The document discusses the role of the Kalgidhar Trust in empowering women in India through various educational and social initiatives, highlighting its mission to create globally responsible citizens. It details the positive impact of programs aimed at addressing social issues such as female feticide, drug addiction, and domestic violence, and emphasizes the trust's spiritual foundation as key to its success. Recommendations for corporate partnerships are also presented to enhance the trust’s social transformation efforts.

1. Role of NGO in upliftment of society –
A case study of Kalgidhar Trust, BaruSahib,
HP, India
• Amarpreet Singh Ghura – Assistant Professor,
Babasaheb Gawde Institute of Management Studies.
• Dr H.S.Cheema – Director, Institute of Future Education
Entrepreneurship and Leadership.
• Harjit Singh Lamba – Technology and Management
Consultant.

2. Objectives
• To understand the role of NGO towards the
empowerment of women in India.
• To know whether the CSR activities play a
significant role in uplifting the standards of women.
• To know various social activities being undertaken
by Kalgidhar Trust.
• To know how a component of spirituality can help an
NGO to achieve its social objectives.

3. Scientific Question Addressed
• NGO have a positive role to play towards empowerment
of women in India?
• It was also attempted to explore if CSR activities could
have an interface with development activities, that can
provide upliftment to the economic status of women?
• Scientific study also attempts to know the various social
activities being undertaken by Kalgidhar Trust?
• An attempt is being made to assess the influence of
spirituality on molding the NGO”S to the path of selfless
service.

4. Methodology Used
• Both Primary and Secondary data was collected.
• Primary Data – A personal Interview was
conducted with Dr Devender Singh and his
team.
• Secondary Data – Journals, Research Papers ,
and Articles.

5. Social Evils
• Female feticide
• Education in rural areas
• Drug Abuse
• Domestic Violence
• Elderly widow issues
• Orphans

6. About Kalgidhar Trust, BaruSahib.
Mission
• To establish permanent
peace in the world
through the synthesis of
value based scientific
education and moral
rejuvenation thereby
creating good global
citizens.
Vision
• Aim to be an enabler for
the creation of ‘high
caliber’ globally
diversified student base
nurturing all-round
excellence, beyond
academic dimension to
produce tomorrow’s
value-based global
citizens from the under-
privileged classes.

7. Founders
Sant Attar Singh Ji Sant Teja Singh Ji

8. Programs
• Akal Academies
• Akal Teacher’s Training College
• Akal Rozgar Yozna
• Akal College of Divine Music and Spiritualism
• Akal De-Addiction Cum Réhabilitation Centre
• Akal Charitable Hospital, Baru Sahib
• Akal Child Welfare Foundation
• Akal Home for Elderly & Widows

9. Education Program Summary
Akal Academy
• Number of Schools 70
• Facilities For 83,000
Students
• Total Area 550 acres
• Built up Area 3.2 million
Sq. Ft.
Eternal University
• Colleges 6
• Students 1500
• Free ship 650

10. Kalgidhar Trust’s Beneficiaries
Direct Beneficiaries
• 32000 students.
• 2745
teachers/professionals.
• 161,000 patients.
• 1050 orphans and Other
poor students.
• 200 senior citizens.
• 1200 Widows and needy
women.
• 1740 Addicts and their
families.
• 9822 earth quake victims
affected in Kashmir
Indirect Beneficiaries
• 2200 construction
manpower engaged at
various centers.
• 32000 families of
students who act like
global messengers of
universal brotherhood.
• 5000 rural
providers/suppliers.

11. Highlights of Scientific findings
• Created an emotional change against
female feticide.
• Substantial reduction in social problems
such as domestic violence, family discord.
• Empowerment to secure better status in
society.
• Rescued from Drug addiction

12. Conclusion
• All the programs of
Kalgidhar Trust have a
root component of
spirituality.
• This component of
spirituality is the success
mantra of the Kalgidhar
Trust.

13. Conclusion
• Women have been empowered through education,
professional training and offering jobs in Akal
Academies, this has enhanced their matrimonial values.
• Drug Rehabilitation centers have shown 82% success
rate which is way above the maximum success rate of
about 42% reported so far in international sphere.
• To encounter the menace of female feticide, The
Kalgidhar Trust emphasizes on educating the girl child.
• Akal Academies has led to constructive turnaround in
social problems like crime, Drugs addiction, Female
foeticide, Marital discord and Domestic violence.

14. Suggestions
• All companies should work like catalytic
agents for social transformation.
• All companies from small business to large
corporations should partner with the
programs of the Kalgidhar trust , to help them
make a difference in the society.

15. The partnership can work in following ways:
• Sponsorship – Sponsor an Academy, Class room,
Child’s Education, land for academy, and drug Addict’s
treatment, an orphan and elderly services.
• Providing innovating technical solutions in the field of
education that can help them to meet their goals cheaper
and faster.
• Volunteering – Using their talent to raise the funds for the
Kalgidhar Trust

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