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Vision

Vidya Roshan Charitable Trust’s (VRCT’s) vision is to bring about social change by working towards changing the thought process of the community in favour of gender equality, promotion of education, health and woman’s empowerment. Also to provide services to marginalised communities focusing on girls, women and the elderly.

Mission

The mission of VRCT is to translate its goal into action by making various interventions in a variety of activities like setting up a Medical Centre, taking up programmes for Integrated Development of Adolescent girls which includes supervised coaching, workshops, extracurricular activities, medical examinations, reproductive health care and menstrual hygiene to improve the status of the girl-child. It simultaneously works for Women’s Empowerment and promotes women’s solidarity by organising them into women’s Jagriti Mandalis, to change their thought process in favour of gender equality, health,  education and empowerment through awareness meetings and workshops. VRCT promotes self-reliance amongst women to take them away from the mode of dependency on male members of their families. It encourages economic self-reliance amongst women and girls, by providing them vocational training and assisting them to set up their own income-generating ventures by providing interest-free loans. It also motivates women to take up jobs as factory workers, piece wage workers, hawkers and domestic maids.

Approach

The approach adopted by VRCT is by integrating its activities and networking between different categories of beneficiaries so that wholesome benefits can be provided to them as an individual and as a family. This approach creates harmony between different sections of society by bringing them together in common activities and changing the thought process of the community towards growth and empowerment, with emphasis on gender issues.

A very large proportion of the beneficiaries are migrants living in one-room tenements with 6 to 8 families sharing a toilet, living in poor hygienic conditions and having a poorer nutrition level. Approximately two-thirds of the beneficiaries are migrants from UP, Rajasthan, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Tamil Nadu. Their family occupations are Factory workers, Labourers, Hawkers, Security Guards, Domestic workers, Carpenters, Scavengers and rag picker’s etc. A microscopic number of beneficiaries work at the supervisory level or are  petty shop keepers.

VRCT makes concerted efforts to integrate the migrants with the local population.

Methodology

VRCT is a grass-roots level NGO working to improve the conditions of girl, women and community members, through strong field activity which includes establishing Women’s Jagriti Mandalis, Adolscent Jagriti Mandalis, supported by door-to-door campaigning and mass campaigning. Our field workers have close links with Asha workers, Teachers, Anganwadi workers. We have trained local women leaders to become the catalysts for change by providing them training and further building their capacity through awareness meetings and workshops. VRCT takes up important issues like domestic violence, female infanticide, population control, legal rights of women, gender discrimination and lack of opportunities to the girl child for their development. We adopt other techniques for imparting learning like role-plays, skits, songs, poems, posters and distribution of IEC Material. With this mult-level and coordinated approach better results are achieved for the beneficiaries growth and development. Field workers frequently accompany woman beneficiaries to Civil Hospitals to have Copper T inserted, tubectomy done or for any other serious ailment. Vidya Medical Centre also provides quality Health Care to the patients. Women are also assisted to open bank accounts by accompanying them to the Banks. The workers also liaise with the local municipal authorities if there is a problem of sewerage and water.

The senior staff members help non-school girls to gain admission in schools. In some cases, admission is refused because of non-availability of Aadhar Cards in which case VRCT organises Camps for obtaining Aadhar cards by liaising with local authorities. Staff members contact National Institute of Open Schools to get admissions for dropouts to appear for CBSE Board Examinations for Class X and class X11. They assist in admissions, getting Admission Cards for Examinations and also provide coaching facilities. There are women who have appeared for board examinations after having dropped out of a school for 12 to 18 years.

Vidya Roshan Charitable Trust Board Of Trustees

Veena Eagleton Chairperson

Ms. Veena Eagleton was a member of the Indian Administrative Service. She worked in several departments but gained expertise while working with the Government of India and the Haryana Government in the areas of Health, Education, and Women and Child Development. She was also associated with Women’s Programmes under the Non-Aligned Movement, SAARC, and worked with the Commonwealth Youth Programme and UNDP. She was a Founder Trustee of Nishaant which had looked after abandoned children providing them home and education. Ms. Eagleton is the founder Trustee of Vidya Roshan Charitable Trust. She exercises strict supervision on the activities of The Trust on a daily basis and guides and motivates the staff to work towards achieving its objectives.

