR and individual contributions are welcome.
MCA CSR00000219. PAN AAATE3523E. 80G AVAILABLE. DARPAN ID: MH/2023/0335886
For Corporate workshops, events and access audits, please write to accessavvy@gmail.com or anitaiyer23@gmail.com.