About us

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About Us

GiftAbled is a social enterprise that strives to create an ecosystem of like-minded individuals to collectively build an inclusive society and also to help people to improve the quality of living by offering eco-friendly products. We aim to empower People with Disabilities across several aspects of their life and support them in living with dignity. All our efforts are thus in line with empowering our artisans with disabilities by producing sustainable products.

Our Goal

GiftAbled collaborates with various non-profit organizations across the country to produce market viable products which are at par with the mainstream. The purpose is to generate and sustain a livelihood for the marginalized section of society and also work on promotion of handicrafts and environmental sustainability. It also provides an avenue for our guests to shop for high-quality Indian made products without leaving the comfort of their home or office.

OUR MISSION

Foster a culture that values environmental sustainability, inclusion and creating opportunities that transform the lives of people with Disability and Disadvantaged so that they can live with dignity and self-esteem.

Our Inclusive Services

TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS

Our workshops are tailor-made for corporates to help instill new views and enable the interaction with Persons with Disabilities with great ease and confidence. It also helps one chart strategies, policies, and roadmap Inclusion goals for companies.

LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT

We have specialized need based programs which are driven by the organisation’s culture & disability policies. We provide Interpretation Services, Focussed Trainings, & Case Based Trainings also.

ACCESSIBILITY CONSULTING

We provide digital and infrastructural accessibility solutions to make content and spaces more inclusive. We conduct thorough audits and ensure that the environment is compliant with mandated Government Guidelines.

CSR IMPACT PROJECTS

We follow a holistic approach to empower People with Disabilities across several walks of life. Read more about our projects under Health, Education and Livelihood Generation.

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

We strive to create a sensitive workforce by creating opportunities to explore new ideas through inculcating the values of Diversity and Inclusion.

JOBS

GiftAbled generates jobs for the people with disabilities by collaborating with the corporates. We as a social enterprise are working hard in reducing the unemployment issue faced by people with disabilities.

Leadership Team

Deekshitha Ramesh 

Associate Vice President & Founding Member

Deekshitha is an avid traveler and brings lot of energy as Head of Merchandise & Skilling CoE. She is a pet lover to the core and cannot help but taking care of abandoned animals.

In her leadership, Merchandise & Skilling empowers thousands of artisans with disabilities across the country and creates a net of financial inclusion for the partners/ beneficiaries.

Krishna Kumar

Associate Vice President & Founding Member

Krishna loves to ride fast and the same quality of speed resonates as he drives Services and Tech CoE to meet the requirements of stakeholders.

He has been instrumental in pushing the agenda of Accessibility across digital and infrastructure and is one of the tallest leaders in the space. The impact created by his CoE supports in deeper and long lasting inclusion across India.

Prarthana Kaul

Co-Founder & Director

Prarthana’s experience of almost 2 decades enables GiftAbled to chart and continue on the right course. She deftly leads impact and sustainability and has been GiftAbled’s biggest inclusion advocate. Most who know her are aware that she enjoys the company of fellow impact friends, colleagues and most of all volunteers.

Her interests range from eating out to volunteering to going on long drives to supporting everyone and all the causes.

Prateek Kaul

Co-Founder & Director

Prateek is a certified Social Auditor along with being an advocate for Accessibility and Assistive Tech. The focus of his work in the last decade has been to empower Persons with Disabilities via specific interventions in Health, Education and Livelihood.

Prateek has over 15 years of Corporate experience before moving full time into Development space. In his professional career he volunteered in his individual capacity and as an employee volunteer. Exposure and insights into societal challenges during his volunteering days laid the foundation for setting up GiftAbled. GiftAbled is one of the handful of organisations serving pan India with depth of work in the interiors of the country.