About Trust
Dr. Reeta Khosla is a retired Associate Professor Of University Of Delhi . She Is an Environmentalist, and has authored two books titled, Biofertilisers and Biocontrol Agents and Basics of Environment Studies, a text book for University courses. She Is on the Board of an NGO – “Women For India ” which is an Associate Of Indo-American Centre and are offering Rain Water Harvesting and Waste Management. Also, associated with NGOs working for Environment like Centre For Science And Environment (CSE) and Chintan. She has 26 years experience in garden designing and has specialised in rock garden, vertical garden and herbal garden, she has won numerous awards consecutively from 2006 to 20016 from Delhi University. Currently she is a freelancer giving consultancy in landscaping, waste management, water harvesting and vermi-composting. She is an active member of Lions Club, Delhi Capital and was its President in 2012 to 2013.

Reeta Khosla
Trustee

Dr. Reeta Khosla is a retired Associate Professor Of University Of Delhi . She Is an Environmentalist, and has authored two books titled, Biofertilisers and Biocontrol Agents and Basics of Environment Studies, a text book for University courses. She Is on the Board of an NGO – “Women For India ” which is an Associate Of Indo-American Centre and are offering Rain Water Harvesting and Waste Management. Also, associated with NGOs working for Environment like Centre For Science And Environment (CSE) and Chintan. She has 26 years experience in garden designing and has specialised in rock garden, vertical garden and herbal garden, she has won numerous awards consecutively from 2006 to 20016 from Delhi University. Currently she is a freelancer giving consultancy in landscaping, waste management, water harvesting and vermi-composting. She is an active member of Lions Club, Delhi Capital and was its President in 2012 to 2013.
Ms. Jyoti Dhingra is an architect. In a career spanning over 30 years she has worked on numerous Architectural and Interior Design projects in Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Chennai, Ooty, Hosur and Uganda. Over the years she has designed Villas, residences, offices, institutional buildings, resorts, service apartments, guest houses and heritage hotels. She has also handled restoration and renovation of heritage palaces. After working with leading Architectural companies, she started her own company named InterArch in 1993 and has handled numerous projects since then. Her work has been widely appreciated and also been published in Architectural and Interior Design magazines. Ms Dhingra has worked as a volunteer with a Spastic Society in Karnataka and was passionate about teaching differently abled children. She has designed and supervised the construction of Vidya Medical Centre and is actively involved in the expansion and renovation of the building and also handles its maintenance.

Jyoti Dhingra
Trustee

Ms. Jyoti Dhingra is an architect. In a career spanning over 30 years she has worked on numerous Architectural and Interior Design projects in Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Chennai, Ooty, Hosur and Uganda. Over the years she has designed Villas, residences, offices, institutional buildings, resorts, service apartments, guest houses and heritage hotels. She has also handled restoration and renovation of heritage palaces. After working with leading Architectural companies, she started her own company named InterArch in 1993 and has handled numerous projects since then. Her work has been widely appreciated and also been published in Architectural and Interior Design magazines. Ms Dhingra has worked as a volunteer with a Spastic Society in Karnataka and was passionate about teaching differently abled children. She has designed and supervised the construction of Vidya Medical Centre and is actively involved in the expansion and renovation of the building and also handles its maintenance.
Ms. Sudha Sharma IRS(Retd.) Worked as Chief Commissioner Income Tax Ludhiana. Retired as Director General Investigation, northwestern region. Post Retirement worked as Director and President Omaxe Ltd New Delhi. Ms. Sharma is Patron and Founder Trustee of Piya Sharma Charitable Trust and of Piya Sharma Foundation which is working in the areas of Education, Health, and Vocational training of street children and women of slum colonies of Panchkula (Haryana)for more than 20 years. She is an Honorary Advisor to the board of trustees of Dr. PN Chuttani Trust (TVCC) Chandigarh on Finance and General Administration, for the Last Five Years. Also working with District Hospital Panchkula for maintenance of Sanitation Facilities and training of sanitation workers Since 2017. She is Brand Ambassador of Swatch Bharat Abhiyan for Panchkula District since 2017

Sudha Sharma
Trustee

Ms. Sudha Sharma IRS(Retd.) Worked as Chief Commissioner Income Tax Ludhiana. Retired as Director General Investigation, northwestern region. Post Retirement worked as Director and President Omaxe Ltd New Delhi. Ms. Sharma is Patron and Founder Trustee of Piya Sharma Charitable Trust and of Piya Sharma Foundation which is working in the areas of Education, Health, and Vocational training of street children and women of slum colonies of Panchkula (Haryana)for more than 20 years. She is an Honorary Advisor to the board of trustees of Dr. PN Chuttani Trust (TVCC) Chandigarh on Finance and General Administration, for the Last Five Years. Also working with District Hospital Panchkula for maintenance of Sanitation Facilities and training of sanitation workers Since 2017. She is Brand Ambassador of Swatch Bharat Abhiyan for Panchkula District since 2017
Ms. Firoza Mehrotra is on the advisory board of homenet south asia, a network of organizations working with home-based women workers, as well as the global Board of International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) and is the chair of the ICRW Asia Board. She is presently involved in helping create a global network of home-based workers. She has worked in the Indian Administrative Service for over 38 years, working both at the policy and field levels. She has worked extensively in the areas of gender equality, women’s empowerment, child development, adolescents, population, police, jail administration, and rural development. She also worked with UNIFEM (now UNWomen) South Asia as the Deputy Regional Program Director for over 5 years when she worked on policy and advocacy issues with the 8 south asian governments of the region, civil society, and research institutions. In addition, she worked in UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund).

