Anugraha is a registered national level body that supports voluntary action for national development. It is a philanthropic, secular, apolitical, non-profit and a non- governmental organisation. Dedicated to the cause of holistic development and upliftment, its main aim is working for social & economic empowerment of under -privileged. It provides consultancy, training and implementation inputs on rural & community development projects all over India.

Serving underprivileged communities across India, Anugraha has covered a wide spectrum of issues in community development. It is represented in several key committees of Central and State Governments and as India’s first Regional Resource & Training Center on Ageing (RRTC) under Min. SJ & E, GoI, it has conducted several research, training & capacity building projects towards empowering the caregivers & elderly.

Anugraha has forged effective partnerships with State Social Welfare Depts., Police, Educational Institutions, Corporate bodies and UN Agencies. Participation and presentations made in National and International forums. Signed MOU with Senior Citizens Council, Republic of Mauritius. Set up Day Care & Recreation Centers located in Delhi & Dehradun, Anugraha is running E learning & computer center, Library, Counselling, Spiritual & social support programs for senior citizens. Besides several internationally acclaimed research papers, Anugraha has published two books titled “Active Ageing in the New Millennium” & “Coping with Ageing: Emerging issues & Strategies in India & South Asia”.

Anugraha is headed by a qualified social gerontologist and technical expert. It has trained staff in social work, psychology, educationist and counsellors to manage to its various projects. Many retired persons are engaged with Anugraha as counsellors, caregivers, trainers & social workers.

S.No.	Name of the Member	Designation	Occupation
1.	Mr. R.N.Rawal	President	Industrialist & Social Worker
2.	Dr. Aabha Chaudhary	Founder Secretary & Chairperson	Consultant, Social Service
3.	Mrs. Rajkumari	Vice President	Educationist and Social Service
4.	Mr. Arun Mehra	Treasurer	Industrialist & Philanthropist
5.	Mr. Sunil Dang	Member	Social Activist
6.	Mr.Vijay Makhija	Member	Printers & Publishers
7.	Mr. K.K. Khanna	Member	Retd. Banker

	Registered under Societies Registration Act of 21 of 1860
	Registered under Foreign Contribution and Regulation Act of 1976
	Registered under 80 G and 12 A of Income Tax Act

	Partner NGO with Senior citizens cell, Delhi Police. Conducts joint sensitization and awareness campaigns on “Physical Safety & Security”.
	Zonal Chairperson of “Indian Society for Universities of Third Age”. It is mandated to run e- learning and other life long learning courses for benefit of senior citizens and care givers, along with heading the consortium of state level U3 A chapters.
	Anugraha is chairing a consortium of 45 NGOs based in different district of U.P., Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana & Rajasthan. It provides input in the field of research, documentation, survey, and training of care givers to these NGOs.
	Member of State Council for older Persons, Govt. of Delhi NCT, since its inception.
	Member, Core Group on protection of elderly, National Human Rights Commission
	Consultative status with UNESCAP, UNFPA, UNIC, UN programme on Ageing
	Women Founder Collective, USA
	Former Member of Research Advisory Committee, Min. of Social Justice & empowerment, Govt. of India
	Former Regional committee for women empowerment- Dept. of women & child development, Ministry of Human Resource Development. Govt. of India
	Recipient of National Gold, Silver & Bronze Karamveer Chakra Award.
	Nominated by Deputy Commissioner as Chairperson of “Local Complaint Committee for Sexual harassment at work place Act, 2013”
	Member of UN Global Compact Network India (GCNI)

Health Care

Academic

• Delhi Heart & Lung Institute • Rockland Hospital • Sir Gangaram Hospital • Batra Hospital • Metro Heart Institute • Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy, Min of H&FW, GoI • Centre for Sight, Delhi • Escorts Fortis Hospital • Indian Spinal injuries Centre • Indraprastha Apollo Hospital • Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences • Max Super Speciality Hospital • Kaivalyadham Yoga, Ayurveda & Naturopathy centre, Maharashtra • Maulana Azad Inst of dental sciences

• Dept. of Social work, IGNOU, New Delhi • Dept. of Social work, Delhi University • Dept. of Social work, Banaras Hindu University • Kumaun University, Uttarakhand • Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar • M.K.P. & DAV College, Dehradun • G.B.Pant Univ. Pantnagar • HNB Garhwal Univ. ,Uttarakhand • M.D University, Rohtak, Haryana • Panjab Univ. Chandigarh • Institute of Home Economics, DU

Govt. Agencies

International

• National Human Rights Commission • Ministry of Rural Development, GOI • Ministry Of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India • Dept of social welfare, UT Chandigarh • Dept. of Social Welfare, Govt. of Delhi, NCT • Dept. of Social Welfare, Govt. of Uttarakhand • Dept. of Social Welfare, Govt. of Haryana • DGDE, Min. of Defence, GOI • Legal service authorities • Chandigarh Judicial Academy • Police depts. in Delhi, Haryana & Uttarakhand

• Irish Aid • International Federation on Ageing, Canada • Southern Cross Care,Australia • Ministry of Social Security, Republic of Mauritius • United Nations agencies • Monash University Australia • Nihon University Japan • Nanjing University, China