About Us

INTRODUCTION

Dharma Pratishthan is a charitable trust founded by the eminent social reformer and human rights activist Swami Agnivesh ji on 7 December 1979. Established with the vision of promoting social justice, equality, education, and humanitarian values, the trust has been dedicated to serving marginalized and underprivileged communities through various welfare and developmental initiatives.

The trust was also privileged to have the distinguished jurist, constitutional expert, and renowned humanist Late Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer as one of its trustees. Justice Krishna Iyer provided invaluable guidance and inspiration to the organization until his passing in 2015, leaving behind a lasting legacy of justice, compassion, and commitment to human rights.

Today, Swami Aryavesh Ji serves as the Managing Trustee of Dharma Pratishthan. Under his leadership, the trust continues to uphold its founding ideals by working towards social empowerment, education, rural development, environmental conservation, interfaith harmony, and the protection of human dignity. Guided by the principles of compassion, equality, and selfless service, Dharma Pratishthan remains committed to building a more just, inclusive, and humane society.

MISSION & VISION OF DHARMA PRATISHTHAN

To develop the society based on humanitarian principles.

KEY OBJECTIVES OF DHARMA PRATISHTHAN

Key objectives of the trust are:

To organize and hold classes for meditational, devotional, spiritual and cultural attainments and to set up training centers to ensure the achievement of these objectives with a view to promote, raise and improve human health, understanding, conduct and consciousness in all aspects;
To provide stipends, scholarships, and other facilities for persons interested in these vital subjects with a view to enable them to pursue their studies and investigations in these and allied fields;
To grant relief by way of giving donations, contributions, gifts, subscriptions, monitory of financial assistance to institutions working for relief on such occasions sick, disabled and poor or needy persons and their organizations and institutions;
To establish, run, maintain and/or grant financial aid or assistance by way of contributions, subscriptions or donations to charitable institutions of all descriptions;
To grant relief on the occasion of damage or disasters caused by earthquakes, draught, famine, flood or other calamities of similar nature and to give donations to institutions working for relief on such occasions.
To establish educational institutions, schools, colleges, vidyapiths, gurukuls, boarding houses, research institutions, laboratories, and workshops to carry out the above objectives and purposes. Since its inception; Dharma Pratishthan has transformed life of millions of people through transformational public talks, and training camps under the mentorship of Swami Aryavesh Ji .