Firoza Mehrotra
Trustee

Ms. Firoza Mehrotra is on the advisory board of homenet south asia, a network of organizations working with home-based women workers, as well as the global Board of International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) and is the chair of the ICRW Asia Board. She is presently involved in helping create a global network of home-based workers. She has worked in the Indian Administrative Service for over 38 years, working both at the policy and field levels. She has worked extensively in the areas of gender equality, women’s empowerment, child development, adolescents, population, police, jail administration, and rural development. She also worked with UNIFEM (now UNWomen) South Asia as the Deputy Regional Program Director for over 5 years when she worked on policy and advocacy issues with the 8 south asian governments of the region, civil society, and research institutions. In addition, she worked in UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund).
Ms. Surinder Pal Kaur. A 1965 batch IRS officer, retired as Chief Commissioner, North-west region. Earlier, worked as Commissioner Income Tax Mumbai and held many coveted posts. Post-retirement served as Vice Chairman, Income Tax Settlement Commission in Kolkota, and thereafter, as Ombudsman Electricity Punjab Board. She joined Rotary Club in Chandigarh which opened a structured vista for service for humanitarian projects. Involved with setting up a state-of-the-art stand-alone Rotary Blood Bank in Chandigarh to provide safe blood to Cities of Chandigarh. Panchkula, and Mohali. As President of Rotary Club, 2019-20 took various initiatives to meet the challenge of Pandemic COVID-90, coping with it on the hunger front by providing cooked meals, distributing dry rations and raising funds for families of jobless homeless labour and Procuring medical Equipment and the PPEs for medical and paramedic staff.

Surinder Pal Kaur
Trustee

Ms. Surinder Pal Kaur. A 1965 batch IRS officer, retired as Chief Commissioner, North-west region. Earlier, worked as Commissioner Income Tax Mumbai and held many coveted posts. Post-retirement served as Vice Chairman, Income Tax Settlement Commission in Kolkota, and thereafter, as Ombudsman Electricity Punjab Board. She joined Rotary Club in Chandigarh which opened a structured vista for service for humanitarian projects. Involved with setting up a state-of-the-art stand-alone Rotary Blood Bank in Chandigarh to provide safe blood to Cities of Chandigarh. Panchkula, and Mohali. As President of Rotary Club, 2019-20 took various initiatives to meet the challenge of Pandemic COVID-90, coping with it on the hunger front by providing cooked meals, distributing dry rations and raising funds for families of jobless homeless labour and Procuring medical Equipment and the PPEs for medical and paramedic staff.
Mr. Roy Eagleton was born in the UK and is an Englishman. He joined the Royal Air Force for two years. The greater part of his working life was spent in the automobile industry. He worked with Societe Commerciale de l’Ouest Africain (SCOA) a French company with main agencies for Peugeot and British Leyland motor vehicles as well as Allis Chalmers and Westinghouse products. The role was first in Parts Management in Freetown Sierra Leone. Then Ghana, Nigeria, and back to Management of the Automobile Department in Freetown Sierra Leone. Then back again to Nigeria to take over Group Training and Management Development. On return to the U.K he partnered and ran a hotel in Scotland for a short period before moving to India. Since 1992 he has been looking after the administrative work of The Trust.

Roy Eagleton
Trustee

Mr. Roy Eagleton was born in the UK and is an Englishman. He joined the Royal Air Force for two years. The greater part of his working life was spent in the automobile industry. He worked with Societe Commerciale de l’Ouest Africain (SCOA) a French company with main agencies for Peugeot and British Leyland motor vehicles as well as Allis Chalmers and Westinghouse products. The role was first in Parts Management in Freetown Sierra Leone. Then Ghana, Nigeria, and back to Management of the Automobile Department in Freetown Sierra Leone. Then back again to Nigeria to take over Group Training and Management Development. On return to the U.K he partnered and ran a hotel in Scotland for a short period before moving to India. Since 1992 he has been looking after the administrative work of The Trust.
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