Education
Sarjan wants to educate not just the minds of children but also their hearts as it will empower them to earn their livelihood and lead a dignified life. We provide support to opportunity deprived students through scholarships and coaching. Life skills training, value-based education, leadership skills, yoga and meditation are some of the additional benefits the students get.
Health
Sarjan Foundation organizes eye check-up camps in the rural hinterland of Prantij in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat, to ensure that people have proper eyesight.
Livelihoods
Sarjan runs various employment linked skill enhancement programs for the opportunity deprived youth from socio-economically weaker sections of society. The objective is to build capabilities that help them take up livelihood opportunities.
Sarjan Foundation is a not for profit organisation committed to improving the quality of life of the opportunity deprived. It firmly believes that the opportunity deprived tends to fall by the wayside and hence either get or remain marginalized. Further the chances of these youngsters getting addicted to alcoholism or taking to crime increases manifold. Sarjan organizes various programmes directly benefiting over 18,000 opportunity deprived every year, through its welfare projects in education, healthcare, livelihood and women empowerment. Sarjan is helping bring about this change in over 200 remote villages across the state of Gujarat. Sarjan Foundation is surging ahead in its mission by imparting training in contemporary vocations, providing financial assistance to identified school and college going students and assisting other activities that help the targeted beneficiaries.
“Blessed are those whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others.”
– Swami Vivekananda
To strive for building up a civil society, grounded in our cultural heritage & value system and living in harmony with nature.
Sarjan’s mission is to sow the seeds of Love & Compassion, building Fraternity and providing a sense of direction and purpose to the rudderless young boys and girls from tribal, rural and urban clusters through imparting life and work skills.
Sarjan Foundation is able to reach its beneficiaries through its various centres which act as the platform to conduct its various activities. Details of various centres are
MARG
Rampura Vadala
Robert F Smith Tech Centre
Palanpur
BADRI
Siholi
Arts & Craft Centre
Prantij
A state of art private ITI centre in the tribal belt of Banaskantha District offering skills training for grooming dropped out and less educated youngsters in hard skills with NCVT certification and own certification completely free of cost.
Trades Offered:
Duration of Courses:
35 days to 2 years
Special Features:
Robert F Smith Technology Centre, Palanpur – For Reorientation & Development of IT & Soft Skills was set up in 2016 to enable youth graduates mostly from the humble strata to overcome their shortcomings and gain employable skills.
Trades Offered:
Duration: 6 Months
Special Features:
Special Modules on Basic financial literacy, Soft skills, Workplace behaviour.
Cost per beneficiary per course: INR 15,000
The aim is to create a set of sensitive students who are physically, intellectually, culturally, aesthetically developed. The proposed pedagogy devolves the concept of classes and encourages children learning at their own pace with some nudging. Essentially expression/articulation (both written and spoken) along with mathematical rigour will be the backbone. Multi-skilling or at least skilling will be a must. Great emphasis will be laid on sports, music and cultural activities.
Duration: 6-8 years
Intake: 50 kids every year
Input Age: 10-11 years old
Xth & XIIth certificate from National Institute of Open Schooling.
Cost per beneficiary per year: INR 40,000.00 (Includes education, training, full boarding, clothes & books)
75+ kids are happily staying and learning with us.
New batch starts in June.
Arts and Crafts Training Centre for skilling women in the semi-urban area of Prantij to make them self-reliant dignified members of the society.
Trades Offered:
Duration: 3 months
Over 1100 women have got training under different courses and earning a sustainable income for their families.
Skill Development 
Education 
Skills 
Health & Education Support Sarjan Foundation is surging ahead in its mission. With a training capacity of 54 candidates in 2007, we have now reached to 500 + candidates annually. A Residential centre of learning at Siholi, Gandhinagar to provide skilling in the “right area at the right level” is operational.
By understanding Capabilities, Capacities, Interest, and Inclination towards Academics, Sports, Theatre, Arts, Drama, Music, or other vocational skills, curated inputs can be provided. Thus honing the skill sets of the kids. Enabling these kids in environment of joyful learning by grouping them into cohorts made according to their learning levels rather than their age is our constant endeavor.
Enhancing Skills: Sarjan Foundation aims at providing training into futuristic skills which shall help the youth get sustainable employment opportunities and living life with dignity.
