Flagship programme
Livelihoods
Women Entrepreneurship
Self-help groups, producer companies and micro-enterprises that turn traditional craft into steady household income — with buyers lined up before the first order.
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Great Place To Work® Certified · Since 2012
Building Entrepreneurs.Strengthening Communities.Changing Futures.
We help women, youth and underserved families across India build sustainable livelihoods — through entrepreneurship, skilling, education and market access.
13+
Years of Impact
Working since 2012
48,000+
Lives Empowered
Women, youth & families
60+
Training Programs
Across trades & sectors
410+
Communities Reached
Villages & urban clusters
Trusted by CSR partners across India
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Who We Are
Dignity, not charity.
We begin where opportunity is thinnest — and stay until a household earns its own way.
- We listen first: communities tell us what they already know how to do.
- We train, mentor and finance — then connect the work to real buyers.
- We measure success twelve months later, in household income.
Our Mission
Sustainable livelihoods through entrepreneurship, skilling and education.
Our Vision
An empowered Bharat where every woman and young person can shape their own future.
Credibility
Why Organizations Trust PURE
Funders stay with us because delivery, compliance and evidence arrive together — every quarter, without chasing.
13+ Years of Social Impact
A continuous track record since 2012 across livelihoods, skilling and education.
Transparent Governance
12A, 80G and FCRA compliant, with independently audited reporting on every rupee.
CSR Ready Programs
Schedule VII aligned programmes with documentation, MIS and compliance built in.
Pan India Reach
410+ villages and urban clusters served through local field offices and centres.
Experienced Leadership
A Great Place To Work® certified team of 200+ practitioners rooted in the field.
Measurable Community Outcomes
Quarterly dashboards tracking income change, retention and enterprise survival.
How We Create Impact
Six deliberate steps from first conversation to lasting livelihood.
Step 1
Discover
We map each community to find the households with the least access to work.
Step 2
Train
Trade-specific, certified skilling delivered locally — not in distant classrooms.
Step 3
Mentor
Field mentors and peer groups stay with each participant well past training.
Step 4
Support
Credit linkage, tools, raw material and digital access to remove the first hurdle.
Step 5
Build Businesses
Micro-enterprises and producer companies connected to real, paying buyers.
Step 6
Transform Lives
Household income that holds — and confidence that outlives our involvement.
What We Do
Four programmes, one outcome: an income that outlives our involvement.
Every programme is designed with the community, delivered locally, and measured on the only metric that matters — what a family earns twelve months later.
Skilling
Skill Development
Tailoring, beauty, retail and digital trades taught in community centres with placement support.
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Education
Career Guidance for Students
School sessions that help first-generation learners choose a stream, a trade and a future with clarity.
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Enterprise
Bano Udyami & Market Access
Business incubation, credit linkage and buyer connections with partners like SIDBI for rural entrepreneurs.
Explore programmeOur Story
Every livelihood we create transforms an entire family.
When a woman earns, a child stays in school, a home gets repaired, and a village learns that enterprise is possible. Entrepreneurship, education and skills are not three separate programmes to us — they are one continuous line from a first conversation to a family that no longer needs us.
Impact in Numbers
Measured where it counts — in household income.
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Women trained & supported
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Enterprises established
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Villages & urban clusters
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Continue earning after 1 year
"I joined the tailoring centre with no income and no confidence. Today I run a unit with nine women from my village — and we supply to two city buyers."
Why Partner With Us
CSR teams stay with us because the outcomes hold.
We design programmes with your compliance, reporting and impact goals built in from day one — then run them with a field team that lives in the communities we serve.
Governance you can audit
FCRA, 12A and 80G compliant with third-party audited reporting on every rupee deployed.
Outcome-linked reporting
Quarterly dashboards tracking income change, retention and enterprise survival — not attendance.
Great Place To Work® certified
A trained, long-tenured field team is why our programmes hold up after the funding cycle ends.
Recognised delivery partner
Awarded by national institutions and trusted by 60+ corporate CSR and philanthropic partners.
Leadership
Practitioners, not administrators.
"We never ask a community what it lacks. We ask what it already knows how to do — and then we build the market around it."
Founder & Managing Trustee
Strategy & Partnerships
Programme Director
Livelihoods & Enterprise
Head of Education
Career Guidance & Schools
Head of Field Operations
Training Centres & Mentors
A 200-strong team across field offices, training centres and enterprise hubs.
News & Stories
View all updatesWhat's happening on the ground.
RecognitionDec 2024
PURE India Trust certified a Great Place To Work®
Our field teams — the reason programmes survive past the funding cycle — were the deciding factor in the certification assessment.
Read storyProgrammeNov 2024
Bano Udyami cohort opens with SIDBI support
Ninety rural entrepreneurs begin an incubation track covering credit, compliance and buyers.
EducationOct 2024
Career guidance reaches 40 government schools
First-generation learners map streams, trades and scholarships with trained counsellors.
Join Us
Together We Can Build Stronger Communities.
Lasting change is never built alone. Partner with us, fund a cohort, or give your team's time — and every contribution is tracked to a household, a business and an income that keeps growing long after the programme ends.
Donate
Fund a woman's enterprise from training to first order.
Volunteer
Mentor entrepreneurs or run career sessions in schools.
Partner
Co-design a CSR programme with measurable outcomes.