Dr. Sushama Nagarkar

Founder

Dr. Sushama Nagarkar is the founder of Yash Charitable Trust (2014)^[1], an Indian non-profit working on disability, livelihood and mental health from Mumbai.

Yash Charitable Trust

Yash Charitable Trust has worked since 2014 to help neurodivergent adults live and work in the community of their choice with dignity and self-respect. Based in Mumbai and registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act, it runs an Employability Skills Development Programme and an Adult Support Kendra offering counselling, consultation, ancillary therapies and support for supported, customised, self- and open employment, alongside seminars, workshops and advocacy that sensitise the wider community.

Yash Charitable Trust reports the following, on its own site:

800+ neurodivergent adults and their families have benefitted
5000+ extended community members sensitized
80+ seminars, workshops, trainings and advocacy sessions

Organisations: 1
Based in: Mumbai
Founded: 2014
Press: 1

References

[1] “Yash Charitable Trust (YCT) was founded in 2014 by Dr. Sushama Nagarkar with the aim of enhancing the quality of lives for neurodivergent adults.” — Yash Charitable Trust. Source

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