Touching more lives: Sarjan Foundation believes in reaching out to more and more people in need. We plan to open more such training centres all over India where learning never stops and it is accessible to all.
Building Stronger Social Fabric: With urbanisation speeding up and cities getting crowded, SF believes in strengthening our roots. To improve the social fabric of our country, it is necessary to uplift rural India. SF aims to train youth in entrepreneurship and other related skills, equip them with technical knowledge where they go back to their village and generate sustainable income opportunities for themselves and others.
In Sarjan, we believe each individual can contribute and support in building a compassionate and secure society. Your time and initiative are deeply valued and appreciated. There are a number of initiatives, campaigns, events and projects of Sarjan, within our health, education and livelihood programs. Your voluntary support is very welcome.
In our Rampura Vadla centre, a total of 210 opportunity deprived candidates are being trained to provide them sustainable and dignified livelihood opportunities.
Support the cause by sponsoring candidates at an average cost of INR 60000 per candidate per year.
Sarjan is providing employability skills training in Mobile Application Development, Website Designing, Auto CAD & Tally to youth graduates of Palanpur.
Support the cause by sponsoring candidates at an average cost of INR 18000 per candidate per year.
At BADRI, our aim is to educate kids with a pedagogy which devolves the concept of classes and will let children learn at their own pace with some nudging.
Support the cause by sponsoring candidates at an average cost of INR 60000 per candidate per year.
Sarjan organizes eye check-up camps in the rural areas of Prantij to curb needless blindness caused largely through cataract and glaucoma. Benefiting over 1 lakh people so far, cataract surgeries are done for free for identified patients. Each eye camp costs around INR 60000.
Each year Sarjan awards scholarships to students of Primary to Post Graduate level and professional courses from the neediest strata of life.
Contribute towards the scholarship fund and help the students from an underprivileged background to progress ahead in life.
Sarjan has covered the journey so far with the active support and backing of philanthropic-minded individuals & entities from all walks of life.
We need more people to join us on this journey and thus seek your support to contribute.
We seek your help and participation in building recurring sources of financial support for infrastructure, in order to reach out to as many beneficiaries as possible. We seek your voluntary participation in taking care of various aspects of skill development and community engagement programs carried out by us. Your assistance will enable us in providing direction and purpose to the aimlessly drifting young boys and girls who may otherwise end up affecting the community in a negative way.
Cheque/ Demand Draft in favour of “Sarjan Foundation” payable at Ahmedabad may be mailed to**
Mr. Bhalchandra Shah
4, Arya Apartment, #1,
B/H L.D. Engineering Hostel,
In the lane of Kashiram Agrawal Hall,
Ahmedabad – 380015, Gujarat, India.
Tel: +91 79 26300427
Mobile Number: +91 9898905305
Email: sarjanfoundation@gmail.com
Direct transfer to the Sarjan Foundation Bank a/c through NEFT/ RTGS (Electronic Fund Transfer)**
Payee’s Name: Sarjan Foundation
Bank Name: Kotak Mahindra Bank
Branch: Shangrila Arcade, Near Shyamal Cross Road, Ahmedabad
Saving Bank No: 9112154342
IFSC Code : KKBK0000810
MICR Code: 380485004
Sarjan Foundation PAN No: AAATS6262L
Foreign Donations
Sarjan is registered under the FCRA Act of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, to receive Foreign Contributions/Donations
Sarjan’s FCRA Registration No. : 041910347
Payee’s Name: Sarjan Foundation
Bank Name: State Bank of India
Branch: New Delhi Main Branch
Saving Bank Account No: 40181849118
IFSC Code : SBIN0000691
SWIFT Code: SBININBB104
For Tax deductible donations in the USA
For donations to be tax deductible in the US, please make check payable to Human Service Foundation, mention ‘For Sarjan Foundation‘ in the memo and mail it to
Human Service Foundation
Mr. Umakant Patel,
309, Golden Grass Dr.,
Alamo, CA 94507
**Donations to Sarjan Foundation are exempted under section 80-G of Income Tax Act.
Let’s hear from some of the direct beneficiaries under different programs/activities conducted by Sarjan Foundation.
The board of Sarjan comprises philanthropic-minded persons ranging from retired High Court lawyers, bureaucrats, industrialists who have great vision, social inclination and devotion towards giving back to society for the greater good.
